Aberdeen Weather in May
Aberdeen in May
The short of it: Aberdeen in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 34 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 10 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 8° · rain 34 mm · daylight 10 h 30 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & May
Thirty years of records give Aberdeen an average May high of 21°, a low of 8° and some 34 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from April to about 21°, with nights near 8°. Rain is modest, about 34 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 30 min in mid-May, 50 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and May.
Against its neighbours, Aberdeen runs about middling and drier than most in May. Muswellbrook, 11 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Aberdeen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MuswellbrookNew South Wales | 11 km S | 21° | 8° | 35 mm |
| SconeNew South Wales | 13 km N | 21° | 8° | 35 mm |
| DenmanNew South Wales | 31 km SW | 22° | 8° | 30 mm |
| MurrurundiNew South Wales | 45 km N | 20° | 5° | 45 mm |
| Wattle PondsNew South Wales | 49 km SE | 22° | 9° | 40 mm |
| Singleton HeightsNew South Wales | 49 km SSE | 22° | 9° | 39 mm |
| HunterviewNew South Wales | 50 km SSE | 22° | 9° | 38 mm |
| MerriwaNew South Wales | 50 km W | 21° | 7° | 33 mm |