Alfta Weather in May
Alfta in May
The short of it: Alfta in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 44 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 17 h 27 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 3° · rain 44 mm · daylight 17 h 27 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Alfta an average May high of 16°, a low of 3° and some 44 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 16°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 44 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 27 min in mid-May, 171 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 May.
Against its neighbours, Alfta runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Edsbyn, 14 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Alfta, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 17 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 27 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h