Yaolu Weather in May
Yaolu in May
The short of it: Yaolu in May averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 17 °C (63 °F), with 200 mm (7.9 in) of rain and about 13 h 22 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 17° · rain 200 mm · daylight 13 h 22 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & November
Thirty years of records give Yaolu an average May high of 26°, a low of 17° and some 200 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 26°, with nights near 17°. Wet spells are common — about 200 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 22 min in mid-May, 39 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 November.
Against its neighbours, Yaolu runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Maolan, 7 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Yaolu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 91 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 22 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MaolanGuizhou | 7 km SSE | 26° | 18° | 200 mm |
| DingdanGuizhou | 50 km NNE | 26° | 18° | 186 mm |
| ShangjiangGuizhou | 55 km N | 26° | 17° | 190 mm |
| PingjiangGuizhou | 67 km NNE | 27° | 18° | 179 mm |
| DushanGuizhou | 67 km NW | 24° | 16° | 193 mm |
| TingdongGuizhou | 69 km NE | 27° | 18° | 186 mm |
| XiajiangGuizhou | 72 km ENE | 27° | 18° | 190 mm |
| PingjiangGuizhou | 73 km ENE | 27° | 18° | 186 mm |