Chongming Weather in May
Chongming in May
The short of it: Chongming in May averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 16 °C (61 °F), with 83 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 13 h 45 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 16° · rain 83 mm · daylight 13 h 45 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & April
May in Chongming brings afternoons near 24° and nights around 16°, with about 83 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 24°, with nights near 16°. Wet spells are common — about 83 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 45 min in mid-May, 50 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and April.
Against its neighbours, Chongming runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Huilong, 22 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Chongming, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 16 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 45 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h