Kolbu Weather in May
Kolbu in May
The short of it: Kolbu in May averages a high of 14 °C (58 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 56 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 17 h 16 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 14° · low 5° · rain 56 mm · daylight 17 h 16 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Kolbu an average May high of 14°, a low of 5° and some 56 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 14°, with nights near 5°. Rain is modest, about 56 mm, the 7th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 16 min in mid-May, 164 minutes more than a month before.
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, Kolbu runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Lena, 5 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Kolbu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 18 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h