May Weather in Nyala Sudan

Daily high temperatures decrease by 3°F, from 102°F to 100°F, rarely falling below 93°F or exceeding 106°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 75°F, rarely falling below 69°F or exceeding 80°F.

For reference, on April 22, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Nyala typically range from 74°F to 102°F, while on January 6, the coldest day of the year, they range from 57°F to 88°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.

San Luis Ixcán, Guatemala (7,665 miles away); Chālisgaon, India (3,367 miles); and Katherine, Australia (7,579 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Nyala (view comparison).

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The month of May in Nyala experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 52% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is May 22, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 50% of the time.

For reference, on August 8, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 59%, while on January 25, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 61%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Nyala, the chance of a wet day over the course of May is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 5% and ending it at 19%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 59% on August 12, and its lowest chance is 0% on January 13.

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 Nyala is increasing, starting the month at 0.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.2 inches, and ending the month at 1.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.1 inches or falls below 0.1 inches.

Over the course of May in Nyala, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is May 1, with 12 hours, 34 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 12 hours, 47 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Nyala is 6:00 AM on May 1 and the earliest sunrise is 6 minutes earlier at 5:54 AM on May 30.

The earliest sunset is 6:34 PM on May 1 and the latest sunset is 7 minutes later at 6:41 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Nyala during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:57 AM and sets 12 hours, 50 minutes later, at 6:47 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:36 AM and sets 11 hours, 25 minutes later, at 6:01 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 in Nyala is rapidly increasing during May, rising from 3% to 17% over the course of the month.

For reference, on August 17, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 86% of the time, while on January 1, 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 in Nyala is decreasing during May, decreasing from 9.4 miles per hour to 7.8 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on January 20, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.3 miles per hour, while on September 19, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.9 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during May is 7.8 miles per hour on May 31.

The wind direction in Nyala during May is predominantly out of the east from May 1 to May 30 and the south from May 30 to May 31.

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).

Temperatures in Nyala are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

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 Nyala are very rapidly increasing during May, increasing by 988°F, from 3,213°F to 4,201°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 in Nyala is gradually decreasing during May, falling by 0.6 kWh, from 7.3 kWh to 6.7 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Nyala are 12.049 deg latitude, 24.881 deg longitude, and 2,169 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Nyala contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 141 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,177 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (571 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (2,238 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Nyala is covered by artificial surfaces (87%), within 10 miles by cropland (40%) and grassland (23%), and within 50 miles by grassland (38%) and cropland (22%).