Kainuk Weather in May
Kainuk in May
The short of it: Kainuk in May averages a high of 31 °C (88 °F) and a low of 19 °C (67 °F), with 59 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 12 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 19° · rain 59 mm · daylight 12 h 12 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & December
Thirty years of records give Kainuk an average May high of 31°, a low of 19° and some 59 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 59 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 12 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and December.
Against its neighbours, Kainuk runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Amudat, 65 km to the WNW, is 3° cooler by day.
May in Kainuk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 38 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AmudatNorthern Region | 65 km WNW | 28° | 17° | 82 mm |
| LokicharTurkana County | 69 km NNE | 34° | 21° | 45 mm |
| MakutanoWest Pokot County | 73 km SW | 23° | 12° | 159 mm |
| KapenguriaWest Pokot County | 74 km SW | 24° | 12° | 168 mm |
| KapsowarElegeyo-Marakwet | 89 km S | 22° | 11° | 122 mm |
| KitaleTrans Nzoia | 101 km SSW | 24° | 13° | 154 mm |
| Moi‘s BridgeUasin Gishu County | 109 km SSW | 25° | 13° | 141 mm |
| MatundaUasin Gishu County | 111 km SSW | 24° | 13° | 128 mm |