Backe Weather in May
Backe in May
The short of it: Backe in May averages a high of 13 °C (56 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 18 h 13 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 2° · rain 46 mm · daylight 18 h 13 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Backe an average May high of 13°, a low of 2° and some 46 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 13°; nights run about 2°. Rain is modest, about 46 mm, the 7th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 18 h 13 min in mid-May, 199 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and July.
Against its neighbours, Backe runs about middling and about as wet in May. Junsele, 27 km to the ESE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Backe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 13 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JunseleVästernorrland | 27 km ESE | 13° | 1° | 46 mm |
| RamseleVästernorrland | 31 km S | 13° | 2° | 48 mm |
| HotingJämtland | 34 km NNW | 13° | 2° | 42 mm |
| StrömsundJämtland | 42 km W | 12° | 2° | 44 mm |
| NäsåkerVästernorrland | 48 km SSE | 14° | 1° | 48 mm |
| SörvikJämtland | 48 km NW | 12° | 1° | 42 mm |
| DoroteaVästerbotten | 50 km N | 12° | 1° | 46 mm |
| ÅsVästernorrland | 51 km S | 14° | 2° | 47 mm |