Schmallenberg Weather in May
Schmallenberg in May
The short of it: Schmallenberg in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 70 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 32 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 6° · rain 70 mm · daylight 15 h 32 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & July
Thirty years of records give Schmallenberg an average May high of 18°, a low of 6° and some 70 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 6°. Wet spells are common — about 70 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 32 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 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Schmallenberg runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Lennestadt, 16 km to the WSW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Schmallenberg, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 32 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LennestadtNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km WSW | 18° | 7° | 68 mm |
| MeschedeNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 22 km N | 18° | 7° | 71 mm |
| ArnsbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 29 km NNW | 18° | 7° | 73 mm |
| KreuztalNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 29 km SW | 18° | 7° | 68 mm |
| PlettenbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 29 km WNW | 18° | 7° | 72 mm |
| WarsteinNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 33 km N | 17° | 7° | 70 mm |
| SiegenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 36 km SSW | 19° | 8° | 65 mm |
| HemerNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 44 km NW | 18° | 8° | 70 mm |