Yao Weather in May
Yao in May
The short of it: Yao in May averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 131 mm (5.2 in) of rain and about 13 h 57 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 15° · rain 131 mm · daylight 13 h 57 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & October
Thirty years of records give Yao an average May high of 26°, a low of 15° and some 131 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 26°, with nights near 15°. Wet spells are common — about 131 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 57 min in mid-May, 57 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 November and October.
Against its neighbours, Yao runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Kashihara, 4 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Yao, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 13 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 57 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h