Qilian Weather in May
Average highs run from 9°C on May 1 to 12°C on May 31, and lows from -6°C to -3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 37 mm over about 9 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
- 10°C
- Average low
- -4°C
- Precipitation
- 37 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 20°CMay 31, 2014
- Reanalysis low
- -12°CMay 11, 1993
- Daylight
- 13 h 47 min to 14 h 38 min
- Cloud cover
- 68%
- Humidity
- 52%
- Dew point
- -8°C
- Wind
- 12.2 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 | 9°C | -6°C | 16°C 2006 | -10°C 2004 | 21% |
| May 2 | 9°C | -5°C | 16°C 1998 | -12°C 2004 | 21% |
| May 3 | 9°C | -5°C | 18°C 1998 | -10°C 2004 | 22% |
| May 4 | 9°C | -5°C | 17°C 1998 | -9°C 2004 | 23% |
| May 5 | 9°C | -5°C | 16°C 2009 | -11°C 1991 | 24% |
| May 6 | 10°C | -5°C | 18°C 2009 | -11°C 1991 | 25% |
| May 7 | 9°C | -5°C | 17°C 2011 | -10°C 1991 | 26% |
| May 8 | 9°C | -5°C | 16°C 2004 | -11°C 1991 | 27% |
| May 9 | 9°C | -5°C | 17°C 2007 | -9°C 2020 | 28% |
| May 10 | 9°C | -5°C | 16°C 2016 | -10°C 2020 | 28% |
| May 11 | 10°C | -5°C | 18°C 2016 | -12°C 1993 | 28% |
| May 12 | 10°C | -5°C | 15°C 1999 | -10°C 1993 | 28% |
| May 13 | 10°C | -5°C | 19°C 2018 | -8°C 2006 | 29% |
| May 14 | 10°C | -5°C | 19°C 2018 | -8°C 2016 | 29% |
| May 15 | 10°C | -5°C | 16°C 2018 | -9°C 2004 | 30% |
| May 16 | 10°C | -5°C | 19°C 2002 | -9°C 2004 | 30% |
| May 17 | 10°C | -5°C | 16°C 2011 | -10°C 2010 | 31% |
| May 18 | 10°C | -4°C | 19°C 2007 | -9°C 2010 | 32% |
| May 19 | 10°C | -4°C | 19°C 2007 | -8°C 2005 | 32% |
| May 20 | 10°C | -4°C | 18°C 1991 | -8°C 1995 | 32% |
| May 21 | 11°C | -4°C | 18°C 1991 | -9°C 2006 | 32% |
| May 22 | 11°C | -4°C | 17°C 1991 | -8°C 2016 | 32% |
| May 23 | 11°C | -4°C | 18°C 2010 | -11°C 2016 | 32% |
| May 24 | 11°C | -4°C | 17°C 2019 | -9°C 1998 | 32% |
| May 25 | 11°C | -4°C | 17°C 2013 | -7°C 2006 | 32% |
| May 26 | 11°C | -3°C | 19°C 2013 | -8°C 2006 | 34% |
| May 27 | 11°C | -3°C | 17°C 1996 | -7°C 2020 | 34% |
| May 28 | 12°C | -3°C | 17°C 1996 | -6°C 1998 | 34% |
| May 29 | 12°C | -3°C | 18°C 1996 | -7°C 2012 | 34% |
| May 30 | 12°C | -3°C | 19°C 1995 | -6°C 2004 | 35% |
| May 31 | 12°C | -3°C | 20°C 2014 | -6°C 2011 | 35% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:23 AM, sunset 8:10 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:58 AM, sunset 8:36 PM
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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.