Daocheng climate

Daocheng Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 14°C on May 1 to 18°C on May 31, and lows from -2°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 59 mm over about 12 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Daocheng, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
16°C
Average low
0°C
Precipitation
59 mm
Reanalysis high
24°CMay 20, 1998
Reanalysis low
-6°CMay 13, 2002
Daylight
13 h 17 min to 13 h 51 min
Cloud cover
69%
Humidity
62%
Dew point
-1°C
Wind
11.5 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 114°C-2°C18°C 1993-6°C 200232%
May 214°C-2°C21°C 1994-5°C 201633%
May 315°C-2°C21°C 1994-4°C 201234%
May 415°C-2°C20°C 1998-4°C 199234%
May 515°C-1°C21°C 1996-4°C 201434%
May 615°C-1°C20°C 1996-5°C 200333%
May 715°C-1°C21°C 2009-4°C 200333%
May 815°C-1°C22°C 2009-5°C 199533%
May 915°C-1°C20°C 1993-5°C 200334%
May 1015°C-1°C21°C 2012-5°C 200335%
May 1115°C-1°C21°C 2012-4°C 199736%
May 1216°C-1°C21°C 1995-4°C 200536%
May 1316°C0°C20°C 1997-6°C 200235%
May 1416°C0°C22°C 1997-4°C 200536%
May 1516°C0°C22°C 2000-3°C 200537%
May 1616°C0°C20°C 2019-5°C 200639%
May 1716°C0°C21°C 1998-3°C 200640%
May 1816°C0°C22°C 2019-3°C 199740%
May 1917°C1°C23°C 1998-4°C 199241%
May 2017°C1°C24°C 1998-2°C 199243%
May 2117°C1°C24°C 2012-2°C 199246%
May 2217°C1°C23°C 2012-2°C 200246%
May 2317°C2°C24°C 2012-1°C 201448%
May 2417°C2°C22°C 2012-1°C 199748%
May 2517°C2°C23°C 2018-1°C 199248%
May 2617°C2°C21°C 2013-1°C 202049%
May 2718°C2°C23°C 2009-3°C 202050%
May 2818°C2°C23°C 2012-4°C 202053%
May 2918°C2°C22°C 2014-5°C 202055%
May 3018°C3°C23°C 2005-3°C 202056%
May 3118°C3°C23°C 20050°C 202058%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Daocheng, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 6:38 AM, sunset 7:55 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:21 AM, sunset 8:12 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.