Altar Weather in May
Altar in May
The short of it: Altar in May averages a high of 36 °C (97 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 1.0 mm (0.04 in) of rain and about 13 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 36° · low 14° · rain 1.0 mm · daylight 13 h 42 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Altar an average May high of 36°, a low of 14° and some 1.0 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 36° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the driest month of the year, only 1.0 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 13 h 42 min in mid-May, 49 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 February.
Against its neighbours, Altar runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Pitiquito, 21 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Altar, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 22°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PitiquitoSonora | 21 km WSW | 36° | 14° | 1.0 mm |
| ÁtilSonora | 28 km ENE | 36° | 14° | 2.0 mm |
| Heroica CaborcaSonora | 31 km W | 36° | 14° | 1.0 mm |
| TrincherasSonora | 46 km SE | 37° | 13° | 1.0 mm |
| La AlmitaSonora | 57 km W | 36° | 14° | 0.0 mm |
| Siempre VivaSonora | 59 km W | 36° | 14° | 0.0 mm |
| SáricSonora | 61 km NE | 34° | 13° | 3.0 mm |
| El ClaroSonora | 68 km ESE | 35° | 13° | 1.0 mm |