Moss Weather in May
Moss in May
The short of it: Moss in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 16 h 58 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 7° · rain 55 mm · daylight 16 h 58 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & July
Thirty years of records give Moss an average May high of 16°, a low of 7° and some 55 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 16°, with nights near 7°. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 58 min in mid-May, 154 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 April and July.
Against its neighbours, Moss runs about middling and about as wet in May. Rygge, 8 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Moss, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 58 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RyggeØstfold | 8 km SE | 16° | 6° | 55 mm |
| RyggebyenØstfold | 8 km SE | 16° | 6° | 55 mm |
| HortenVestfold | 10 km W | 16° | 8° | 57 mm |
| TofteAkershus | 13 km NNW | 15° | 7° | 58 mm |
| ÅsgårdstrandVestfold | 14 km SW | 15° | 8° | 55 mm |
| VestbyAkershus | 20 km NNE | 16° | 6° | 56 mm |
| HolmestrandVestfold | 20 km WNW | 16° | 8° | 62 mm |
| TønsbergVestfold | 23 km SW | 16° | 9° | 55 mm |