Alfeld Weather in May
Alfeld in May
The short of it: Alfeld in May averages a high of 19 °C (65 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 39 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 61 mm · daylight 15 h 39 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Alfeld an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 61 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 19°, with nights near 8°. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 39 min in mid-May, 110 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Alfeld runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Einbeck, 19 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Alfeld, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 17 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EinbeckLower Saxony | 19 km S | 19° | 8° | 61 mm |
| HildesheimLower Saxony | 21 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 56 mm |
| SeesenLower Saxony | 27 km ESE | 18° | 7° | 64 mm |
| SpringeLower Saxony | 31 km NW | 18° | 8° | 60 mm |
| HolzmindenLower Saxony | 31 km SW | 19° | 8° | 68 mm |
| NortheimLower Saxony | 33 km SSE | 19° | 8° | 59 mm |
| HamelnLower Saxony | 34 km WNW | 19° | 9° | 57 mm |
| LaatzenLower Saxony | 37 km N | 20° | 8° | 55 mm |