Recklinghausen Weather in May
Recklinghausen in May
The short of it: Recklinghausen in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 60 mm · daylight 15 h 36 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Recklinghausen an average May high of 20°, a low of 9° and some 60 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 36 min in mid-May, 108 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, Recklinghausen runs about middling and drier than most in May. Herten, 4 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Recklinghausen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th 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 36 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HertenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 4 km WSW | 20° | 9° | 60 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 62 mm |
| MarlNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km WNW | 20° | 9° | 59 mm |
| Castrop-RauxelNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km SE | 20° | 9° | 61 mm |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km SSW | 20° | 9° | 62 mm |
| BochumNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km S | 19° | 9° | 64 mm |
| WattenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km SSW | 20° | 9° | 63 mm |
| GladbeckNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km WSW | 20° | 9° | 61 mm |