Bad Arolsen Weather in May
Bad Arolsen in May
The short of it: Bad Arolsen in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 34 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 18° · low 7° · rain 61 mm · daylight 15 h 34 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Bad Arolsen an average May high of 18°, a low of 7° and some 61 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 7°. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 34 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Bad Arolsen runs about middling and drier than most in May. Marsberg, 15 km to the NW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Bad Arolsen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MarsbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km NW | 17° | 7° | 66 mm |
| KorbachHesse | 15 km SW | 17° | 6° | 66 mm |
| WarburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km NE | 18° | 7° | 58 mm |
| BrilonNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 31 km W | 17° | 6° | 73 mm |
| BaunatalHesse | 31 km ESE | 18° | 8° | 62 mm |
| KasselHesse | 34 km ESE | 20° | 8° | 59 mm |
| BürenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 37 km WNW | 18° | 8° | 65 mm |
| Bad DriburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 39 km N | 18° | 8° | 67 mm |