Kretinga Weather in May
Kretinga in May
The short of it: Kretinga in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 36 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 16 h 16 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 7° · rain 36 mm · daylight 16 h 16 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Kretinga an average May high of 17°, a low of 7° and some 36 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 7°. Rain is modest, about 36 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 16 min in mid-May, 130 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Kretinga runs about middling and about as wet in May. Palanga, 11 km to the WNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Kretinga, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PalangaKlaipėda County | 11 km WNW | 16° | 7° | 33 mm |
| ŠventojiKlaipėda County | 18 km NNW | 16° | 7° | 34 mm |
| KlaipėdaKlaipėda County | 21 km SSW | 17° | 8° | 35 mm |
| GargždaiKlaipėda County | 22 km SSE | 17° | 7° | 39 mm |
| SalantaiKlaipėda County | 27 km NE | 17° | 6° | 40 mm |
| PlungeTelsiai | 37 km E | 17° | 6° | 43 mm |
| PriekulėKlaipėda County | 37 km S | 17° | 8° | 38 mm |
| PlateliaiTelsiai | 40 km ENE | 16° | 6° | 43 mm |