Ål Weather in May
Ål in May
The short of it: Ål in May averages a high of 13 °C (56 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 17 h 16 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 2° · rain 46 mm · daylight 17 h 16 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Ål an average May high of 13°, a low of 2° and some 46 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 13°; nights run about 2°. Rain is modest, about 46 mm, the 8th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 16 min in mid-May, 164 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Ål runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Geilo, 22 km to the WSW, is 3° cooler by day.
May in Ål, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 16 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h