Gumel climate

Gumel Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 40°C on May 1 to 38°C on May 31, and lows from 26°C to 26°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 daily high and low temperature at Gumel, in °C, with the record for each date.1020304050151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
40°C
Average low
26°C
Precipitation
37 mm
Reanalysis high
44°CMay 21, 2000
Reanalysis low
18°CMay 5, 2003
Daylight
12 h 35 min to 12 h 49 min
Cloud cover
62%
Humidity
37%
Dew point
13°C
Wind
11.2 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 140°C26°C44°C 201221°C 200324%
May 240°C26°C43°C 200119°C 200325%
May 340°C26°C43°C 200118°C 200325%
May 440°C26°C44°C 200018°C 200326%
May 540°C26°C43°C 201618°C 200326%
May 640°C26°C43°C 201220°C 200327%
May 740°C26°C44°C 201921°C 200328%
May 840°C26°C43°C 200121°C 200329%
May 940°C26°C43°C 200122°C 200329%
May 1040°C26°C43°C 200222°C 200328%
May 1140°C26°C44°C 200222°C 200328%
May 1240°C26°C43°C 201021°C 200926%
May 1340°C26°C43°C 201022°C 199727%
May 1440°C26°C42°C 201722°C 200527%
May 1540°C26°C43°C 200221°C 200528%
May 1640°C26°C42°C 201020°C 200528%
May 1740°C26°C43°C 201021°C 200528%
May 1840°C26°C43°C 201522°C 200530%
May 1940°C26°C43°C 200322°C 201132%
May 2040°C26°C44°C 201621°C 200133%
May 2140°C26°C44°C 200021°C 200233%
May 2240°C26°C42°C 201523°C 200933%
May 2339°C26°C42°C 200722°C 200534%
May 2439°C26°C44°C 201824°C 200535%
May 2539°C26°C43°C 201024°C 200237%
May 2639°C26°C43°C 201524°C 200238%
May 2739°C26°C43°C 200723°C 200240%
May 2839°C26°C43°C 201524°C 199741%
May 2939°C26°C43°C 201523°C 201642%
May 3039°C26°C43°C 201524°C 199143%
May 3138°C26°C43°C 200224°C 201644%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

May 1
sunrise 6:02 AM, sunset 6:37 PM
May 31
sunrise 5:56 AM, sunset 6:45 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.