Iwata Weather in May
Iwata in May
The short of it: Iwata in May averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 199 mm (7.8 in) of rain and about 13 h 58 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 199 mm · daylight 13 h 58 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Iwata an average May high of 23°, a low of 15° and some 199 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 23°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 199 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 58 min in mid-May, 57 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, Iwata runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Fukuroi, 8 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Iwata, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 20 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 58 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FukuroiShizuoka | 8 km NE | 23° | 15° | 198 mm |
| HamamatsuShizuoka | 11 km W | 24° | 15° | 197 mm |
| HamakitaShizuoka | 13 km NNW | 24° | 15° | 196 mm |
| MoriShizuoka | 17 km NNE | 23° | 15° | 197 mm |
| KakegawaShizuoka | 17 km ENE | 23° | 15° | 202 mm |
| KikugawaShizuoka | 25 km E | 23° | 15° | 203 mm |
| AraiShizuoka | 26 km W | 23° | 15° | 190 mm |
| MaruobaraShizuoka | 27 km E | 22° | 15° | 203 mm |