Franklin Weather in May
Franklin in May
The short of it: Franklin in May averages a high of 14 °C (58 °F) and a low of 5 °C (42 °F), with 64 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 9 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 5° · rain 64 mm · daylight 9 h 42 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Franklin an average May high of 14°, a low of 5° and some 64 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 14°, nights near 5°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 64 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 42 min in mid-May, 76 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Franklin runs about middling and drier than most in May. Huonville, 7 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Franklin, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h