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May Weather in Shitun China

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 81°F to 85°F, rarely falling below 70°F or exceeding 94°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 6°F, from 59°F to 66°F, rarely falling below 51°F or exceeding 72°F.

For reference, on July 24, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Shitun typically range from 74°F to 95°F, while on January 23, the coldest day of the year, they range from 36°F to 56°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in May in Shitun

The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on May. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in May in Shitun

Average Hourly Temperature in May in ShitunMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMAprJuncoldcoolcoolcomfortablewarmhotwarm
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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The month of May in Shitun experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 64% to 69%.

The clearest day of the month is May 3, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 36% of the time.

For reference, on June 30, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 79%, while on December 18, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 72%.

Cloud Cover Categories in May in Shitun

Cloud Cover Categories in May in ShitunMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%AprJunMay 136%May 136%May 3131%May 3131%May 1135%May 1135%May 2135%May 2135%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Shitun, the chance of a wet day over the course of May is essentially constant, remaining around 50% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 55% on June 9, and its lowest chance is 13% on December 18.

Probability of Precipitation in May in Shitun

Probability of Precipitation in May in ShitunMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%35%35%40%40%45%45%50%50%55%55%60%60%AprJunMay 150%May 150%May 3151%May 3151%May 1149%May 1149%May 2150%May 2150%rain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during May in Shitun is rapidly increasing, starting the month at 8.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 13.9 inches or falls below 4.5 inches, and ending the month at 10.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 16.5 inches or falls below 5.4 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in May in Shitun

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of May in Shitun, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 32 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 5 seconds, and weekly increase of 7 minutes, 32 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is May 1, with 13 hours, 13 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 13 hours, 45 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in May in Shitun

The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the month in Shitun is 5:26 AM on May 1 and the earliest sunrise is 16 minutes earlier at 5:10 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:38 PM on May 1 and the latest sunset is 17 minutes later at 6:55 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Shitun during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:10 AM and sets 13 hours, 52 minutes later, at 7:02 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:50 AM and sets 10 hours, 25 minutes later, at 5:15 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in May in Shitun

The solar day over the course of May. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in May in Shitun

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in May in ShitunMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMAprJun001010202020303040405050506060707080800001010202030303040405050606060707080
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of May 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for May 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in May in Shitun

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in May in ShitunMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMAprJunApr 92:22 AMApr 92:22 AMApr 247:50 AMApr 247:50 AMMay 811:23 AMMay 811:23 AMMay 239:54 PMMay 239:54 PMJun 68:38 PMJun 68:38 PMJun 229:09 AMJun 229:09 AM5:54 AM5:54 AM7:08 PM7:08 PM6:01 PM6:01 PM5:26 AM5:26 AM5:04 AM5:04 AM7:02 PM7:02 PM6:45 PM6:45 PM5:17 AM5:17 AM4:26 AM4:26 AM6:59 PM6:59 PM6:36 PM6:36 PM4:52 AM4:52 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
May 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
50%12:40 AMESE11:17 AMWSW-5:59 AMS233,495 mi
2
45%1:25 AMESE12:24 PMWSW-6:54 AMS231,060 mi
3
33%2:04 AMESE1:30 PMWSW-7:47 AMS228,864 mi
4
22%2:40 AME2:35 PMW-8:37 AMS227,099 mi
5
13%3:14 AME3:40 PMW-9:26 AMS225,974 mi
6
6%3:49 AME4:46 PMW-10:15 AMS225,673 mi
7
1%4:25 AMENE5:53 PMWNW-11:06 AMS226,318 mi
8
0%5:04 AMENE7:02 PMWNW-12:00 PMS227,932 mi
9
2%5:48 AMENE8:11 PMWNW-12:57 PMS230,423 mi
10
6%6:38 AMENE9:17 PMWNW-1:56 PMN233,589 mi
11
12%7:33 AMENE10:18 PMWNW-2:56 PMN237,144 mi
12
21%8:33 AMENE11:11 PMWNW-3:53 PMN240,770 mi
13
30%9:33 AMENE11:56 PMWNW-4:47 PMS244,163 mi
14
40%10:33 AMENE--5:37 PMS247,069 mi
15
50%-12:35 AMWNW11:30 AMENE6:22 PMS249,305 mi
16
59%-1:08 AMWNW12:25 PMENE7:03 PMS250,760 mi
17
69%-1:38 AMWNW1:18 PME7:43 PMS251,397 mi
18
77%-2:05 AMW2:09 PME8:21 PMS251,242 mi
19
85%-2:32 AMW3:00 PME9:00 PMS250,378 mi
20
91%-2:59 AMW3:53 PME9:40 PMS248,925 mi
21
96%-3:27 AMWSW4:47 PMESE10:23 PMS247,030 mi
22
99%-3:59 AMWSW5:45 PMESE11:10 PMS244,851 mi
23
100%-4:35 AMWSW6:45 PMESE--
24
100%-5:17 AMWSW7:47 PMESE12:00 AMS242,539 mi
25
99%-6:06 AMWSW8:48 PMESE12:56 AMS240,225 mi
26
95%-7:02 AMWSW9:46 PMESE1:55 AMS238,011 mi
27
89%-8:05 AMWSW10:38 PMESE2:55 AMS235,964 mi
28
81%-9:10 AMWSW11:24 PMESE3:54 AMS234,116 mi
29
71%-10:16 AMWSW-4:51 AMS232,485 mi
30
60%12:04 AMESE11:22 AMWSW-5:43 AMS231,086 mi
31
50%12:41 AMESE12:26 PMW-6:33 AMS229,952 mi

