Hammerdal Weather in May
Hammerdal in May
The short of it: Hammerdal in May averages a high of 12 °C (54 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 18 h 8 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 12° · low 2° · rain 46 mm · daylight 18 h 8 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Hammerdal an average May high of 12°, a low of 2° and some 46 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 12°; nights run about 2°. Rain is modest, about 46 mm, the 6th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 18 h 8 min in mid-May, 196 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, Hammerdal runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Strömsund, 32 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Hammerdal, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 20 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h