Zhaotong climate

Zhaotong Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 25°C on May 1 to 25°C on May 31, and lows from 10°C to 13°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 74 mm over about 16 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Zhaotong, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
25°C
Average low
11°C
Precipitation
74 mm
Reanalysis high
34°CMay 31, 2014
Reanalysis low
2°CMay 4, 2004
Daylight
13 h 11 min to 13 h 44 min
Cloud cover
77%
Humidity
65%
Dew point
9°C
Wind
10.1 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 125°C10°C33°C 19942°C 199144%
May 225°C10°C32°C 19944°C 201444%
May 325°C10°C31°C 20062°C 200444%
May 425°C10°C32°C 20102°C 200444%
May 525°C10°C30°C 20035°C 201444%
May 625°C10°C31°C 20205°C 201743%
May 725°C10°C32°C 20202°C 199143%
May 825°C10°C33°C 20112°C 199144%
May 925°C10°C34°C 20114°C 199943%
May 1025°C10°C31°C 20125°C 201345%
May 1125°C10°C31°C 20096°C 199644%
May 1225°C11°C34°C 19956°C 200644%
May 1325°C11°C32°C 19943°C 200644%
May 1425°C11°C33°C 19944°C 200644%
May 1525°C11°C33°C 19985°C 201644%
May 1625°C11°C32°C 20196°C 200646%
May 1725°C11°C32°C 20197°C 199246%
May 1825°C11°C33°C 19985°C 199248%
May 1925°C11°C33°C 19985°C 199250%
May 2025°C11°C32°C 19987°C 199252%
May 2125°C11°C33°C 20187°C 201154%
May 2225°C11°C32°C 19914°C 201155%
May 2325°C11°C33°C 19917°C 201155%
May 2425°C12°C33°C 20107°C 199856%
May 2525°C12°C32°C 19915°C 199857%
May 2625°C12°C32°C 19918°C 201758%
May 2725°C12°C33°C 20097°C 202060%
May 2825°C12°C33°C 19918°C 199762%
May 2925°C12°C32°C 19917°C 199764%
May 3025°C12°C32°C 19918°C 200465%
May 3125°C13°C34°C 20147°C 200466%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Zhaotong, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 6:27 AM, sunset 7:38 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:11 AM, sunset 7:55 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.