Altena Weather in May
Altena in May
The short of it: Altena in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 72 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 8° · rain 72 mm · daylight 15 h 33 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Altena brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 8°, with about 72 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 72 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 33 min in mid-May, 107 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Altena runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Lüdenscheid, 9 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Altena, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 12 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SSW | 17° | 8° | 74 mm |
| IserlohnNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km NNE | 18° | 8° | 68 mm |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km WNW | 19° | 8° | 68 mm |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 27 km N | 19° | 8° | 65 mm |
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 28 km NW | 19° | 9° | 66 mm |
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 28 km NNW | 20° | 9° | 64 mm |
| ArnsbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 30 km ENE | 18° | 7° | 73 mm |
| HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 36 km WNW | 19° | 9° | 66 mm |