Barcaldine Weather in May
Barcaldine in May
The short of it: Barcaldine in May averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 16 mm (0.63 in) of rain and about 11 h 0 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 12° · rain 16 mm · daylight 11 h 0 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & July
May in Barcaldine brings afternoons near 27° and nights around 12°, with about 16 mm of rain over the month. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from April to about 27°, with nights near 12°. Rain is modest, about 16 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 0 min in mid-May, 35 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 June and July.
Against its neighbours, Barcaldine runs about middling and drier than most in May. Blackall, 98 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Barcaldine, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 8.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 0 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackallQueensland | 98 km S | 26° | 11° | 18 mm |
| LongreachQueensland | 106 km W | 28° | 12° | 15 mm |
| RubyvaleQueensland | 247 km E | 27° | 11° | 18 mm |
| SapphireQueensland | 249 km E | 27° | 11° | 18 mm |
| ClermontQueensland | 254 km ENE | 27° | 12° | 18 mm |
| The GemfieldsQueensland | 256 km E | 27° | 11° | 18 mm |
| WintonQueensland | 264 km WNW | 28° | 13° | 12 mm |
| CapellaQueensland | 284 km E | 28° | 12° | 15 mm |