Staphorst Weather in May
Staphorst in May
The short of it: Staphorst in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 59 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 45 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 59 mm · daylight 15 h 45 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Staphorst an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 59 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 59 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 45 min in mid-May, 113 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Staphorst runs about middling and drier than most in May. Meppel, 6 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Staphorst, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 16 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 45 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MeppelDrenthe | 6 km N | 19° | 8° | 58 mm |
| DalfsenOverijssel | 15 km SSE | 19° | 8° | 61 mm |
| ZwolleOverijssel | 17 km SSW | 19° | 8° | 62 mm |
| HoogeveenDrenthe | 20 km ENE | 19° | 8° | 59 mm |
| KampenOverijssel | 23 km WSW | 19° | 9° | 61 mm |
| HardenbergOverijssel | 29 km ESE | 19° | 8° | 57 mm |
| EmmeloordFlevoland | 32 km WNW | 19° | 8° | 60 mm |
| DrontenFlevoland | 36 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 60 mm |