Schortens Weather in May
Schortens in May
The short of it: Schortens in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 53 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 8° · rain 55 mm · daylight 15 h 53 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Schortens an average May high of 17°, a low of 8° and some 55 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 53 min in mid-May, 117 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Schortens runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Jever, 5 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Schortens, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 11 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JeverLower Saxony | 5 km NW | 17° | 8° | 56 mm |
| WilhelmshavenLower Saxony | 10 km E | 17° | 8° | 58 mm |
| FriedeburgLower Saxony | 12 km SW | 17° | 7° | 55 mm |
| WittmundLower Saxony | 12 km WNW | 17° | 8° | 55 mm |
| ZetelLower Saxony | 14 km S | 17° | 7° | 57 mm |
| WiesmoorLower Saxony | 20 km SW | 18° | 7° | 55 mm |
| VarelLower Saxony | 20 km SE | 17° | 8° | 57 mm |
| MittegroßefehnLower Saxony | 30 km WSW | 17° | 8° | 54 mm |