Battery Point Weather in May
Battery Point in May
The short of it: Battery Point in May averages a high of 14 °C (58 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 9 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 6° · rain 52 mm · daylight 9 h 43 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Battery Point an average May high of 14°, a low of 6° and some 52 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 14°, nights near 6°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 52 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 43 min in mid-May, 76 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Battery Point runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Sandy Bay, 1 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Battery Point, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy BayTasmania | 1 km SW | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |
| Hobart city centreTasmania | 1 km NW | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |
| HobartTasmania | 1 km NNW | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |
| South HobartTasmania | 2 km WSW | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |
| DynnyrneTasmania | 2 km SW | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |
| North HobartTasmania | 2 km NW | 15° | 6° | 45 mm |
| West HobartTasmania | 3 km NW | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |
| Mount StuartTasmania | 3 km NW | 15° | 6° | 45 mm |