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Shitun is very rapidly increasing during May, rising from 26% to 57% over the course of the month.

For reference, on July 24, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 99% of the time, while on January 21, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in May in Shitun

Humidity Comfort Levels in May in ShitunMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%AprJunMay 126%May 126%May 3157%May 3157%May 1135%May 1135%May 2144%May 2144%miserablemiserableoppressiveoppressivemuggymuggyhumidhumidcomfortablecomfortabledrydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Shitun is essentially constant during May, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 3.2 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 6, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.5 miles per hour, while on August 24, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 2.9 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in May in Shitun

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The wind direction in Shitun during May is predominantly out of the south from May 1 to May 12 and the east from May 12 to May 31.

Wind Direction in May in Shitun

Wind Direction in May in ShitunESESMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%AprJunsoutheastnorthwest
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Shitun is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Shitun is increasing during May, rising by 6°F, from 67°F to 73°F, over the course of the month.

Average Water Temperature in May in Shitun

The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Shitun typically lasts for 8.7 months (265 days), from around March 7 to around November 27, rarely starting before February 14 or after March 28, and rarely ending before November 6 or after December 18.

The month of May in Shitun is reliably fully within the growing season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in May in Shitun

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in May in Shitungrowing seasongrowing seasongrowing seasonMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%AprJun100%May 16100%May 16coldcoolcomfortablewarmhotvery coldsweltering
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Shitun are rapidly increasing during May, increasing by 639°F, from 853°F to 1,491°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in May in Shitun

Growing Degree Days in May in ShitunMay1122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930303131800°F800°F900°F900°F1,000°F1,000°F1,100°F1,100°F1,200°F1,200°F1,300°F1,300°F1,400°F1,400°F1,500°F1,500°F1,600°F1,600°FAprJunMay 1853°FMay 1853°FMay 311,491°FMay 311,491°FMay 111,047°FMay 111,047°FMay 211,260°FMay 211,260°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of May, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Shitun is essentially constant during May, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 5.3 kWh throughout.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in May in Shitun

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in May in ShitunMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWhAprJunMay 15.2 kWhMay 15.2 kWhMay 315.3 kWhMay 315.3 kWhMay 115.3 kWhMay 115.3 kWhMay 215.4 kWhMay 215.4 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Shitun are 27.358 deg latitude, 118.753 deg longitude, and 614 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Shitun contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 892 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 756 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,533 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (6,165 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Shitun is covered by grassland (53%), cropland (16%), trees (14%), and shrubs (13%), within 10 miles by trees (47%) and grassland (27%), and within 50 miles by trees (66%) and grassland (17%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Shitun, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There is only a single weather station, Mazu, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Shitun.

At a distance of 179 kilometers from Shitun, further than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed insufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records. Consequently, the station records are blended with interpolated values from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis , and both are corrected for elevation differences according to the International Standard Atmosphere .

The weight assigned to the MERRA-2 value depends on the distance from Shitun to the nearest station, increasing from 0% at 150 kilometers to 100% at 200 kilometers. In this case, the MERRA-2 weight is 37%, making the weight assigned to the weather station 63%.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

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