Cooks Gap Weather in May
Cooks Gap in May
The short of it: Cooks Gap in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 5 °C (42 °F), with 37 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 10 h 29 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 5° · rain 37 mm · daylight 10 h 29 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & May
May in Cooks Gap brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 5°, with about 37 mm of rain over the month. Highs fall 4° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 5°. Rain is modest, about 37 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 29 min in mid-May, 51 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 April and May.
Against its neighbours, Cooks Gap runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Gulgong, 17 km to the W, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Cooks Gap, 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
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GulgongNew South Wales | 17 km W | 19° | 5° | 37 mm |
| MudgeeNew South Wales | 29 km SSW | 19° | 5° | 37 mm |
| DunedooNew South Wales | 49 km NW | 20° | 6° | 36 mm |
| RylstoneNew South Wales | 55 km SSE | 18° | 4° | 38 mm |
| CoolahNew South Wales | 59 km N | 19° | 5° | 36 mm |
| KandosNew South Wales | 61 km SSE | 17° | 5° | 40 mm |
| WuulumanNew South Wales | 63 km WSW | 19° | 6° | 37 mm |
| MerriwaNew South Wales | 65 km ENE | 21° | 7° | 33 mm |