Padam Weather in May
Padam in May
The short of it: Padam in May averages a high of 15 °C (58 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 23 mm (0.91 in) of rain and about 13 h 53 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 2° · rain 23 mm · daylight 13 h 53 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Padam an average May high of 15°, a low of 2° and some 23 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 7° from April to about 15°, with nights near 2°. Rain is modest, about 23 mm, the 6th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 53 min in mid-May, 54 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Padam runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Bunjwah, 94 km to the WSW, is 8° warmer by day.
May in Padam, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 7.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BunjwahJammu and Kashmir | 94 km WSW | 23° | 11° | 69 mm |
| ChoglamsarLadakh | 97 km NE | 20° | 5° | 9.0 mm |
| KyelangHimachal Pradesh | 100 km S | 15° | 4° | 57 mm |
| LehLadakh | 101 km NE | 17° | 4° | 8.0 mm |
| KishtwārJammu and Kashmir | 105 km W | 27° | 13° | 64 mm |
| BhadarwāhJammu and Kashmir | 121 km WSW | 25° | 15° | 63 mm |
| ChambaHimachal Pradesh | 124 km SW | 31° | 19° | 52 mm |
| DodaJammu and Kashmir | 129 km WSW | 30° | 18° | 54 mm |