Kikuchi Weather in May
Kikuchi in May
The short of it: Kikuchi in May averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 166 mm (6.5 in) of rain and about 13 h 51 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 15° · rain 166 mm · daylight 13 h 51 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & May
Thirty years of records give Kikuchi an average May high of 25°, a low of 15° and some 166 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 25°; nights run about 15°. Wet spells are common — about 166 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 51 min in mid-May, 53 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 October and May.
Against its neighbours, Kikuchi runs about middling and drier than most in May. Kōshi, 11 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Kikuchi, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 29 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 51 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KōshiKumamoto | 11 km SSW | 26° | 15° | 171 mm |
| YamagaKumamoto | 12 km WNW | 25° | 15° | 160 mm |
| ŌzuKumamoto | 13 km SSE | 25° | 14° | 176 mm |
| OkinoKumamoto | 13 km S | 26° | 15° | 174 mm |
| Uekimachi-mōnoKumamoto | 15 km SW | 25° | 15° | 171 mm |
| KumamotoKumamoto | 23 km SSW | 25° | 15° | 173 mm |
| TamanaKumamoto | 23 km W | 25° | 15° | 158 mm |
| KotōKumamoto | 24 km SSW | 26° | 15° | 174 mm |