Dumka Weather in May
Dumka in May
The short of it: Dumka in May averages a high of 38 °C (100 °F) and a low of 25 °C (78 °F), with 77 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 18 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 38° · low 25° · rain 77 mm · daylight 13 h 18 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Dumka an average May high of 38°, a low of 25° and some 77 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 38° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 77 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 18 min in mid-May, 37 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Dumka runs about middling and about as wet in May. Rasikpur, 2 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Dumka, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 53 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 18 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RasikpurJharkhand | 2 km NNE | 38° | 25° | 78 mm |
| BasukinathJharkhand | 22 km NW | 38° | 25° | 79 mm |
| BakreswarWest Bengal | 45 km SSE | 38° | 26° | 67 mm |
| SiuriWest Bengal | 49 km SE | 37° | 26° | 66 mm |
| DubrājpurWest Bengal | 55 km SSE | 38° | 26° | 69 mm |
| Rampur HatWest Bengal | 55 km E | 37° | 25° | 63 mm |
| SainthiaWest Bengal | 56 km SE | 37° | 25° | 64 mm |
| JāmtāraJharkhand | 57 km SW | 39° | 26° | 59 mm |