Ortum Weather in May
Ortum in May
The short of it: Ortum in May averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 16 °C (60 °F), with 112 mm (4.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 11 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 16° · rain 112 mm · daylight 12 h 11 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: December & January
Thirty years of records give Ortum an average May high of 27°, a low of 16° and some 112 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 27°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 112 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 11 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 December and January.
Against its neighbours, Ortum runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Chepareria, 22 km to the SW, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Ortum, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 23 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 11 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChepareriaWest Pokot County | 22 km SW | 25° | 14° | 120 mm |
| KapenguriaWest Pokot County | 35 km SW | 24° | 12° | 168 mm |
| MakutanoWest Pokot County | 35 km SW | 23° | 12° | 159 mm |
| KainukTurkana County | 41 km NNE | 31° | 19° | 59 mm |
| KapcheropTrans Nzoia | 44 km S | 23° | 11° | 140 mm |
| KapsowarElegeyo-Marakwet | 56 km SSE | 22° | 11° | 122 mm |
| KitaleTrans Nzoia | 61 km SW | 24° | 13° | 154 mm |
| Moi‘s BridgeUasin Gishu County | 68 km SSW | 25° | 13° | 141 mm |