Schwelm Weather in May
Schwelm in May
The short of it: Schwelm in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 75 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 8° · rain 75 mm · daylight 15 h 33 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Schwelm brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 8°, with about 75 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 8°. Wet spells are common — about 75 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 33 min in mid-May, 107 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Schwelm runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Wuppertal, 11 km to the WSW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Schwelm, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th 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 33 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km WSW | 19° | 9° | 73 mm |
| RemscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km SSW | 18° | 8° | 74 mm |
| HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km NNW | 19° | 9° | 66 mm |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km NE | 19° | 8° | 68 mm |
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 18 km NNE | 19° | 9° | 66 mm |
| VelbertNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 18 km WNW | 19° | 9° | 69 mm |
| SolingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km SW | 19° | 9° | 74 mm |
| BochumNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 22 km NNW | 19° | 9° | 64 mm |