Shaft Weather in May
Shaft in May
The short of it: Shaft in May averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 32 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 14 h 9 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 14° · rain 32 mm · daylight 14 h 9 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Shaft an average May high of 22°, a low of 14° and some 32 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 22°, with nights near 14°. Rain is modest, about 32 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 9 min in mid-May, 62 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Shaft runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Aḩmad Sar Gūrāb, 5 km to the SW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Shaft, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 29 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 9 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aḩmad Sar GūrābGilan Province | 5 km SW | 22° | 13° | 31 mm |
| Rūd PīshGilan Province | 7 km N | 22° | 14° | 32 mm |
| FūmanGilan Province | 10 km NW | 22° | 14° | 31 mm |
| GashtGilan Province | 10 km W | 22° | 13° | 30 mm |
| MarjaghalGilan Province | 12 km N | 22° | 14° | 32 mm |
| Şowme‘eh SarāGilan Province | 16 km NNW | 22° | 13° | 31 mm |
| Gūrāb ZarmīkhGilan Province | 20 km NW | 22° | 13° | 30 mm |
| RashtGilan Province | 20 km NE | 24° | 15° | 41 mm |