Don Weather in May
Don in May
The short of it: Don in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 79 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 9 h 51 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 8° · rain 79 mm · daylight 9 h 51 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: February & January
May in Don brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 8°, with about 79 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 79 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 51 min in mid-May, 71 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are February and January.
Against its neighbours, Don runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Devonport, 3 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Don, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 13 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 51 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DevonportTasmania | 3 km E | 16° | 8° | 77 mm |
| MiandettaTasmania | 4 km SE | 16° | 8° | 77 mm |
| AmblesideTasmania | 5 km SE | 16° | 8° | 77 mm |
| East DevonportTasmania | 6 km ESE | 16° | 7° | 78 mm |
| SpreytonTasmania | 7 km SSE | 16° | 7° | 81 mm |
| Turners BeachTasmania | 7 km WNW | 16° | 8° | 76 mm |
| ForthTasmania | 9 km WSW | 15° | 7° | 87 mm |
| UlverstoneTasmania | 12 km W | 16° | 8° | 78 mm |