Detmold Weather in May
Detmold in May
The short of it: Detmold in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 66 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 39 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 66 mm · daylight 15 h 39 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Detmold an average May high of 18°, a low of 8° and some 66 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 8°. Wet spells are common — about 66 mm, the 11th 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 May.
Against its neighbours, Detmold runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Lage, 8 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Detmold, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 15 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LageNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 8 km NW | 19° | 9° | 63 mm |
| LemgoNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km N | 19° | 9° | 62 mm |
| Bad SalzuflenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km NNW | 19° | 9° | 62 mm |
| HerfordNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 24 km NW | 19° | 9° | 63 mm |
| BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 26 km WNW | 19° | 9° | 62 mm |
| PaderbornNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 26 km SSW | 19° | 8° | 66 mm |
| DelbrückNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 29 km SW | 19° | 8° | 60 mm |
| Bad OeynhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 30 km N | 19° | 9° | 59 mm |