Birchip Weather in May
Birchip in May
The short of it: Birchip in May averages a high of 19 °C (65 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 29 mm (1.1 in) of rain and about 10 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 6° · rain 29 mm · daylight 10 h 15 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Birchip an average May high of 19°, a low of 6° and some 29 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from April to about 19°, with nights near 6°. Rain is modest, about 29 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 15 min in mid-May, 59 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 October and April.
Against its neighbours, Birchip runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Wycheproof, 30 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Birchip, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WycheproofVictoria | 30 km ESE | 19° | 6° | 29 mm |
| DonaldVictoria | 43 km S | 18° | 6° | 33 mm |
| CharltonVictoria | 50 km SE | 18° | 6° | 33 mm |
| Sea LakeVictoria | 54 km N | 19° | 6° | 24 mm |
| WarracknabealVictoria | 56 km WSW | 18° | 6° | 36 mm |
| HopetounVictoria | 57 km WNW | 19° | 6° | 30 mm |
| BoortVictoria | 74 km ESE | 18° | 6° | 31 mm |
| RupanyupVictoria | 76 km SSW | 17° | 6° | 41 mm |