Chikusei Weather in May
Chikusei in May
The short of it: Chikusei in May averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 126 mm (5.0 in) of rain and about 14 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 13° · rain 126 mm · daylight 14 h 5 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & May
Thirty years of records give Chikusei an average May high of 23°, a low of 13° and some 126 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 23°; nights run about 13°. Wet spells are common — about 126 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 5 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 November and May.
Against its neighbours, Chikusei runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Oyama, 16 km to the W, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Chikusei, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 23 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h