Climate averages 1991–2020
Hanamaki weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Hanamaki: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 19 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kitakami (11 km away). In May its highs average 18.7°C, about as warm as Hanamaki, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Hanamaki ranks joint 279th of 303 for the warmest May highs and joint 28th of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Hanamaki is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 115 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Hanamaki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.6°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 80 | 14.6 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.7°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 72 | 13.6 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.7°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 104 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 105 | 14.1 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 18.7°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 109 | 13.0 | 14.314 h |
| June | 22.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 115 | 12.3 | 14.915 h |
| July | 25.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 169 | 15.9 | 14.715 h |
| August | 26.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 141 | 14.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 147 | 12.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 126 | 12.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.0°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 100 | 14.6 | 10.110 h |
| December | 3.5°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 98 | 16.4 | 9.59 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.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Kitakami in MayJapan · 11 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 8.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Ōshū in MayJapan · 28 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Morioka in MayJapan · 35 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Yokote in MayJapan · 49 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 124 mm rain
- Ichinoseki in MayJapan · 52 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 104 mm rain
- Daisen in MayJapan · 54 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 121 mm rain
- Tome in MayJapan · 75 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Ōsaki in MayJapan · 89 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 109 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 Hanamaki) is explained once on the Hanamaki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.