Schlüchtern Weather in May
Schlüchtern in May
The short of it: Schlüchtern in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 26 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 61 mm · daylight 15 h 26 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Schlüchtern an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 61 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 8°. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 26 min in mid-May, 103 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; the finest months here are August and June.
Against its neighbours, Schlüchtern runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Fulda, 25 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Schlüchtern, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 26 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FuldaHesse | 25 km NNE | 19° | 8° | 61 mm |
| GelnhausenHesse | 29 km SW | 20° | 9° | 59 mm |
| BüdingenHesse | 30 km WSW | 20° | 9° | 58 mm |
| NiddaHesse | 37 km W | 19° | 9° | 61 mm |
| Bad KissingenBavaria | 43 km ESE | 20° | 8° | 55 mm |
| Alzenau in UnterfrankenBavaria | 44 km SW | 20° | 9° | 62 mm |
| BruchköbelHesse | 47 km WSW | 21° | 9° | 57 mm |
| NidderauHesse | 48 km WSW | 20° | 9° | 54 mm |