Valday Weather in May
Valday in May
The short of it: Valday in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 16 h 40 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 6° · rain 60 mm · daylight 16 h 40 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & July
Thirty years of records give Valday an average May high of 17°, a low of 6° and some 60 mm of rain. Highs rise 8° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 6°. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 5th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 40 min in mid-May, 143 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 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Valday runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Zimogor’ye, 3 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Valday, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 24 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zimogor’yeNovgorod Oblast | 3 km SE | 17° | 6° | 60 mm |
| YedrovoNovgorod Oblast | 23 km ESE | 17° | 6° | 61 mm |
| Bologoye-4Tver Oblast | 25 km ESE | 17° | 6° | 61 mm |
| OzerniyTver Oblast | 27 km ESE | 17° | 6° | 60 mm |
| VypolzovoTver Oblast | 29 km ESE | 17° | 6° | 60 mm |
| LykoshinoTver Oblast | 31 km ENE | 17° | 6° | 60 mm |
| UglovkaNovgorod Oblast | 33 km NNE | 17° | 5° | 62 mm |
| BerezaykaTver Oblast | 38 km E | 18° | 6° | 61 mm |