Otta Weather in May
Otta in May
The short of it: Otta in May averages a high of 12 °C (54 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 17 h 34 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 3° · rain 40 mm · daylight 17 h 34 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Otta brings afternoons near 12° and nights around 3°, with about 40 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 12°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 5th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 34 min in mid-May, 175 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Otta runs about middling and drier than most in May. Kvam, 14 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Otta, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 22 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h