Ełk Weather in May
Ełk in May
The short of it: Ełk in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 48 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 55 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 48 mm · daylight 15 h 55 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Ełk an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 48 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 19°, with nights near 8°. Rain is modest, about 48 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 55 min in mid-May, 119 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 June and August.
Against its neighbours, Ełk runs about middling and drier than most in May. Prostki, 15 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Ełk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 21 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ProstkiWarmia-Masuria | 15 km SSE | 19° | 7° | 49 mm |
| Stare JuchyWarmia-Masuria | 16 km NW | 19° | 7° | 47 mm |
| SwiętajnoWarmia-Masuria | 20 km N | 19° | 7° | 47 mm |
| GrajewoPodlasie | 21 km SSE | 20° | 7° | 49 mm |
| OleckoWarmia-Masuria | 25 km NNE | 19° | 7° | 49 mm |
| RajgródPodlasie | 25 km ESE | 19° | 7° | 49 mm |
| OrzyszWarmia-Masuria | 27 km W | 20° | 8° | 44 mm |
| WydminyWarmia-Masuria | 28 km NW | 19° | 7° | 45 mm |