Basseknou Weather in May
Basseknou in May
The short of it: Basseknou in May averages a high of 43 °C (110 °F) and a low of 27 °C (81 °F), with 6.0 mm (0.24 in) of rain and about 12 h 52 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 43° · low 27° · rain 6.0 mm · daylight 12 h 52 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Basseknou an average May high of 43°, a low of 27° and some 6.0 mm of rain. The height of summer in Basseknou, with afternoons near 43°. Rain is scarce, about 6.0 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 52 min in mid-May, 23 minutes more than a month before.
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 January and December.
Against its neighbours, Basseknou runs about middling and drier than most in May. Mbera, 17 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Basseknou, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° warmer, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MberaHodh Ech Chargi | 17 km E | 43° | 27° | 6.0 mm |
| VassalaHodh Ech Chargi | 57 km SE | 43° | 27° | 9.0 mm |
| Abdel BegrouBamako | 115 km WSW | 44° | 27° | 6.0 mm |
| SokoloSégou | 127 km S | 42° | 26° | 8.0 mm |
| AmourjHodh Ech Chargi | 138 km WNW | 44° | 28° | 7.0 mm |
| BougadoumHodh Ech Chargi | 152 km W | 43° | 28° | 7.0 mm |
| NémaHodh Ech Chargi | 163 km WNW | 44° | 28° | 6.0 mm |
| NaraKoulikoro | 164 km WSW | 43° | 27° | 6.0 mm |