Semboku Weather in May
Semboku in May
The short of it: Semboku in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 100 mm (3.9 in) of rain and about 14 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 9° · rain 100 mm · daylight 14 h 21 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & June
Thirty years of records give Semboku an average May high of 18°, a low of 9° and some 100 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 9°. Wet spells are common — about 100 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 21 min in mid-May, 69 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 September and June.
Against its neighbours, Semboku runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Kakunodatemachi, 20 km to the SW, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Semboku, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KakunodatemachiAkita | 20 km SW | 20° | 10° | 94 mm |
| ShizukuishiIwate | 20 km E | 20° | 9° | 94 mm |
| ŌtaIwate | 31 km S | 18° | 8° | 95 mm |
| MoriokaIwate | 35 km E | 21° | 9° | 96 mm |
| TakizawaIwate | 35 km ENE | 19° | 9° | 95 mm |
| YahabaIwate | 36 km ESE | 20° | 9° | 95 mm |
| ŌmagariAkita | 37 km SW | 21° | 11° | 92 mm |
| RokugōAkita | 37 km SSW | 20° | 10° | 91 mm |