Echizen Weather in May
Echizen in May
The short of it: Echizen in May averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 13 °C (56 °F), with 139 mm (5.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 3 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 13° · rain 139 mm · daylight 14 h 3 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Echizen an average May high of 22°, a low of 13° and some 139 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 22°; nights run about 13°. Wet spells are common — about 139 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 3 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Echizen runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Takefu, 2 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Echizen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h