Chikuma Weather in May
Chikuma in May
The short of it: Chikuma in May averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 11 °C (51 °F), with 82 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 14 h 6 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 11° · rain 82 mm · daylight 14 h 6 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & June
May in Chikuma brings afternoons near 23° and nights around 11°, with about 82 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 23°; nights run about 11°. Wet spells are common — about 82 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 6 min in mid-May, 61 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, Chikuma runs about middling and drier than most in May. Sakaki, 11 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Chikuma, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Jan–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h