Tholey Weather in May
Tholey in May
The short of it: Tholey in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 75 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 7° · rain 75 mm · daylight 15 h 20 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Tholey an average May high of 18°, a low of 7° and some 75 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 18°, with nights near 7°. Wet spells are common — about 75 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 20 min in mid-May, 99 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 August and June.
Against its neighbours, Tholey runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Sankt Wendel, 10 km to the ESE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Tholey, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 18 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sankt WendelSaarland | 10 km ESE | 19° | 7° | 71 mm |
| EppelbornSaarland | 11 km SSW | 19° | 8° | 73 mm |
| LebachSaarland | 12 km SW | 19° | 8° | 74 mm |
| IllingenSaarland | 12 km S | 19° | 8° | 72 mm |
| WadernSaarland | 13 km WNW | 18° | 8° | 73 mm |
| OttweilerSaarland | 13 km SE | 19° | 8° | 71 mm |
| SchmelzSaarland | 15 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 74 mm |
| SchiffweilerSaarland | 15 km SSE | 19° | 8° | 71 mm |