Hilchenbach Weather in May
Hilchenbach in May
The short of it: Hilchenbach in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 68 mm (2.7 in) of rain and about 15 h 31 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 7° · rain 68 mm · daylight 15 h 31 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & July
Thirty years of records give Hilchenbach an average May high of 18°, a low of 7° and some 68 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 18°, with nights near 7°. Wet spells are common — about 68 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 31 min in mid-May, 106 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, Hilchenbach runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Kreuztal, 9 km to the WSW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Hilchenbach, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 8.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KreuztalNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km WSW | 18° | 7° | 68 mm |
| SiegenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km SSW | 19° | 8° | 65 mm |
| GummersbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 38 km W | 18° | 8° | 73 mm |
| MeschedeNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 41 km NNE | 18° | 7° | 71 mm |
| LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 42 km NW | 17° | 8° | 74 mm |
| ArnsbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 43 km N | 18° | 7° | 73 mm |
| HemerNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 49 km NNW | 18° | 8° | 70 mm |
| Marburg an der LahnHesse | 51 km ESE | 19° | 8° | 57 mm |