Average temperature in May is 5.7 °C
Average daytime temperature is 8 °C
Average night temperature is 3.1 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 16.9 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -3.8 °C
Number of sunny days: 3
Number of rainy days: 26
Number of snow days: 2
Precipitation sum: 205 mm
* Weather data for Sortland Norway is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| May (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 5.6 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 5 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 12.4 | 9.8 | 9 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 11.2 | 16.9 | 10.9 | 8.9 | 6.5 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 15.5 | 10.8 | 8.5 | 4.7 | 4 | 6.2 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
| Apparent max temperature | 3.1 | -1.3 | -2.3 | -0.5 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 9.8 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 8.3 | 13 | 7.2 | 5.6 | 3 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 13.9 | 7.6 | 4.1 | -0.7 | -0.4 | 3 | 6 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| Mean temperature | 2.7 | -0.3 | -0.4 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 8.1 | 11.6 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8 | 11.3 | 8.3 | 6.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 3.5 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -4.2 | -6.9 | -7.3 | -5.9 | -4 | -5.4 | -1.8 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 4 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 3 | -1.2 | -0.8 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.4 | -0.9 | -2.7 | -2.6 | -2.9 | 0.4 | -0.8 | -0.5 | -3.7 |
| Minimum temperature | -1.2 | -3.3 | -3.8 | -2.6 | -0.4 | -1.8 | 1.9 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6 | 6 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 3 | 3.6 | 0.4 |
| Apparent min temperature | -0.8 | -4.6 | -4.3 | -2.8 | -1.2 | -0.1 | 0.5 | 3 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 8.6 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 8.7 | 5.4 | 1.2 | -1.7 | -1.5 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 | -0.8 |
| May | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 18.3 | 18.4 | 18.6 | 18.8 | 19 | 19.1 | 19.3 | 19.5 | 19.7 | 19.9 | 20.1 | 20.3 | 20.5 | 20.7 | 20.9 | 21.2 | 21.4 | 21.7 | 22 | 22.3 | 22.7 | 23.3 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 5.4 | 6.2 | 16 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 15.2 | 5 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 15.1 | 9.9 | 4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 17.4 | 7.5 | 8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 5.7 | 11.9 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 7.4 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0 | 4.4 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 5.7 | 7.5 | 3.7 | 12.4 | 6.4 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 9.5 | 21 | 20.4 | 0 | 2 | 10.8 | 13.4 | 7.7 | 9.6 | 11.5 | 6.2 | 16.7 | 6.7 |
| Precipitation hours | 19 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 21 | 17 | 23 | 24 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 17.9 | 19.8 | 13 | 12.3 | 13.9 | 9.8 | 21.9 | 17.9 | 9.4 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 14.5 | 26.1 | 17.7 | 21.1 | 18.3 | 20.8 | 22.4 | 25 | 27.5 | 24.7 | 18.7 | 17.2 | 31.4 | 27.3 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 22.2 | 19.5 | 22 | 21.2 |
In May 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Sortland was 16.9°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -3.8°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during May in Sortland are 3.1°C and 8°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in May is about 205 mm.