Finnsnes Weather in May
Finnsnes in May
The short of it: Finnsnes in May averages a high of 10 °C (50 °F) and a low of 4 °C (40 °F), with 50 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 21 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 10° · low 4° · rain 50 mm · daylight 21 h 20 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Finnsnes an average May high of 10°, a low of 4° and some 50 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 10°, with nights near 4°. It is the driest month of the year, only 50 mm of rain. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 21 h 20 min in mid-May, 332 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Finnsnes runs about middling and about as wet in May. Lenvik, 25 km to the NNE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Finnsnes, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 21 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h