Föllinge Weather in May
Föllinge in May
The short of it: Föllinge in May averages a high of 12 °C (53 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 45 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 18 h 10 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 12° · low 2° · rain 45 mm · daylight 18 h 10 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & July
Thirty years of records give Föllinge an average May high of 12°, a low of 2° and some 45 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 12°; nights run about 2°. Rain is modest, about 45 mm, the 9th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 18 h 10 min in mid-May, 197 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Föllinge runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Hammerdal, 38 km to the ESE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Föllinge, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 10 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h