Gantang Weather in May
Gantang in May
The short of it: Gantang in May averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 19 °C (66 °F), with 183 mm (7.2 in) of rain and about 13 h 29 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 27° · low 19° · rain 183 mm · daylight 13 h 29 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Gantang an average May high of 27°, a low of 19° and some 183 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 27°, with nights near 19°. Wet spells are common — about 183 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 29 min in mid-May, 42 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, Gantang runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Santangpu, 4 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Gantang, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 17 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SantangpuHunan | 4 km SSE | 27° | 19° | 183 mm |
| QingshupingHunan | 8 km SE | 27° | 19° | 183 mm |
| YongfengHunan | 19 km E | 27° | 19° | 182 mm |
| LoudiHunan | 33 km N | 28° | 19° | 183 mm |
| LianyuanHunan | 41 km NW | 27° | 18° | 182 mm |
| ShaoyangHunan | 55 km WSW | 27° | 19° | 185 mm |
| LengshuijiangHunan | 60 km WNW | 26° | 18° | 183 mm |
| XiangxiangHunan | 64 km ENE | 28° | 19° | 181 mm |