Kitakata Weather in May
Kitakata in May
The short of it: Kitakata in May averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 76 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 14 h 11 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 11° · rain 76 mm · daylight 14 h 11 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Kitakata an average May high of 22°, a low of 11° and some 76 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 22°; nights run about 11°. It is the driest month of the year, only 76 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 14 h 11 min in mid-May, 64 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, Kitakata runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Bange, 10 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Kitakata, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 7.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 11 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BangeFukushima | 10 km SSW | 22° | 11° | 74 mm |
| Aizu-WakamatsuFukushima | 19 km SSE | 22° | 10° | 78 mm |
| InawashiroFukushima | 24 km ESE | 20° | 9° | 89 mm |
| Aizu-misato MachiFukushima | 27 km S | 20° | 10° | 88 mm |
| TsugawaNiigata | 36 km W | 21° | 11° | 90 mm |
| YonezawaYamagata | 36 km NE | 22° | 11° | 80 mm |
| KomatsuYamagata | 42 km NNE | 22° | 11° | 80 mm |
| Dake-onsenFukushima | 43 km E | 20° | 9° | 94 mm |