Chūō Weather in May
Chūō in May
The short of it: Chūō in May averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 99 mm (3.9 in) of rain and about 14 h 2 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 12° · rain 99 mm · daylight 14 h 2 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & December
Thirty years of records give Chūō an average May high of 24°, a low of 12° and some 99 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 24°; nights run about 12°. Wet spells are common — about 99 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 2 min in mid-May, 59 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 December.
Against its neighbours, Chūō runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Minamiarupusu, 4 km to the WNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Chūō, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MinamiarupusuYamanashi | 4 km WNW | 23° | 12° | 100 mm |
| Minami-AlpsYamanashi | 4 km NW | 23° | 12° | 100 mm |
| RyūōYamanashi | 6 km N | 24° | 12° | 94 mm |
| KofuYamanashi | 10 km NE | 22° | 11° | 93 mm |
| KaiYamanashi | 10 km N | 23° | 11° | 92 mm |
| FuefukiYamanashi | 13 km ENE | 23° | 11° | 96 mm |
| YamanashiYamanashi | 20 km ENE | 23° | 11° | 96 mm |
| KōshūYamanashi | 28 km ENE | 21° | 9° | 109 mm |