Dalvík Weather in May
Dalvík in May
The short of it: Dalvík in May averages a high of 8 °C (47 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 35 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 19 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 8° · low 2° · rain 35 mm · daylight 19 h 5 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Dalvík an average May high of 8°, a low of 2° and some 35 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 8°; nights run about 2°. Rain is modest, about 35 mm, the 10th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 19 h 5 min in mid-May, 233 minutes more than a month before. The evenings barely darken — the light lingers past ten.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Dalvík runs about middling and drier than most in May. Ólafsfjörður, 12 km to the NNW, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Dalvík, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 19 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 21 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ÓlafsfjörðurNortheast | 12 km NNW | 6° | 1° | 44 mm |
| SiglufjörðurNortheast | 26 km NW | 7° | 2° | 40 mm |
| AkureyriNortheast | 38 km SSE | 11° | 3° | 29 mm |
| NorðurþingNortheast | 54 km E | 8° | 3° | 40 mm |
| SauðárkrókurNorthwest | 56 km WSW | 11° | 4° | 33 mm |
| LaugarNortheast | 59 km ESE | 9° | 2° | 43 mm |
| BlönduósNorthwest | 87 km WSW | 10° | 4° | 37 mm |
| HvammstangiNorthwest | 128 km WSW | 10° | 3° | 32 mm |