Hom Weather in May
Hom in May
The short of it: Hom in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 23 mm (0.91 in) of rain and about 15 h 13 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 3° · rain 23 mm · daylight 15 h 13 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Hom an average May high of 16°, a low of 3° and some 23 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 8° from April to about 16°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 23 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 13 min in mid-May, 96 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Hom runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Qongkur, 54 km to the SSW, is 6° warmer by day.
May in Hom, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 13 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h