Oulu climate

Oulu Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 8°C on May 1 to 13°C on May 31, and lows from 0°C to 6°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, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Oulu, 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
11°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
62 mm
Reanalysis high
25°CMay 19, 2010
Reanalysis low
-5°CMay 1, 2007
Daylight
17 h 05 min to 20 h 35 min
Cloud cover
66%
Humidity
81%
Dew point
4°C
Wind
9.4 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 18°C0°C16°C 2008-5°C 200734%
May 28°C0°C17°C 2008-4°C 201335%
May 38°C0°C19°C 2008-3°C 200337%
May 48°C1°C18°C 2008-3°C 201038%
May 58°C1°C17°C 2004-3°C 199937%
May 68°C1°C21°C 2004-3°C 201037%
May 79°C1°C19°C 1993-3°C 201039%
May 89°C1°C21°C 2004-4°C 199139%
May 99°C1°C17°C 1994-4°C 199139%
May 109°C1°C17°C 2018-3°C 199939%
May 1110°C2°C20°C 2018-4°C 200439%
May 1210°C2°C22°C 2018-3°C 199940%
May 1310°C2°C23°C 2018-2°C 200440%
May 1410°C2°C23°C 2018-3°C 199540%
May 1510°C3°C22°C 2010-4°C 199640%
May 1611°C3°C24°C 2018-3°C 201740%
May 1711°C3°C21°C 2010-2°C 199740%
May 1811°C3°C22°C 2013-3°C 199740%
May 1911°C3°C25°C 2010-3°C 199640%
May 2012°C4°C22°C 2010-1°C 199741%
May 2112°C4°C19°C 2014-2°C 199741%
May 2212°C4°C20°C 2018-2°C 199740%
May 2312°C4°C21°C 2014-1°C 199740%
May 2412°C4°C20°C 2005-3°C 199740%
May 2513°C5°C19°C 2018-2°C 199739%
May 2613°C5°C20°C 20030°C 200138%
May 2713°C5°C20°C 19920°C 200138%
May 2813°C5°C22°C 2013-1°C 199339%
May 2913°C5°C22°C 19950°C 200140%
May 3013°C6°C24°C 2013-2°C 200140%
May 3113°C6°C23°C 20131°C 199638%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Oulu, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

May 1
sunrise 4:44 AM, sunset 9:49 PM
May 31
sunrise 3:00 AM, sunset 11:35 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.