Climate averages 1991–2020
Linshui weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th 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 Linshui: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hecun (15 km away). In May its highs average 27.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Linshui, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Linshui ranks joint 133rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 71st of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Linshui is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 56 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
Linshui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 4.1 | 1.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.2°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 7.1 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.7°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 12 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 28 | 4.8 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 27.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 38 | 5.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 56 | 7.6 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 152 | 12.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 127 | 12.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 52 | 7.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 26 | 4.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.6°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 18 | 3.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 7.0°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 5.0 | 1.6 | 9.710 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
- Hecun in MayChina · 15 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Handan in MayChina · 33 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Anyang in MayChina · 40 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Shahecheng in MayChina · 63 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Xingtai in MayChina · 75 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Hebi in MayChina · 77 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 36.18°N 113.11°E), China in MayChina · 102 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Puyang, China in MayChina · 106 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.0°C · 52 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 Linshui) is explained once on the Linshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.