Donghe Weather in May
Donghe in May
The short of it: Donghe in May averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 16 °C (61 °F), with 96 mm (3.8 in) of rain and about 13 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 16° · rain 96 mm · daylight 13 h 48 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Donghe an average May high of 25°, a low of 16° and some 96 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 25°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 96 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 48 min in mid-May, 52 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 April and October.
Against its neighbours, Donghe runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Jiachuan, 9 km to the WSW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Donghe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 34 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h