Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 1991–2020 normal
Longyearbyen in
May.
Typical May weather in Longyearbyen: -0.1°C by day, -3.9°C at night, 8 mm of rain over 3.2 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-0.1°C
Typical low-3.9°C
Rain8 mm
Wet days3.2
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 32). Daylight is calculated as 24 h from latitude 78.22°.
Event window
Long daylight in May
Calculated mid-month daylight is 24 h at 78.2°. This is solar geometry, not a station reading.
Event window
Frost-level nights in May
The measured night-time normal is -3.9°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 2729907
- NOAA station
- SV000001008 · SVALBARD AIRPORT
- Station distance
- 5 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 29 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.