Soest Weather in May
Soest in May
The short of it: Soest in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 65 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 65 mm · daylight 15 h 36 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Soest an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 65 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 65 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 36 min in mid-May, 108 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 June and September.
Against its neighbours, Soest runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Lippstadt, 20 km to the ENE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Soest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 26 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 36 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LippstadtNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 20 km ENE | 20° | 8° | 60 mm |
| BeckumNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 21 km NNW | 19° | 8° | 63 mm |
| ArnsbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 21 km S | 18° | 7° | 73 mm |
| HammNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 23 km WNW | 20° | 8° | 61 mm |
| AhlenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 26 km NW | 20° | 8° | 61 mm |
| MendenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 27 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 68 mm |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 29 km W | 19° | 8° | 65 mm |
| KamenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 31 km W | 20° | 8° | 61 mm |