Ratekau Weather in May
Ratekau in May
The short of it: Ratekau in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 56 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 17° · low 7° · rain 46 mm · daylight 15 h 56 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & September
May in Ratekau brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 7°, with about 46 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 17°, with nights near 7°. Rain is modest, about 46 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 56 min in mid-May, 119 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, Ratekau runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Lübeck, 9 km to the SSW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Ratekau, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 8.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LübeckSchleswig-Holstein | 9 km SSW | 18° | 7° | 45 mm |
| Bad OldesloeSchleswig-Holstein | 28 km WSW | 18° | 7° | 48 mm |
| AhrensburgSchleswig-Holstein | 44 km SW | 18° | 7° | 54 mm |
| WismarMecklenburg-Vorpommern | 48 km E | 18° | 8° | 48 mm |
| VolksdorfHamburg | 49 km SW | 18° | 7° | 54 mm |
| NeumünsterSchleswig-Holstein | 51 km WNW | 18° | 8° | 53 mm |
| SaselHamburg | 52 km SW | 18° | 7° | 53 mm |
| PoppenbüttelHamburg | 53 km SW | 18° | 7° | 53 mm |