Artesia Weather in May
Artesia in May
The short of it: Artesia in May averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 8.0 mm (0.31 in) of rain and about 10 h 58 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 8° · rain 8.0 mm · daylight 10 h 58 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Artesia an average May high of 27°, a low of 8° and some 8.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 27°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 8.0 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 58 min in mid-May, 35 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Artesia runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Rasesa, 47 km to the SSW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Artesia, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 18 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 19°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 58 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RasesaKgatleng | 47 km SSW | 26° | 8° | 9.0 mm |
| MochudiKgatleng | 48 km SSW | 26° | 8° | 10 mm |
| PilaneKgatleng | 50 km SSW | 26° | 8° | 10 mm |
| MookaneCentral | 50 km NE | 27° | 7° | 7.0 mm |
| MorwaKgatleng | 53 km SSW | 26° | 8° | 10 mm |
| LentsweletauKweneng | 54 km WSW | 27° | 8° | 9.0 mm |
| BokaaKgatleng | 58 km SSW | 26° | 8° | 10 mm |
| Lenchwe Le TauKweneng | 63 km SW | 26° | 8° | 9.0 mm |