Arou Weather in May
Arou in May
The short of it: Arou in May averages a high of 14 °C (56 °F) and a low of -0 °C (32 °F), with 43 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 14 h 13 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 0° · rain 43 mm · daylight 14 h 13 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Arou an average May high of 14°, a low of 0° and some 43 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 14°, nights near 0°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 43 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 13 min in mid-May, 65 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Arou runs about middling and about as wet in May. Qilian, 22 km to the NW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Arou, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 29 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 13 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QilianQinghai | 22 km NW | 15° | 1° | 41 mm |
| ZhamashiQinghai | 41 km WNW | 13° | -1° | 41 mm |
| MoleQinghai | 48 km SSE | 12° | -2° | 51 mm |
| ShaliuheQinghai | 86 km SSW | 13° | 0° | 40 mm |
| Ha’ergai DaduiQinghai | 90 km S | 14° | 0° | 46 mm |
| YeniugouQinghai | 90 km WNW | 11° | -3° | 40 mm |
| ZhangyeGansu | 97 km N | 24° | 9° | 19 mm |
| QingshizuiQinghai | 109 km SE | 15° | 0° | 59 mm |