Rahden Weather in May
Rahden in May
The short of it: Rahden in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 51 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 51 mm · daylight 15 h 43 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Rahden an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 51 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 19°, with nights near 8°. Rain is modest, about 51 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 43 min in mid-May, 112 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 August and June.
Against its neighbours, Rahden runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Espelkamp, 6 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Rahden, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 12 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EspelkampNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 6 km S | 19° | 8° | 52 mm |
| LübbeckeNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km S | 19° | 8° | 56 mm |
| PetershagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 25 km ESE | 19° | 8° | 52 mm |
| MindenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 26 km SE | 19° | 9° | 57 mm |
| BündeNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 26 km S | 19° | 9° | 60 mm |
| LöhneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 28 km S | 19° | 9° | 60 mm |
| Bad OeynhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 28 km SSE | 19° | 9° | 59 mm |
| Porta WestfalicaNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 31 km SE | 19° | 9° | 57 mm |