Curtin Weather in May
Curtin in May
The short of it: Curtin in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 37 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 10 h 17 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 17° · low 4° · rain 37 mm · daylight 10 h 17 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & May
Thirty years of records give Curtin an average May high of 17°, a low of 4° and some 37 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from April to about 17°, with nights near 4°. Rain is modest, about 37 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 17 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 April and May.
Against its neighbours, Curtin runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Weston, 2 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Curtin, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WestonAustralian Capital Territory | 2 km SW | 17° | 4° | 39 mm |
| GarranAustralian Capital Territory | 3 km SE | 17° | 3° | 38 mm |
| MawsonAustralian Capital Territory | 5 km SSE | 17° | 3° | 38 mm |
| GriffithAustralian Capital Territory | 5 km E | 17° | 4° | 34 mm |
| FarrerAustralian Capital Territory | 6 km SSE | 17° | 3° | 38 mm |
| KingstonAustralian Capital Territory | 6 km E | 17° | 4° | 34 mm |
| CanberraAustralian Capital Territory | 6 km NE | 17° | 4° | 35 mm |
| NarrabundahAustralian Capital Territory | 7 km E | 17° | 3° | 35 mm |