Olonets Weather in May
Olonets in May
The short of it: Olonets in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 4 °C (40 °F), with 41 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 17 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 4° · rain 41 mm · daylight 17 h 21 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
May in Olonets brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 4°, with about 41 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 10° from April to about 17°, with nights near 4°. Rain is modest, about 41 mm, the 9th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 21 min in mid-May, 167 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Olonets runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Lodeynoye Pole, 43 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Olonets, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 10° warmer, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lodeynoye PoleLeningradskaya Oblast' | 43 km SE | 17° | 5° | 44 mm |
| Podporozh’yeLeningradskaya Oblast' | 65 km E | 16° | 5° | 47 mm |
| PetrozavodskKarelia | 116 km NE | 14° | 4° | 46 mm |
| VolkhovLeningradskaya Oblast' | 123 km SSW | 16° | 5° | 45 mm |
| SortavalaKarelia | 145 km NW | 15° | 4° | 45 mm |
| TikhvinLeningradskaya Oblast' | 152 km SSE | 17° | 4° | 52 mm |
| KondopogaKarelia | 152 km NNE | 14° | 4° | 45 mm |
| PriozërskLeningradskaya Oblast' | 153 km W | 16° | 6° | 39 mm |