Braddon Weather in May
Braddon in May
The short of it: Braddon in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 4 °C (38 °F), with 35 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 10 h 18 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 4° · rain 35 mm · daylight 10 h 18 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & April
Thirty years of records give Braddon an average May high of 17°, a low of 4° and some 35 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from April to about 17°, with nights near 4°. Rain is modest, about 35 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 18 min in mid-May, 57 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 March and April.
Against its neighbours, Braddon runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Turner, 1 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Braddon, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 18 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TurnerAustralian Capital Territory | 1 km WNW | 16° | 4° | 38 mm |
| AinslieAustralian Capital Territory | 1 km NE | 17° | 4° | 35 mm |
| Canberra CityAustralian Capital Territory | 1 km SSW | 17° | 4° | 35 mm |
| CanberraAustralian Capital Territory | 2 km SSW | 17° | 4° | 35 mm |
| CampbellAustralian Capital Territory | 3 km SE | 17° | 4° | 35 mm |
| O'ConnorAustralian Capital Territory | 3 km NW | 16° | 4° | 38 mm |
| DownerAustralian Capital Territory | 3 km NNE | 17° | 3° | 36 mm |
| LynehamAustralian Capital Territory | 3 km N | 17° | 3° | 36 mm |