Tōbetsu Weather in May
Tōbetsu in May
The short of it: Tōbetsu in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 64 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 39 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 7° · rain 64 mm · daylight 14 h 39 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Tōbetsu an average May high of 17°, a low of 7° and some 64 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 7°. Wet spells are common — about 64 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 39 min in mid-May, 78 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Tōbetsu runs about middling and drier than most in May. Ebetsu, 12 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Tōbetsu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h