Nakatonbetsu Weather in May
Nakatonbetsu in May
The short of it: Nakatonbetsu in May averages a high of 14 °C (57 °F) and a low of 5 °C (42 °F), with 64 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 5° · rain 64 mm · daylight 14 h 50 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Nakatonbetsu an average May high of 14°, a low of 5° and some 64 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 14°; nights run about 5°. Wet spells are common — about 64 mm, the 9th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 50 min in mid-May, 84 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Nakatonbetsu runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Hamatonbetsu, 19 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Nakatonbetsu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h