Şiran Weather in May
Şiran in May
The short of it: Şiran in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 73 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 14 h 23 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 21° · low 8° · rain 73 mm · daylight 14 h 23 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Şiran an average May high of 21°, a low of 8° and some 73 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 21°, with nights near 8°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 73 mm.
The sun is up for about 14 h 23 min in mid-May, 70 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 June and September.
Against its neighbours, Şiran runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Evren, 8 km to the NE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Şiran, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EvrenGümüşhane Province | 8 km NE | 20° | 7° | 76 mm |
| KelkitGümüşhane Province | 28 km ESE | 21° | 8° | 70 mm |
| AlucraGiresun | 33 km WNW | 19° | 7° | 82 mm |
| GümüşhaneGümüşhane Province | 42 km NE | 20° | 8° | 72 mm |
| TorulGümüşhane Province | 42 km NNE | 20° | 8° | 73 mm |
| RefahiyeErzincan | 45 km SW | 20° | 7° | 79 mm |
| KöseGümüşhane Province | 45 km E | 20° | 7° | 71 mm |
| GölovaSivas | 46 km WSW | 20° | 8° | 73 mm |