Haparanda Weather in May
Haparanda in May
The short of it: Haparanda in May averages a high of 12 °C (53 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 43 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 19 h 2 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 12° · low 3° · rain 43 mm · daylight 19 h 2 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Haparanda an average May high of 12°, a low of 3° and some 43 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 12°; nights run about 3°. Rain is modest, about 43 mm, the 9th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 19 h 2 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, Haparanda runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Tornio, 1 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Haparanda, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 19 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h