Bykov Weather in May
Bykov in May
The short of it: Bykov in May averages a high of 11 °C (52 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 62 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 3° · rain 62 mm · daylight 15 h 4 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Bykov an average May high of 11°, a low of 3° and some 62 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 11°, with nights near 3°. Wet spells are common — about 62 mm, the 7th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 4 min in mid-May, 91 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Bykov runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Uglezavodsk, 5 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Bykov, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UglezavodskSakhalin Oblast | 5 km E | 11° | 3° | 61 mm |
| SokolSakhalin Oblast | 16 km ESE | 11° | 3° | 62 mm |
| SinegorskSakhalin Oblast | 17 km SSW | 10° | 2° | 63 mm |
| DolinskSakhalin Oblast | 17 km E | 11° | 3° | 61 mm |
| Yuzhno-SakhalinskSakhalin Oblast | 42 km SSE | 12° | 3° | 61 mm |
| YablochnyySakhalin Oblast | 43 km WSW | 11° | 4° | 57 mm |
| TroitskoyeSakhalin Oblast | 45 km S | 12° | 3° | 62 mm |
| ChekhovSakhalin Oblast | 46 km WNW | 11° | 4° | 60 mm |