Chikugo Weather in May
Chikugo in May
The short of it: Chikugo in May averages a high of 25 °C (78 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 145 mm (5.7 in) of rain and about 13 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 15° · rain 145 mm · daylight 13 h 52 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & May
Thirty years of records give Chikugo an average May high of 25°, a low of 15° and some 145 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 25°; nights run about 15°. Wet spells are common — about 145 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 52 min in mid-May, 54 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 October and May.
Against its neighbours, Chikugo runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Miyama, 9 km to the S, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Chikugo, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 17 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h