Strömstad Weather in May
Strömstad in May
The short of it: Strömstad in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 50 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 16 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 8° · rain 50 mm · daylight 16 h 52 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
May in Strömstad brings afternoons near 15° and nights around 8°, with about 50 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 15°, with nights near 8°. Rain is modest, about 50 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 52 min in mid-May, 150 minutes more than a month before.
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 July and June.
Against its neighbours, Strömstad runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Halden, 24 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Strömstad, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HaldenØstfold | 24 km NNE | 15° | 6° | 53 mm |
| TanumshedeVästra Götaland | 26 km SSE | 16° | 7° | 50 mm |
| GrebbestadVästra Götaland | 27 km S | 16° | 7° | 49 mm |
| SkjebergØstfold | 30 km N | 16° | 7° | 54 mm |
| FredrikstadØstfold | 34 km NNW | 16° | 7° | 52 mm |
| FjällbackaVästra Götaland | 38 km S | 16° | 7° | 48 mm |
| SarpsborgØstfold | 38 km N | 16° | 7° | 54 mm |
| EdVästra Götaland | 44 km E | 16° | 5° | 56 mm |