Makeni Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 34°C on May 1 to 31°C on May 31, and lows from 24°C to 23°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 141 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: 33°C
Average low: 24°C
Precipitation: 141 mm
Reanalysis high: 40°CMay 2, 2003
Reanalysis low: 21°CMay 28, 2006
Daylight: 12 h 27 min to 12 h 36 min
Cloud cover: 71%
Humidity: 76%
Dew point: 22°C
Wind: 8.6 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	34°C	24°C	39°C 2002	21°C 1997	53%
May 2	34°C	24°C	40°C 2003	21°C 1997	53%
May 3	34°C	24°C	40°C 2003	22°C 1997	54%
May 4	34°C	24°C	39°C 2006	22°C 1992	54%
May 5	34°C	24°C	40°C 2019	22°C 1992	55%
May 6	34°C	24°C	38°C 2003	23°C 1997	56%
May 7	34°C	24°C	38°C 2003	23°C 1992	56%
May 8	34°C	24°C	38°C 2018	23°C 1998	56%
May 9	33°C	24°C	38°C 2009	22°C 1998	58%
May 10	33°C	24°C	39°C 2009	23°C 2020	58%
May 11	33°C	24°C	39°C 2019	23°C 1997	60%
May 12	33°C	24°C	38°C 2002	22°C 2014	61%
May 13	33°C	24°C	40°C 2002	22°C 1997	62%
May 14	33°C	24°C	38°C 2018	22°C 1994	64%
May 15	33°C	24°C	38°C 2002	22°C 1991	64%
May 16	33°C	24°C	39°C 2002	22°C 1999	64%
May 17	32°C	24°C	38°C 2018	22°C 1991	66%
May 18	32°C	24°C	39°C 2002	22°C 1991	67%
May 19	32°C	24°C	38°C 2002	22°C 2014	67%
May 20	32°C	24°C	37°C 2003	22°C 1991	66%
May 21	32°C	24°C	37°C 2009	22°C 2004	66%
May 22	32°C	24°C	39°C 2018	22°C 1993	66%
May 23	32°C	24°C	39°C 2018	23°C 2000	66%
May 24	32°C	24°C	37°C 2018	22°C 2015	66%
May 25	32°C	24°C	37°C 2009	22°C 1991	66%
May 26	32°C	24°C	37°C 2003	22°C 1992	65%
May 27	32°C	24°C	38°C 2002	22°C 1992	65%
May 28	32°C	24°C	37°C 2003	21°C 2006	65%
May 29	31°C	24°C	38°C 2019	21°C 1996	66%
May 30	31°C	23°C	37°C 2009	23°C 1992	67%
May 31	31°C	23°C	36°C 2019	22°C 2000	68%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

May 1: sunrise 6:32 AM, sunset 6:59 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:28 AM, sunset 7:04 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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.