Leknes Weather in May
Leknes in May
The short of it: Leknes in May averages a high of 11 °C (52 °F) and a low of 5 °C (40 °F), with 86 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 20 h 22 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 11° · low 5° · rain 86 mm · daylight 20 h 22 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Leknes an average May high of 11°, a low of 5° and some 86 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 11°; nights run about 5°. Wet spells are common — about 86 mm, the 10th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 20 h 22 min in mid-May, 287 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, 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, Leknes runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Gravdal, 4 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Leknes, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 19 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 20 h 22 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h