Sand Weather in May
Sand in May
The short of it: Sand in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 17 h 12 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 15° · low 4° · rain 61 mm · daylight 17 h 12 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Sand brings afternoons near 15° and nights around 4°, with about 61 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 15°, with nights near 4°. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 7th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 12 min in mid-May, 162 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Sand runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Skarnes, 17 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Sand, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 21 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h