Climate averages 1991–2020

Genhe weather
in May.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 15.3°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 2.7°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 49 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a mild month in Genhe: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 29 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Yakeshi (176 km away). In May its highs average 17.2°C, 1.8°C warmer than Genhe, with 43 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Genhe ranks 881st of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 139th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Genhe is 9.9°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 75 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -35-30-25-20-15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Genhe climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Genhe, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -17.9°C-29.5°C-29.5°C2.30.98.59 h
February -11.8°C-25.9°C-25.9°C3.41.210.010 h
March -3.3°C-17.7°C-17.7°C9.72.611.812 h
April 6.7°C-4.7°C-4.7°C256.113.814 h
May, selected 15.3°C2.7°C2.7°C498.815.515 h
June 21.3°C9.8°C9.8°C7512.216.416 h
July 23.2°C13.7°C13.7°C10914.116.016 h
August 20.8°C11.3°C11.3°C10412.814.515 h
September 14.2°C3.9°C3.9°C619.512.713 h
October 4.2°C-4.3°C-4.3°C265.010.811 h
November -8.1°C-17.1°C-17.1°C9.83.19.09 h
December -17.2°C-27.1°C-27.1°C4.61.68.08 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

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May in nearby cities

Distance from Genhe

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Genhe) is explained once on the Genhe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.