Shaoyang Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Shaoyang, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 26°C on May 1 to 28°C on May 31, and lows from 16°C to 19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 183 mm over about 19 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high: 27°C
Average low: 17°C
Precipitation: 183 mm
Reanalysis high: 34°CMay 8, 2020
Reanalysis low: 8°CMay 2, 1991
Daylight: 13 h 11 min to 13 h 44 min
Cloud cover: 77%
Humidity: 81%
Dew point: 18°C
Wind: 10.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
May 1	26°C	16°C	33°C 2005	9°C 1991	60%
May 2	26°C	16°C	33°C 1994	8°C 1991	60%
May 3	26°C	16°C	32°C 1997	10°C 2004	58%
May 4	26°C	16°C	31°C 2005	9°C 2004	58%
May 5	26°C	16°C	32°C 2020	10°C 2004	58%
May 6	26°C	16°C	31°C 2003	11°C 2014	58%
May 7	26°C	16°C	33°C 2020	11°C 1991	59%
May 8	26°C	16°C	34°C 2020	9°C 1991	60%
May 9	26°C	17°C	31°C 2011	10°C 1991	61%
May 10	26°C	17°C	33°C 2011	11°C 1998	61%
May 11	26°C	17°C	31°C 2009	10°C 1998	61%
May 12	27°C	17°C	32°C 1994	11°C 2006	59%
May 13	27°C	17°C	32°C 1994	11°C 2006	58%
May 14	27°C	17°C	33°C 1994	12°C 2006	58%
May 15	27°C	17°C	31°C 2000	13°C 1993	56%
May 16	27°C	17°C	32°C 2018	11°C 2016	55%
May 17	27°C	17°C	32°C 2010	13°C 2006	54%
May 18	27°C	17°C	32°C 2011	12°C 2006	55%
May 19	27°C	17°C	32°C 2018	14°C 1992	56%
May 20	27°C	18°C	33°C 2018	14°C 1999	56%
May 21	27°C	18°C	33°C 2018	14°C 1995	56%
May 22	27°C	18°C	32°C 1991	11°C 2011	56%
May 23	27°C	18°C	33°C 1991	10°C 2011	55%
May 24	27°C	18°C	33°C 1991	10°C 2011	54%
May 25	27°C	18°C	33°C 2018	11°C 2011	55%
May 26	28°C	18°C	33°C 2018	12°C 1998	54%
May 27	28°C	18°C	33°C 2004	13°C 1999	55%
May 28	28°C	19°C	33°C 2013	12°C 1993	56%
May 29	28°C	19°C	33°C 2015	13°C 1993	56%
May 30	28°C	19°C	32°C 2011	15°C 2013	57%
May 31	28°C	19°C	32°C 2007	16°C 2001	59%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

May 1: sunrise 5:56 AM, sunset 7:07 PM
May 31: sunrise 5:40 AM, sunset 7:24 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.