Honchō Weather in May
Honchō in May
The short of it: Honchō in May averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 118 mm (4.6 in) of rain and about 14 h 2 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 23° · low 15° · rain 118 mm · daylight 14 h 2 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Honchō an average May high of 23°, a low of 15° and some 118 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 23°, with nights near 15°. Wet spells are common — about 118 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Honchō runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Ichikawa, 8 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Honchō, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h