Førde Weather in May
Førde in May
The short of it: Førde in May averages a high of 13 °C (56 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 125 mm (4.9 in) of rain and about 17 h 29 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 7° · rain 125 mm · daylight 17 h 29 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Førde an average May high of 13°, a low of 7° and some 125 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 13°; nights run about 7°. It is the driest month of the year, only 125 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 17 h 29 min in mid-May, 172 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Førde runs about middling and drier than most in May. Naustdal, 10 km to the NW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Førde, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 10 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h