Ask Weather in May
Ask in May
The short of it: Ask in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 62 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 17 h 7 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 15° · low 5° · rain 62 mm · daylight 17 h 7 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Ask an average May high of 15°, a low of 5° and some 62 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 15°; nights run about 5°. Wet spells are common — about 62 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 7 min in mid-May, 159 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Ask runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Kløfta, 6 km to the E, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Ask, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h