Aplerbeck Weather in May
Aplerbeck in May
The short of it: Aplerbeck in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 65 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 35 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 65 mm · daylight 15 h 35 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Aplerbeck an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 65 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 65 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 35 min in mid-May, 108 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Aplerbeck runs about middling and about as wet in May. Dortmund, 7 km to the WNW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Aplerbeck, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 15 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 7 km WNW | 20° | 9° | 64 mm |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km ENE | 19° | 8° | 65 mm |
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km WSW | 19° | 9° | 66 mm |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km SSW | 19° | 8° | 68 mm |
| LünenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km N | 20° | 8° | 60 mm |
| IserlohnNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km SE | 18° | 8° | 68 mm |
| Castrop-RauxelNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 18 km WNW | 20° | 9° | 61 mm |
| BochumNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 23 km W | 19° | 9° | 64 mm |