Obara Weather in May
Obara in May
The short of it: Obara in May averages a high of 22 °C (71 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 120 mm (4.7 in) of rain and about 13 h 59 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 13° · rain 120 mm · daylight 13 h 59 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Obara an average May high of 22°, a low of 13° and some 120 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 22°, with nights near 13°. Wet spells are common — about 120 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 59 min in mid-May, 58 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, Obara runs about middling and drier than most in May. Kawamoto, 13 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Obara, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 59 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KawamotoShimane | 13 km SW | 22° | 13° | 127 mm |
| Ōdachō-ōdaShimane | 14 km NNW | 22° | 13° | 113 mm |
| AkanaShimane | 15 km SE | 21° | 12° | 128 mm |
| KyōmendaoShimane | 26 km SSW | 22° | 13° | 137 mm |
| GōtsuchōShimane | 34 km WSW | 22° | 14° | 119 mm |
| UnnanShimane | 34 km ENE | 22° | 13° | 113 mm |
| IzumoShimane | 36 km NNE | 23° | 13° | 108 mm |
| MiyoshiHiroshima | 40 km SE | 23° | 14° | 126 mm |