Jōetsu climate

Jōetsu Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 16°C on May 1 to 21°C on May 31, and lows from 7°C to 12°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 93 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 Jōetsu, in °C, with the record for each date.0102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
19°C
Average low
10°C
Precipitation
93 mm
Reanalysis high
28°CMay 27, 2019
Reanalysis low
2°CMay 4, 1991
Daylight
13 h 43 min to 14 h 32 min
Cloud cover
68%
Humidity
77%
Dew point
10°C
Wind
10.8 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 116°C7°C23°C 20053°C 199340%
May 217°C7°C24°C 20153°C 201339%
May 317°C8°C23°C 20022°C 199139%
May 417°C8°C24°C 20082°C 199139%
May 517°C8°C23°C 20103°C 199139%
May 617°C8°C25°C 20103°C 199641%
May 717°C8°C24°C 20033°C 199641%
May 818°C9°C23°C 19972°C 201340%
May 918°C9°C23°C 20063°C 200340%
May 1018°C9°C25°C 20133°C 200340%
May 1118°C9°C21°C 20004°C 199241%
May 1218°C9°C24°C 20144°C 201243%
May 1318°C9°C23°C 20133°C 201243%
May 1418°C10°C23°C 20014°C 199643%
May 1518°C10°C24°C 20153°C 199343%
May 1618°C10°C27°C 20165°C 200543%
May 1719°C10°C24°C 19985°C 200544%
May 1819°C10°C25°C 20185°C 199443%
May 1919°C11°C24°C 20067°C 199442%
May 2019°C11°C23°C 20014°C 199442%
May 2119°C11°C26°C 20016°C 200740%
May 2219°C11°C26°C 20067°C 199740%
May 2320°C11°C25°C 19987°C 199540%
May 2420°C11°C26°C 20167°C 199541%
May 2520°C12°C27°C 20198°C 199239%
May 2620°C12°C27°C 20196°C 199238%
May 2720°C12°C28°C 20197°C 199337%
May 2820°C12°C26°C 20137°C 201036%
May 2920°C12°C25°C 20037°C 199236%
May 3020°C12°C26°C 20149°C 199936%
May 3121°C12°C27°C 201710°C 201136%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Jōetsu, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+9).

May 1
sunrise 4:53 AM, sunset 6:36 PM
May 31
sunrise 4:29 AM, sunset 7:01 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.