Herford Weather in May
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 62 mm over about 12 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 18°C
- Average low
- 7°C
- Precipitation
- 62 mm
- Record high
- 33°CMay 30, 1944
- Record low
- -3°CMay 3, 1960
- Daylight
- 14 h 55 min to 16 h 23 min
- Cloud cover
- 70%
- Humidity
- 78%
- Dew point
- 9°C
- Wind
- 14.8 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 16°C | 6°C | 25°C 1952 | -1°C 1962 | 40% |
| May 2 | 16°C | 6°C | 27°C 1966 | -1°C 1960 | 42% |
| May 3 | 16°C | 6°C | 27°C 2001 | -3°C 1960 | 42% |
| May 4 | 16°C | 6°C | 27°C 1977 | -1°C 1979 | 40% |
| May 5 | 17°C | 6°C | 28°C 1990 | -2°C 1938 | 39% |
| May 6 | 17°C | 6°C | 27°C 1990 | -1°C 1996 | 39% |
| May 7 | 17°C | 6°C | 27°C 1976 | -2°C 1979 | 37% |
| May 8 | 17°C | 6°C | 30°C 1976 | -1°C 1957 | 37% |
| May 9 | 17°C | 6°C | 30°C 1976 | -3°C 1938 | 38% |
| May 10 | 17°C | 7°C | 30°C 1976 | -1°C 1980 | 36% |
| May 11 | 17°C | 7°C | 30°C 1998 | -1°C 1953 | 36% |
| May 12 | 17°C | 7°C | 31°C 1998 | 0°C 1940 | 37% |
| May 13 | 17°C | 7°C | 31°C 1969 | 1°C 1968 | 38% |
| May 14 | 17°C | 7°C | 29°C 1943 | 1°C 1978 | 37% |
| May 15 | 18°C | 7°C | 31°C 1992 | 1°C 1977 | 39% |
| May 16 | 18°C | 7°C | 30°C 2000 | -1°C 1973 | 39% |
| May 17 | 18°C | 8°C | 29°C 1966 | 2°C 1974 | 38% |
| May 18 | 18°C | 8°C | 28°C 1976 | 1°C 1956 | 38% |
| May 19 | 18°C | 8°C | 31°C 1953 | 0°C 1968 | 39% |
| May 20 | 18°C | 8°C | 29°C 1981 | 0°C 1968 | 40% |
| May 21 | 18°C | 8°C | 29°C 1950 | 1°C 1988 | 42% |
| May 22 | 18°C | 8°C | 27°C 1992 | 1°C 1995 | 42% |
| May 23 | 19°C | 8°C | 29°C 1992 | 0°C 1980 | 42% |
| May 24 | 19°C | 9°C | 29°C 1992 | 1°C 1959 | 43% |
| May 25 | 19°C | 9°C | 28°C 1992 | 2°C 1960 | 43% |
| May 26 | 19°C | 9°C | 30°C 1953 | 2°C 1990 | 44% |
| May 27 | 19°C | 9°C | 30°C 1985 | 1°C 1956 | 44% |
| May 28 | 19°C | 9°C | 29°C 1956 | 3°C 1970 | 46% |
| May 29 | 19°C | 9°C | 30°C 1944 | 1°C 1990 | 46% |
| May 30 | 19°C | 9°C | 33°C 1944 | 1°C 1974 | 45% |
| May 31 | 20°C | 10°C | 31°C 1947 | 1°C 1975 | 46% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:55 AM, sunset 8:50 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:12 AM, sunset 9:35 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station GME00123178, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.