Gilgandra Weather in May
Gilgandra in May
The short of it: Gilgandra in May averages a high of 21 °C (71 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 36 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 10 h 31 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 6° · rain 36 mm · daylight 10 h 31 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & May
Thirty years of records give Gilgandra an average May high of 21°, a low of 6° and some 36 mm of rain. Highs fall 5° against April, to near 21°; nights run about 6°. Rain is modest, about 36 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 31 min in mid-May, 50 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and May.
Against its neighbours, Gilgandra runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Mendooran, 45 km to the ESE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Gilgandra, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 8.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MendooranNew South Wales | 45 km ESE | 21° | 5° | 38 mm |
| GulargamboneNew South Wales | 46 km NNW | 22° | 7° | 34 mm |
| DubboNew South Wales | 59 km S | 20° | 7° | 37 mm |
| EulomogoNew South Wales | 62 km S | 20° | 6° | 38 mm |
| WongarbonNew South Wales | 70 km S | 19° | 6° | 38 mm |
| BinnawayNew South Wales | 70 km ENE | 21° | 5° | 36 mm |
| NarromineNew South Wales | 70 km SW | 21° | 7° | 36 mm |
| TrangieNew South Wales | 73 km WSW | 21° | 7° | 36 mm |