Climate averages 1991–2020
Shaowu weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Shaowu: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 296 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuyishan (71 km away). In May its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Shaowu, with 305 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shaowu ranks joint 168th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 854th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Shaowu is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 296 mm to 377 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
Shaowu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 81 | 10.4 | 10.611 h |
| February | 15.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 105 | 12.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 18.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 220 | 17.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 264 | 18.0 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 27.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 296 | 18.8 | 13.513 h |
| June | 29.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 377 | 20.3 | 13.814 h |
| July | 33.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 180 | 15.6 | 13.714 h |
| August | 32.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 177 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 109 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 57 | 6.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 20.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 78 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 15.0°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 70 | 7.8 | 10.510 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
- Wuyishan in MayChina · 71 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 305 mm rain
- Jianchang in MayChina · 87 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 275 mm rain
- Xiugu in MayChina · 94 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 316 mm rain
- Qincheng in MayChina · 95 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 306 mm rain
- Nanping in MayChina · 103 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 223 mm rain
- Huayuan in MayChina · 109 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.1°C · 275 mm rain
- Yingtan in MayChina · 110 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 281 mm rain
- Sanming in MayChina · 122 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 222 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 Shaowu) is explained once on the Shaowu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.