Hell Weather in May
Hell in May
The short of it: Hell in May averages a high of 13 °C (55 °F) and a low of 5 °C (40 °F), with 59 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 18 h 5 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 5° · rain 59 mm · daylight 18 h 5 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Hell an average May high of 13°, a low of 5° and some 59 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 13°, with nights near 5°. Rain is modest, about 59 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 18 h 5 min in mid-May, 194 minutes more than a month before. The evenings barely darken — the light lingers past ten.
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, Hell runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Stjørdal, 3 km to the NNE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Hell, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 17 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| StjørdalTrøndelag | 3 km NNE | 13° | 5° | 63 mm |
| StjørdalshalsenTrøndelag | 3 km NNE | 13° | 5° | 63 mm |
| HommelvikTrøndelag | 7 km SW | 12° | 4° | 59 mm |
| HegraTrøndelag | 11 km E | 13° | 5° | 70 mm |
| MalvikTrøndelag | 11 km W | 13° | 5° | 56 mm |
| FrostaTrøndelag | 18 km NNW | 12° | 5° | 64 mm |
| TrondheimTrøndelag | 25 km W | 13° | 5° | 58 mm |
| TanemTrøndelag | 27 km WSW | 13° | 4° | 59 mm |