Çat Weather in May
Çat in May
The short of it: Çat in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 84 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 14 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 5° · rain 84 mm · daylight 14 h 20 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Çat an average May high of 17°, a low of 5° and some 84 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 5°. Wet spells are common — about 84 mm, the 2nd wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 20 min in mid-May, 68 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 June and September.
Against its neighbours, Çat runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Soğukpınar, 7 km to the SSE, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Çat, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h