Brakel Weather in May
Brakel in May
The short of it: Brakel in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 63 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 15 h 37 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 8° · rain 63 mm · daylight 15 h 37 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Brakel an average May high of 18°, a low of 8° and some 63 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 8°. Wet spells are common — about 63 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 37 min in mid-May, 109 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 May.
Against its neighbours, Brakel runs about middling and drier than most in May. Höxter, 15 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Brakel, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 19 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HöxterNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km ENE | 19° | 8° | 65 mm |
| WarburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 25 km S | 18° | 7° | 58 mm |
| PaderbornNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 30 km W | 19° | 8° | 66 mm |
| DetmoldNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 33 km NW | 18° | 8° | 66 mm |
| MarsbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 37 km SW | 17° | 7° | 66 mm |
| LemgoNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 40 km NNW | 19° | 9° | 62 mm |
| SalzkottenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 41 km W | 19° | 8° | 62 mm |
| LageNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 41 km NW | 19° | 9° | 63 mm |