Compton Weather in May
Compton in May
The short of it: Compton in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 65 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 10 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 8° · rain 65 mm · daylight 10 h 7 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & December
May in Compton brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 8°, with about 65 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 65 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 7 min in mid-May, 63 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and December.
Against its neighbours, Compton runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Moorak, 8 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Compton, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 12 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MoorakSouth Australia | 8 km SE | 17° | 8° | 64 mm |
| Mount GambierSouth Australia | 9 km ESE | 17° | 8° | 64 mm |
| Sutton TownSouth Australia | 10 km E | 17° | 8° | 64 mm |
| GlencoeSouth Australia | 14 km NNW | 16° | 8° | 67 mm |
| WorrolongSouth Australia | 15 km E | 16° | 8° | 63 mm |
| Port MacDonnellSouth Australia | 27 km S | 16° | 9° | 64 mm |
| NangwarrySouth Australia | 32 km NNE | 16° | 8° | 60 mm |
| MillicentSouth Australia | 38 km NW | 17° | 9° | 68 mm |