Straumen Weather in May
Straumen in May
The short of it: Straumen in May averages a high of 10 °C (51 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 102 mm (4.0 in) of rain and about 19 h 50 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 10° · low 4° · rain 102 mm · daylight 19 h 50 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Straumen an average May high of 10°, a low of 4° and some 102 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 10°; nights run about 4°. Wet spells are common — about 102 mm, the 9th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 19 h 50 min in mid-May, 263 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, Straumen runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Fauske, 13 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Straumen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 25 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 19 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h