Bourke Weather in May
Bourke in May
The short of it: Bourke in May averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 19 mm (0.75 in) of rain and about 10 h 37 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 9° · rain 19 mm · daylight 10 h 37 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Bourke an average May high of 23°, a low of 9° and some 19 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from April to about 23°, with nights near 9°. Rain is modest, about 19 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 37 min in mid-May, 46 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Bourke runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Brewarrina, 90 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Bourke, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BrewarrinaNew South Wales | 90 km E | 24° | 9° | 22 mm |
| CobarNew South Wales | 157 km S | 21° | 8° | 30 mm |
| NynganNew South Wales | 203 km SE | 22° | 8° | 40 mm |
| WalgettNew South Wales | 210 km E | 24° | 8° | 27 mm |
| Lightning RidgeNew South Wales | 210 km ENE | 24° | 8° | 26 mm |
| CunnamullaQueensland | 226 km N | 24° | 10° | 22 mm |
| CoonambleNew South Wales | 254 km ESE | 23° | 8° | 34 mm |
| WarrenNew South Wales | 255 km SE | 21° | 7° | 36 mm |