Chiltern Weather in May
Chiltern in May
The short of it: Chiltern in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 50 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 10 h 14 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 5° · rain 50 mm · daylight 10 h 14 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & March
Thirty years of records give Chiltern an average May high of 18°, a low of 5° and some 50 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from April to about 18°, with nights near 5°. Rain is modest, about 50 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 14 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and March.
Against its neighbours, Chiltern runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Barnawartha, 8 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Chiltern, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 11 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 14 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BarnawarthaVictoria | 8 km NE | 18° | 5° | 48 mm |
| RutherglenVictoria | 17 km NW | 18° | 5° | 43 mm |
| HowlongNew South Wales | 19 km N | 18° | 5° | 42 mm |
| West WodongaVictoria | 22 km E | 18° | 6° | 50 mm |
| BeechworthVictoria | 24 km SSE | 16° | 4° | 78 mm |
| WahgunyahVictoria | 24 km NW | 18° | 5° | 40 mm |
| WodongaVictoria | 25 km E | 18° | 6° | 50 mm |
| CorowaNew South Wales | 26 km NW | 18° | 5° | 39 mm |