Lyss Weather in May
Lyss in May
The short of it: Lyss in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 108 mm (4.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 3 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 108 mm · daylight 15 h 3 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Lyss an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 108 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 108 mm.
The sun is up for about 15 h 3 min in mid-May, 91 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Lyss runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Biel/Bienne, 8 km to the NNW, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Lyss, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 40 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h