Alta Weather in May
Alta in May
The short of it: Alta in May averages a high of 9 °C (48 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 28 mm (1.1 in) of rain and about 22 h 23 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 9° · low 3° · rain 28 mm · daylight 22 h 23 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Alta an average May high of 9°, a low of 3° and some 28 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 9°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 28 mm, the 11th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 22 h 23 min in mid-May, 384 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, Alta runs about middling and drier than most in May. Øksfjord, 46 km to the NW, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Alta, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 22 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ØksfjordFinnmark | 46 km NW | 7° | 2° | 32 mm |
| LakselvFinnmark | 65 km E | 9° | 2° | 32 mm |
| RypefjordFinnmark | 76 km N | 6° | 1° | 44 mm |
| HammerfestFinnmark | 79 km N | 6° | 1° | 44 mm |
| SkjervøyTroms | 88 km W | 9° | 5° | 28 mm |
| StorslettTroms | 89 km WSW | 10° | 5° | 31 mm |
| KárášjohkaFinnmark | 102 km ESE | 8° | 1° | 28 mm |
| KautokeinoFinnmark | 107 km S | 7° | -1° | 29 mm |