Stokmarknes Weather in May
Stokmarknes in May
The short of it: Stokmarknes in May averages a high of 8 °C (47 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 78 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 20 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 8° · low 4° · rain 78 mm · daylight 20 h 42 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Stokmarknes an average May high of 8°, a low of 4° and some 78 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 8°, nights near 4°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 78 mm, the 10th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 20 h 42 min in mid-May, 302 minutes more than a month before. The evenings barely darken — the light lingers past ten.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and July.
Against its neighbours, Stokmarknes runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Melbu, 8 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Stokmarknes, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 6.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 4°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 20 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h