Sheksna weather in May

In May, Sheksna sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 10.8 wet days and about 16.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 24 min at the start of May to 17 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Sheksna's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sheksna's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
57 mm
10.8 wet days
Daylight
16 h 36 min
4:04 AM – 8:41 PM
Cloud cover
63%
1st clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.08 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Sheksna is human settlement in Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia.

Founded
1590

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Sheksna reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1133
2133
3143
4143
5144
6144
7144
8154
9154
10155
11155
12155
13155
14165
15166
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21177
22177
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24177
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26177
27187
28188
29188
30188
31188

How May really feels in Sheksna

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 3 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
3
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Sheksna weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-7° / -12°4311.513.56.60.0
Feb-5° / -12°349.511.18.80.0
Mar / -7°369.69.511.30.0
Apr / -1°358.43.314.11.6
May16° / 5710.80.516.64.8
Jun20° / 10°7811.7018.15.9
Jul22° / 13°8312.9017.56.2
Aug20° / 11°7412.4015.25.8
Sep14° / 5610.8012.63.8
Oct / 5812.33.49.80.7
Nov-1° / -5°5111.28.87.30.0
Dec-5° / -9°4712.413.15.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23763
33763
43862
53862
63862
73763
83961
93961
103961
113961
123961
133961
143961
154060
163961
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184060
194060
204159
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224159
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244060
254159
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274159
284258
294357
304258
314258

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Sheksna gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 10.8 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 34% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1304
2304
3313
4313
5323
6323
7323
8323
9323
10323
11323
12323
13333
14332
15332
16342
17342
18352
19361
20361
21361
22371
23371
24370
25380
26380
27380
28380
29380
30380
31380

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
410000
510000
610000
710000
810000
99910
109910
119910
129910
139910
149820
159820
169820
179730
189730
199631
209541
219541
229541
239451
249352
259352
269262
279262
289262
299262
309172
319073

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
1312light breeze
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3012light breeze
3112light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 24 min at the start of May to 17 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 132 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:40 AM to 3:36 AM, and sunset from 8:06 PM to 9:11 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.44:408:06
215.54:388:08
315.64:358:11
415.74:328:13
515.84:308:16
615.84:278:18
715.94:258:20
816.04:228:23
916.14:208:25
1016.24:178:27
1116.24:158:30
1216.34:138:32
1316.44:108:34
1416.54:088:36
1516.54:068:39
1616.64:048:41
1716.74:018:43
1816.83:598:45
1916.83:578:47
2016.93:558:50
2117.03:538:52
2217.03:518:54
2317.13:498:56
2417.23:478:58
2517.23:459:00
2617.33:449:02
2717.43:429:04
2817.43:409:06
2917.53:399:07
3017.53:379:09
3117.63:369:11

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.43 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.08 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
24.6Bright
34.7Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
64.8Bright
74.8Bright
84.8Bright
94.9Bright
104.9Bright
115.0Bright
125.0Bright
135.0Bright
145.0Bright
155.1Bright
165.1Bright
175.1Bright
185.1Bright
195.2Bright
205.2Bright
215.2Bright
225.2Bright
235.2Bright
245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.4Bright
295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Sheksna?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.7
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Sheksna for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sheksna in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Sheksna sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sheksna in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sheksna peaks around July 11 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 11UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sheksna?

Sheksna sits at 59.2°N, 38.5°E, 109 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Cherepovets, 36 km away.

Topography around Sheksna

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Sheksna.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sheksna has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 116 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 191 m.

The land around Sheksna is covered by trees (35%), grassland (20%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (58%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
167 m
80 km
191 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Cherepovets 36 km · Vologda 78 km · Sokol 95 km · Gryazovets 106 km · Rybinsk 131 km · Danilov 148 km · Tutayev 160 km · Pestovo 170 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$17,547
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
12
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 521
Religion
other Christian 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Sheksna (59.21°, 38.5107°, elevation 109 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).