Houxi Weather in May
Houxi in May
The short of it: Houxi in May averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 17 °C (63 °F), with 182 mm (7.2 in) of rain and about 13 h 35 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 17° · rain 182 mm · daylight 13 h 35 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: February & December
Thirty years of records give Houxi an average May high of 26°, a low of 17° and some 182 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 26°, with nights near 17°. Wet spells are common — about 182 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 35 min in mid-May, 45 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 February and December.
Against its neighbours, Houxi runs about middling and drier than most in May. Youchou, 8 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Houxi, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 52 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h