Climate averages 1991–2020
Ishinomaki weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 6th 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 Ishinomaki: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ōsaki (34 km away). In May its highs average 19.6°C, 2.6°C warmer than Ishinomaki, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Ishinomaki ranks 290th of 303 for the warmest May highs and 19th of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Ishinomaki is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 100 mm to 115 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
Ishinomaki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 52 | 7.7 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.2°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 43 | 7.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 85 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.7°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 91 | 10.8 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 17.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 100 | 10.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 20.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 115 | 10.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 23.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 162 | 14.7 | 14.615 h |
| August | 25.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 131 | 12.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 151 | 12.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 140 | 9.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.9°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 64 | 7.7 | 10.110 h |
| December | 7.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 56 | 8.8 | 9.510 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
- Ōsaki in MayJapan · 34 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Tome in MayJapan · 35 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Sendai in MayJapan · 41 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Natori-shi in MayJapan · 46 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Ichinoseki in MayJapan · 57 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 104 mm rain
- Ōshū in MayJapan · 81 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Yamagata in MayJapan · 84 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Kitakami in MayJapan · 98 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 8.6°C · 114 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 Ishinomaki) is explained once on the Ishinomaki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.