Clunes Weather in May
Clunes in May
The short of it: Clunes in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 5 °C (42 °F), with 50 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 10 h 9 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 5° · rain 50 mm · daylight 10 h 9 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & December
Thirty years of records give Clunes an average May high of 16°, a low of 5° and some 50 mm of rain. Highs fall 5° against April, to near 16°; nights run about 5°. Rain is modest, about 50 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 9 min in mid-May, 62 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 March and December.
Against its neighbours, Clunes runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Creswick, 17 km to the SSE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Clunes, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 9 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CreswickVictoria | 17 km SSE | 14° | 6° | 62 mm |
| Miners RestVictoria | 21 km S | 15° | 6° | 58 mm |
| WendoureeVictoria | 27 km S | 15° | 6° | 59 mm |
| MaryboroughVictoria | 28 km N | 16° | 6° | 47 mm |
| Ballarat NorthVictoria | 28 km SSE | 14° | 6° | 60 mm |
| Lake WendoureeVictoria | 29 km S | 15° | 6° | 58 mm |
| Soldiers HillVictoria | 29 km SSE | 15° | 6° | 58 mm |
| Brown HillVictoria | 30 km SSE | 14° | 6° | 62 mm |