Minden Weather in May
Minden in May
The short of it: Minden in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 57 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 42 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 19° · low 9° · rain 57 mm · daylight 15 h 42 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Minden an average May high of 19°, a low of 9° and some 57 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 19°, with nights near 9°. Rain is modest, about 57 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 42 min in mid-May, 111 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Minden runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Porta Westfalica, 7 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Minden, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th 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 42 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porta WestfalicaNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 7 km S | 19° | 9° | 57 mm |
| PetershagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 52 mm |
| Bad OeynhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km SW | 19° | 9° | 59 mm |
| RintelnLower Saxony | 16 km SE | 19° | 9° | 58 mm |
| LöhneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km SW | 19° | 9° | 60 mm |
| LübbeckeNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 21 km W | 19° | 8° | 56 mm |
| EspelkampNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 22 km WNW | 19° | 8° | 52 mm |
| BündeNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 25 km WSW | 19° | 9° | 60 mm |