Taft Weather in May
Taft in May
The short of it: Taft in May averages a high of 29 °C (85 °F) and a low of 15 °C (60 °F), with 9.0 mm (0.35 in) of rain and about 13 h 46 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 29° · low 15° · rain 9.0 mm · daylight 13 h 46 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Taft an average May high of 29°, a low of 15° and some 9.0 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 29°; nights run about 15°. Rain is scarce, about 9.0 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 46 min in mid-May, 51 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and October.
Against its neighbours, Taft runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Yazd, 23 km to the NE, is 4° warmer by day.
May in Taft, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 46 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YazdYazd Province | 23 km NE | 33° | 19° | 7.0 mm |
| ZārachYazd Province | 28 km N | 34° | 18° | 6.0 mm |
| Ashkez̄arYazd Province | 28 km N | 34° | 18° | 6.0 mm |
| MahrīzYazd Province | 29 km SE | 32° | 16° | 7.0 mm |
| ReẕvānshahrYazd Province | 31 km N | 34° | 18° | 6.0 mm |
| FahrajYazd Province | 36 km E | 33° | 18° | 6.0 mm |
| ŞadrābādYazd Province | 37 km NNW | 34° | 18° | 6.0 mm |
| ShamsīYazd Province | 40 km NNW | 34° | 18° | 6.0 mm |