Olpe Weather in May
Olpe in May
The short of it: Olpe in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 71 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 31 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 7° · rain 71 mm · daylight 15 h 31 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Olpe an average May high of 18°, a low of 7° and some 71 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 7°. Wet spells are common — about 71 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Olpe runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Gummersbach, 20 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Olpe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 9.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GummersbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 20 km W | 18° | 8° | 73 mm |
| SiegenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 21 km SE | 19° | 8° | 65 mm |
| LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 26 km NW | 17° | 8° | 74 mm |
| IserlohnNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 40 km NNW | 18° | 8° | 68 mm |
| ArnsbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 43 km NNE | 18° | 7° | 73 mm |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 45 km NW | 19° | 8° | 68 mm |
| MendenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 46 km N | 19° | 8° | 68 mm |
| RemscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 49 km WNW | 18° | 8° | 74 mm |