Shaoshan Weather in May
Shaoshan in May
The short of it: Shaoshan in May averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 19 °C (66 °F), with 179 mm (7.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 31 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 19° · rain 179 mm · daylight 13 h 31 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & September
Thirty years of records give Shaoshan an average May high of 27°, a low of 19° and some 179 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 27°, with nights near 19°. Wet spells are common — about 179 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 31 min in mid-May, 43 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 September.
Against its neighbours, Shaoshan runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Xiangxiang, 20 km to the S, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Shaoshan, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h