Taft Weather in May
Taft in May
The short of it: Taft in May averages a high of 31 °C (88 °F) and a low of 24 °C (75 °F), with 260 mm (10.2 in) of rain and about 12 h 40 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 24° · rain 260 mm · daylight 12 h 40 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Taft an average May high of 31°, a low of 24° and some 260 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 260 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 40 min in mid-May, 17 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Taft runs about middling and about as wet in May. Sulat, 11 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Taft, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° warmer, 38 mm more rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SulatEastern Visayas | 11 km SSE | 31° | 24° | 270 mm |
| Can-AvidEastern Visayas | 11 km NNE | 31° | 24° | 256 mm |
| DoloresEastern Visayas | 17 km NNE | 31° | 24° | 256 mm |
| San JulianEastern Visayas | 17 km SSE | 31° | 24° | 272 mm |
| DaoEastern Visayas | 22 km N | 31° | 24° | 252 mm |
| OrasEastern Visayas | 27 km N | 31° | 24° | 248 mm |
| MaypangdanEastern Visayas | 28 km S | 31° | 24° | 282 mm |
| BaludEastern Visayas | 32 km S | 31° | 24° | 284 mm |