Yixing Weather in May
Yixing in May
The short of it: Yixing in May averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 17 °C (62 °F), with 102 mm (4.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 44 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 102 mm · daylight 13 h 44 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & November
Thirty years of records give Yixing an average May high of 26°, a low of 17° and some 102 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 26°; nights run about 17°. Wet spells are common — about 102 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 44 min in mid-May, 50 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, Yixing runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Licheng, 33 km to the WNW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Yixing, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 18 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h