Elizabeth Downs Weather in May
Elizabeth Downs in May
The short of it: Elizabeth Downs in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 50 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 10 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 9° · rain 50 mm · daylight 10 h 20 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Elizabeth Downs an average May high of 19°, a low of 9° and some 50 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from April to about 19°, with nights near 9°. Rain is modest, about 50 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 20 min in mid-May, 56 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and April.
Against its neighbours, Elizabeth Downs runs about middling and about as wet in May. Craigmore, 2 km to the E, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Elizabeth Downs, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 13 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CraigmoreSouth Australia | 2 km E | 19° | 9° | 62 mm |
| Davoren ParkSouth Australia | 2 km WNW | 19° | 9° | 50 mm |
| BlakeviewSouth Australia | 3 km NNE | 19° | 9° | 62 mm |
| Andrews FarmSouth Australia | 4 km NW | 19° | 9° | 47 mm |
| Munno Para WestSouth Australia | 5 km NNW | 19° | 9° | 47 mm |
| GreenwithSouth Australia | 8 km SSE | 18° | 9° | 71 mm |
| Salisbury NorthSouth Australia | 9 km SW | 19° | 9° | 47 mm |
| BurtonSouth Australia | 9 km WSW | 19° | 9° | 47 mm |