Shibetsu Weather in May
Shibetsu in May
The short of it: Shibetsu in May averages a high of 14 °C (56 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 75 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 14 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 7° · rain 75 mm · daylight 14 h 42 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & September
Thirty years of records give Shibetsu an average May high of 14°, a low of 7° and some 75 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 14°; nights run about 7°. Wet spells are common — about 75 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 42 min in mid-May, 80 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and September.
Against its neighbours, Shibetsu runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Nakashibetsu, 18 km to the SW, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Shibetsu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NakashibetsuHokkaido | 18 km SW | 15° | 8° | 79 mm |
| RausuHokkaido | 40 km N | 11° | 6° | 75 mm |
| HonmachiHokkaido | 47 km NW | 15° | 7° | 71 mm |
| MizumotomachiHokkaido | 47 km WNW | 15° | 7° | 73 mm |
| NemuroHokkaido | 52 km SE | 12° | 5° | 93 mm |
| TeshikagaHokkaido | 55 km WSW | 14° | 6° | 94 mm |
| Hamanaka-sakuraminamiHokkaido | 56 km S | 13° | 6° | 92 mm |
| KoshimizuHokkaido | 58 km WNW | 15° | 7° | 72 mm |