Baraton Weather in May
Baraton in May
The short of it: Baraton in May averages a high of 24 °C (74 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 165 mm (6.5 in) of rain and about 12 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 13° · rain 165 mm · daylight 12 h 8 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Baraton an average May high of 24°, a low of 13° and some 165 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 24°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 165 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 8 min in mid-May.
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 January and December.
Against its neighbours, Baraton runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Kapsabet, 6 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Baraton, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 27 mm less rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KapsabetNandi | 6 km SSE | 23° | 12° | 155 mm |
| MosoriotNandi | 13 km NE | 23° | 12° | 138 mm |
| Nandi HillsNandi | 20 km SE | 23° | 12° | 146 mm |
| KessesUasin Gishu County | 26 km ENE | 23° | 11° | 112 mm |
| SeremVihiga County | 32 km SW | 25° | 15° | 206 mm |
| MalavaKakamega County | 33 km NW | 26° | 15° | 216 mm |
| KhayegaKakamega County | 35 km W | 26° | 15° | 209 mm |
| EldoretUasin Gishu County | 36 km NE | 24° | 12° | 121 mm |