Hlotse Weather in May
Hlotse in May
The short of it: Hlotse in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 18 mm (0.71 in) of rain and about 10 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 3° · rain 18 mm · daylight 10 h 42 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Hlotse an average May high of 20°, a low of 3° and some 18 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 3°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 18 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 42 min in mid-May, 44 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Hlotse runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Maputsoe, 14 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Hlotse, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 34 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 17°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MaputsoeLeribe | 14 km W | 20° | 2° | 18 mm |
| FicksburgFree State | 17 km W | 19° | 2° | 18 mm |
| PitsengLeribe | 22 km SE | 19° | 3° | 21 mm |
| Butha-ButheButha-Buthe | 23 km ENE | 19° | 3° | 20 mm |
| MapotengBerea | 27 km SSW | 20° | 4° | 20 mm |
| PekaLeribe | 30 km WSW | 19° | 2° | 20 mm |
| FouriesburgFree State | 32 km NNE | 19° | 2° | 23 mm |
| Mamathes00 | 35 km SW | 20° | 3° | 20 mm |