Urasa Weather in May
Urasa in May
The short of it: Urasa in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 96 mm (3.8 in) of rain and about 14 h 9 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 11° · rain 96 mm · daylight 14 h 9 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Urasa an average May high of 21°, a low of 11° and some 96 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 21°, with nights near 11°. It is the driest month of the year, only 96 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 14 h 9 min in mid-May, 62 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 May.
Against its neighbours, Urasa runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Uonuma, 9 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Urasa, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 24 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 9 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UonumaNiigata | 9 km NNE | 22° | 11° | 97 mm |
| MinamiuonumaNiigata | 10 km SSW | 22° | 11° | 97 mm |
| MuikamachiNiigata | 12 km SSW | 21° | 11° | 97 mm |
| TōkamachiNiigata | 14 km WSW | 21° | 11° | 95 mm |
| ShiozawaNiigata | 16 km SSW | 22° | 11° | 95 mm |
| OjiyaNiigata | 18 km NW | 22° | 11° | 95 mm |
| YuzawaNiigata | 27 km SSW | 20° | 10° | 101 mm |
| ŌwarinoNiigata | 30 km SW | 21° | 10° | 95 mm |