Aira Weather in May
Aira in May
The short of it: Aira in May averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 15 °C (60 °F), with 202 mm (8.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 46 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 15° · rain 202 mm · daylight 13 h 46 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Aira an average May high of 24°, a low of 15° and some 202 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 24°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 202 mm, the 5th 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 light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Aira runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Kajiki, 8 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Aira, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 46 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KajikiKagoshima | 8 km ESE | 25° | 16° | 203 mm |
| HamanoichiKagoshima | 15 km ESE | 25° | 16° | 202 mm |
| KirishimaKagoshima | 17 km ESE | 25° | 16° | 204 mm |
| Kokubu-matsukiKagoshima | 17 km ESE | 25° | 16° | 204 mm |
| TsurudaKagoshima | 22 km NNW | 24° | 15° | 195 mm |
| KurinoKagoshima | 23 km NNE | 23° | 14° | 220 mm |
| UmekiKagoshima | 23 km WSW | 23° | 15° | 210 mm |
| KagoshimaKagoshima | 23 km S | 25° | 16° | 204 mm |