Kitakami Weather in May
Kitakami in May
The short of it: Kitakami in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 96 mm (3.8 in) of rain and about 14 h 19 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 10° · rain 96 mm · daylight 14 h 19 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Kitakami an average May high of 20°, a low of 10° and some 96 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 20°; nights run about 10°. Wet spells are common — about 96 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 19 min in mid-May, 68 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Kitakami runs about middling and drier than most in May. Kanegasaki, 9 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Kitakami, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h