Climate averages 1991–2020
Hede weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Hede: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yancheng (47 km away). In May its highs average 25.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Hede, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hede ranks joint 628th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 424th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Hede is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 134 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Hede climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 31 | 5.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 8.4°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 34 | 6.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 13.0°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 49 | 6.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 57 | 6.3 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 24.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 84 | 7.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 27.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 134 | 8.4 | 14.414 h |
| July | 30.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 244 | 15.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 180 | 14.7 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 91 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 42 | 5.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 47 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.7°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 27 | 4.5 | 10.010 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Yancheng in MayChina · 47 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Dongkan in MayChina · 47 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Dazhong in MayChina · 66 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Xinghua in MayChina · 101 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Dongtai in MayChina · 102 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 104 mm rain
- Baoying in MayChina · 107 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Huai'an in MayChina · 117 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Lianyungang in MayChina · 133 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 74 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Hede) is explained once on the Hede year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.