Terek Weather in May
Terek in May
The short of it: Terek in May averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 11 °C (51 °F), with 71 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 14 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 11° · rain 71 mm · daylight 14 h 41 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & September
Thirty years of records give Terek an average May high of 23°, a low of 11° and some 71 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 23°; nights run about 11°. Wet spells are common — about 71 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 41 min in mid-May, 79 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and September.
Against its neighbours, Terek runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Argudan, 20 km to the WSW, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Terek, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 21 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArgudanKabardino-Balkariya Republic | 20 km WSW | 21° | 10° | 81 mm |
| KakhunKabardino-Balkariya Republic | 22 km WNW | 22° | 11° | 71 mm |
| NartkalaKabardino-Balkariya Republic | 24 km WNW | 22° | 11° | 73 mm |
| ProkhladnyyKabardino-Balkariya Republic | 32 km NNW | 23° | 11° | 66 mm |
| PsedakhIngushetiya Republic | 35 km E | 21° | 10° | 76 mm |
| NartanKabardino-Balkariya Republic | 35 km W | 21° | 10° | 80 mm |
| ArdonNorth Ossetia–Alania | 36 km SSE | 22° | 10° | 86 mm |
| DigoraNorth Ossetia–Alania | 36 km S | 22° | 10° | 91 mm |