Selm Weather in May
Selm in May
The short of it: Selm in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 57 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 37 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 8° · rain 57 mm · daylight 15 h 37 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & June
Thirty years of records give Selm an average May high of 20°, a low of 8° and some 57 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 57 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 37 min in mid-May, 109 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; the finest months here are April and June.
Against its neighbours, Selm runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Lünen, 10 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Selm, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th 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–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LünenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km SSE | 20° | 8° | 60 mm |
| BergkamenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km SE | 20° | 8° | 61 mm |
| Castrop-RauxelNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km SW | 20° | 9° | 61 mm |
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 20 km S | 20° | 9° | 64 mm |
| RecklinghausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 21 km WSW | 20° | 9° | 60 mm |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 23 km SE | 19° | 8° | 65 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 24 km SW | 20° | 9° | 62 mm |
| HammNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 24 km E | 20° | 8° | 61 mm |