Cherukavu Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 33°C on May 1 to 29°C on May 31, and lows from 24°C to 24°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 167 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: 31°C
Average low: 24°C
Precipitation: 167 mm
Reanalysis high: 39°CMay 2, 2002
Reanalysis low: 22°CMay 19, 2017
Daylight: 12 h 31 min to 12 h 44 min
Cloud cover: 74%
Humidity: 80%
Dew point: 23°C
Wind: 9.0 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	33°C	24°C	38°C 2002	23°C 2010	52%
May 2	33°C	24°C	39°C 2002	22°C 1994	52%
May 3	33°C	24°C	37°C 1998	23°C 2008	53%
May 4	32°C	24°C	36°C 1998	23°C 2000	53%
May 5	32°C	24°C	37°C 1998	23°C 2002	54%
May 6	32°C	24°C	36°C 1998	23°C 2012	55%
May 7	32°C	24°C	37°C 1998	22°C 2012	55%
May 8	32°C	24°C	38°C 1998	22°C 2000	55%
May 9	32°C	24°C	37°C 1998	23°C 1999	56%
May 10	32°C	24°C	36°C 1991	23°C 2019	56%
May 11	31°C	24°C	35°C 1993	23°C 1999	56%
May 12	31°C	24°C	35°C 1991	23°C 2004	57%
May 13	31°C	24°C	34°C 2020	23°C 2012	56%
May 14	31°C	24°C	35°C 1996	23°C 2008	58%
May 15	31°C	24°C	36°C 1996	23°C 1993	57%
May 16	31°C	24°C	37°C 1991	22°C 2018	56%
May 17	31°C	24°C	36°C 1996	23°C 1993	56%
May 18	31°C	24°C	36°C 2005	23°C 2000	58%
May 19	31°C	24°C	35°C 2005	22°C 2017	60%
May 20	31°C	24°C	34°C 1991	22°C 2009	61%
May 21	31°C	24°C	34°C 1991	22°C 1992	63%
May 22	30°C	24°C	36°C 2019	22°C 1999	65%
May 23	30°C	24°C	35°C 1991	22°C 1999	67%
May 24	30°C	24°C	33°C 2003	22°C 1999	67%
May 25	30°C	24°C	34°C 1991	22°C 2007	68%
May 26	30°C	24°C	33°C 1997	22°C 2001	71%
May 27	30°C	24°C	35°C 1991	22°C 2009	73%
May 28	30°C	24°C	34°C 2019	22°C 1999	75%
May 29	29°C	24°C	34°C 1997	22°C 2001	77%
May 30	29°C	24°C	34°C 1998	22°C 2001	80%
May 31	29°C	24°C	34°C 2003	22°C 2004	83%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5:30).

May 1: sunrise 6:08 AM, sunset 6:39 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:02 AM, sunset 6:46 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.