May Weather at Taegu South Korea

Daily high temperatures increase by 7°F, from 72°F to 80°F, rarely falling below 62°F or exceeding 88°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 8°F, from 54°F to 63°F, rarely falling below 48°F or exceeding 68°F.

For reference, on August 1, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Taegu typically range from 75°F to 88°F, while on January 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from 26°F to 40°F.

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.

Hazelwood, United States (6,718 miles away) and Washington, D.C.; United States (7,025 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Taegu (view comparison).

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The month of May at Taegu experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 48% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is May 21, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 53% of the time.

For reference, on July 1, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 62%, while on December 16, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 73%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Taegu, the chance of a wet day over the course of May is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 24% and ending it at 21%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 50% on July 8, and its lowest chance is 7% on December 29.

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 at Taegu is essentially constant, remaining about 3.7 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 6.9 inches or falling below 1.2 inches.

Over the course of May at Taegu, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 46 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 32 seconds, and weekly increase of 10 minutes, 41 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is May 1, with 13 hours, 39 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 14 hours, 25 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Taegu is 5:33 AM on May 1 and the earliest sunrise is 22 minutes earlier at 5:10 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 7:12 PM on May 1 and the latest sunset is 23 minutes later at 7:36 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Taegu during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:09 AM and sets 14 hours, 36 minutes later, at 7:45 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:31 AM and sets 9 hours, 43 minutes later, at 5:15 PM.

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.

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.

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 at Taegu is gradually increasing during May, rising from 1% to 4% over the course of the month.

For reference, on August 3, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 89% of the time, while on November 13, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

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 at Taegu is decreasing during May, decreasing from 8.3 miles per hour to 6.9 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on January 18, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.1 miles per hour, while on June 13, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.6 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Taegu throughout May is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 42% on May 6.

Taegu 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 at Taegu is increasing during May, rising by 6°F, from 59°F to 64°F, over the course of the month.

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 at Taegu typically lasts for 8.2 months (251 days), from around March 15 to around November 20, rarely starting before February 29 or after March 30, and rarely ending before November 5 or after December 6.

The month of May at Taegu is reliably fully 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 at Taegu are rapidly increasing during May, increasing by 510°F, from 360°F to 871°F, over the course of the month.

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 at Taegu is essentially constant during May, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 6.3 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during May is 6.6 kWh on May 31.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Taegu are 35.883 deg latitude, 128.617 deg longitude, and 167 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Taegu contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 338 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 153 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (3,707 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (5,384 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Taegu is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) and sparse vegetation (36%), within 10 miles by trees (40%) and sparse vegetation (33%), and within 50 miles by trees (50%) and sparse vegetation (20%).