Waltrop Weather in May
Waltrop in May
The short of it: Waltrop in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 59 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 8° · rain 59 mm · daylight 15 h 36 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Waltrop an average May high of 20°, a low of 8° and some 59 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 59 mm, the 10th 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. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Waltrop runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Lünen, 9 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Waltrop, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LünenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km E | 20° | 8° | 60 mm |
| Castrop-RauxelNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km SW | 20° | 9° | 61 mm |
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 64 mm |
| RecklinghausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km W | 20° | 9° | 60 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km SW | 20° | 9° | 62 mm |
| HertenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 18 km W | 20° | 9° | 60 mm |
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 20 km S | 19° | 9° | 66 mm |
| BochumNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 20 km SW | 19° | 9° | 64 mm |