Semonkong Weather in May
Semonkong in May
The short of it: Semonkong in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 1 °C (34 °F), with 19 mm (0.75 in) of rain and about 10 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 1° · rain 19 mm · daylight 10 h 38 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & October
Thirty years of records give Semonkong an average May high of 16°, a low of 1° and some 19 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 1°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 19 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 38 min in mid-May, 46 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and October.
Against its neighbours, Semonkong runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Ketane, 32 km to the SW, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Semonkong, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 31 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KetaneMohale's Hoek District | 32 km SW | 18° | 4° | 16 mm |
| RamabantaMaseru District | 32 km NW | 19° | 4° | 20 mm |
| Sekake00 | 34 km ESE | 17° | 4° | 13 mm |
| MarakabeisThaba-Tseka | 34 km NNE | 17° | 2° | 19 mm |
| NakoMaseru District | 37 km NW | 18° | 3° | 22 mm |
| KoloMaseru District | 39 km WNW | 18° | 3° | 22 mm |
| MphakiQuthing | 40 km S | 17° | 3° | 18 mm |
| MantsonyaneThaba-Tseka | 40 km NNE | 15° | 0° | 20 mm |