Backa Weather in May
Backa in May
The short of it: Backa in May averages a high of 12 °C (54 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 41 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 18 h 39 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 3° · rain 41 mm · daylight 18 h 39 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Backa an average May high of 12°, a low of 3° and some 41 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 12°; nights run about 3°. Rain is modest, about 41 mm, the 9th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 18 h 39 min in mid-May, 216 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. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and June.
Against its neighbours, Backa runs about middling and about as wet in May. Stensjön, 2 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Backa, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 11 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| StensjönVästerbotten | 2 km E | 12° | 3° | 41 mm |
| ByskeVästerbotten | 7 km ESE | 12° | 3° | 39 mm |
| OstvikVästerbotten | 11 km S | 12° | 3° | 40 mm |
| TällbergVästerbotten | 13 km W | 12° | 2° | 42 mm |
| SvartåVästerbotten | 15 km WNW | 12° | 2° | 42 mm |
| KågeVästerbotten | 17 km SSW | 13° | 3° | 40 mm |
| ErsmarkVästerbotten | 17 km SSW | 13° | 3° | 40 mm |
| NylandVästerbotten | 23 km SW | 12° | 2° | 41 mm |