Olten climate

Olten Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Olten, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 16°C on May 1 to 20°C on May 31, and lows from 6°C to 10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 124 mm over about 19 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Olten, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
18°C
Average low
8°C
Precipitation
124 mm
Reanalysis high
28°CMay 25, 2009
Reanalysis low
-2°CMay 6, 2019
Daylight
14 h 28 min to 15 h 39 min
Cloud cover
69%
Humidity
78%
Dew point
9°C
Wind
10.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 116°C6°C25°C 20052°C 201654%
May 216°C6°C24°C 20052°C 201756%
May 316°C7°C22°C 19991°C 199157%
May 416°C7°C24°C 2003-2°C 199158%
May 517°C7°C25°C 20030°C 201959%
May 617°C7°C25°C 2003-2°C 201958%
May 717°C7°C24°C 20031°C 199158%
May 817°C7°C23°C 20111°C 199159%
May 917°C7°C24°C 20002°C 199758%
May 1017°C7°C25°C 20122°C 201757%
May 1117°C7°C27°C 20121°C 200557%
May 1217°C7°C26°C 19981°C 202057%
May 1317°C8°C26°C 19982°C 201957%
May 1418°C8°C26°C 19921°C 201957%
May 1518°C8°C25°C 19920°C 199559%
May 1618°C8°C25°C 19971°C 201958%
May 1718°C8°C26°C 20020°C 201256%
May 1818°C8°C23°C 20041°C 199155%
May 1918°C8°C23°C 20031°C 199154%
May 2018°C8°C25°C 20092°C 199554%
May 2118°C8°C25°C 20073°C 199553%
May 2218°C8°C24°C 20142°C 201552%
May 2319°C9°C24°C 20070°C 200452%
May 2419°C9°C27°C 20090°C 201353%
May 2519°C9°C28°C 20092°C 199153%
May 2619°C9°C26°C 19933°C 201353%
May 2719°C9°C28°C 20053°C 201354%
May 2819°C9°C27°C 20054°C 199155%
May 2920°C10°C27°C 20174°C 199655%
May 3020°C10°C26°C 19993°C 201356%
May 3120°C10°C25°C 19963°C 200658%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Olten, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

May 1
sunrise 6:12 AM, sunset 8:40 PM
May 31
sunrise 5:37 AM, sunset 9:16 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.