Boden Weather in May
Boden in May
The short of it: Boden in May averages a high of 13 °C (56 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 35 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 19 h 1 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 3° · rain 35 mm · daylight 19 h 1 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Boden an average May high of 13°, a low of 3° and some 35 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 7° from April to about 13°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 35 mm, the 9th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 19 h 1 min in mid-May, 230 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Boden runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Sävast, 6 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Boden, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 19 h 1 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SävastNorrbotten | 6 km SSE | 13° | 3° | 36 mm |
| Södra SunderbynNorrbotten | 22 km SSE | 12° | 3° | 37 mm |
| RutvikNorrbotten | 25 km SE | 12° | 2° | 39 mm |
| GammelstadNorrbotten | 25 km SE | 12° | 3° | 38 mm |
| RåneåNorrbotten | 28 km E | 12° | 2° | 40 mm |
| AntnäsNorrbotten | 31 km SSE | 12° | 3° | 36 mm |
| MåttsundNorrbotten | 32 km SSE | 12° | 3° | 37 mm |
| BjörkskatanNorrbotten | 32 km SE | 12° | 3° | 37 mm |