Ama Weather in May
Ama in May
The short of it: Ama in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 100 mm (3.9 in) of rain and about 14 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 12° · rain 100 mm · daylight 14 h 4 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & October
Thirty years of records give Ama an average May high of 21°, a low of 12° and some 100 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 21°; nights run about 12°. Wet spells are common — about 100 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 4 min in mid-May, 60 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; the finest months here are June and October.
Against its neighbours, Ama runs about middling and drier than most in May. Funagoshi, 8 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Ama, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 13 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FunagoshiShimane | 8 km W | 21° | 12° | 102 mm |
| KōriShimane | 10 km SSW | 21° | 12° | 102 mm |
| NishidaShimane | 23 km ENE | 21° | 12° | 101 mm |
| SakaiminatoTottori | 63 km SSE | 22° | 13° | 106 mm |
| MatsueShimane | 68 km S | 23° | 13° | 105 mm |
| MikuriyaTottori | 74 km SSE | 23° | 12° | 110 mm |
| YasugichōShimane | 76 km S | 23° | 13° | 106 mm |
| YonagoTottori | 77 km SSE | 23° | 13° | 108 mm |