Ōdate Weather in May
Ōdate in May
The short of it: Ōdate in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 88 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 24 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 88 mm · daylight 14 h 24 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Ōdate an average May high of 20°, a low of 10° and some 88 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 20°, with nights near 10°. It is the driest month of the year, only 88 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 14 h 24 min in mid-May, 70 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 June and September.
Against its neighbours, Ōdate runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Kita-Akita, 16 km to the WSW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Ōdate, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kita-AkitaAkita | 16 km WSW | 19° | 10° | 91 mm |
| TakanosuAkita | 17 km WSW | 20° | 10° | 92 mm |
| KosakaAkita | 19 km NE | 17° | 8° | 92 mm |
| HanawaAkita | 22 km ESE | 19° | 9° | 89 mm |
| FujikotoAkita | 25 km W | 19° | 10° | 95 mm |
| ŌwaniAomori | 28 km N | 18° | 9° | 85 mm |
| FutatsuimachiAkita | 29 km WSW | 19° | 10° | 96 mm |
| HirakawaAomori | 35 km N | 19° | 10° | 82 mm |