Armidale Weather in May
Armidale in May
The short of it: Armidale in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 4 °C (38 °F), with 33 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 10 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 4° · rain 33 mm · daylight 10 h 36 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & May
May in Armidale brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 4°, with about 33 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 4°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 33 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 36 min in mid-May, 47 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and May.
Against its neighbours, Armidale runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Invergowrie, 15 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Armidale, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 36 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| InvergowrieNew South Wales | 15 km W | 17° | 4° | 32 mm |
| UrallaNew South Wales | 22 km SW | 17° | 3° | 34 mm |
| GuyraNew South Wales | 32 km N | 15° | 3° | 38 mm |
| WalchaNew South Wales | 54 km S | 17° | 2° | 39 mm |
| BundarraNew South Wales | 67 km WNW | 20° | 4° | 34 mm |
| TinghaNew South Wales | 75 km NW | 18° | 5° | 39 mm |
| MoonbiNew South Wales | 81 km SW | 20° | 6° | 32 mm |
| KootingalNew South Wales | 85 km SW | 20° | 6° | 32 mm |