Viken Weather in May
Viken in May
The short of it: Viken in May averages a high of 12 °C (54 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 18 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 3° · rain 40 mm · daylight 18 h 33 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give Viken an average May high of 12°, a low of 3° and some 40 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 12°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 9th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 18 h 33 min in mid-May, 212 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 August and June.
Against its neighbours, Viken runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Skellefteå, 3 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Viken, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 11 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkellefteåVästerbotten | 3 km NNE | 12° | 3° | 40 mm |
| MedleVästerbotten | 9 km W | 13° | 2° | 41 mm |
| UrsvikenVästerbotten | 12 km E | 12° | 3° | 39 mm |
| NylandVästerbotten | 12 km NW | 12° | 2° | 41 mm |
| KågeVästerbotten | 13 km NNE | 13° | 3° | 40 mm |
| ErsmarkVästerbotten | 14 km N | 13° | 3° | 40 mm |
| SkelleftehamnVästerbotten | 16 km ESE | 11° | 3° | 38 mm |
| BureåVästerbotten | 18 km SE | 11° | 3° | 38 mm |