Shaoyang Weather in May
Shaoyang in May
The short of it: Shaoyang in May averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 19 °C (65 °F), with 185 mm (7.3 in) of rain and about 13 h 29 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 185 mm · daylight 13 h 29 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & September
May in Shaoyang brings afternoons near 27° and nights around 19°, with about 185 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 27°; nights run about 19°. Wet spells are common — about 185 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 September.
Against its neighbours, Shaoyang runs about middling and about as wet in May. Hexiangqiao, 49 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Shaoyang, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HexiangqiaoHunan | 49 km W | 26° | 18° | 196 mm |
| LengshuijiangHunan | 50 km N | 26° | 18° | 183 mm |
| LianyuanHunan | 54 km NNE | 27° | 18° | 182 mm |
| LiuduzhaiHunan | 54 km WNW | 26° | 18° | 198 mm |
| SantangpuHunan | 55 km ENE | 27° | 19° | 183 mm |
| GantangHunan | 55 km ENE | 27° | 19° | 183 mm |
| QingshupingHunan | 57 km ENE | 27° | 19° | 183 mm |
| ShangmeiHunan | 58 km NNW | 27° | 18° | 184 mm |