Gladstone Weather in May
Gladstone in May
The short of it: Gladstone in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 10 h 25 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 7° · rain 40 mm · daylight 10 h 25 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Gladstone an average May high of 19°, a low of 7° and some 40 mm of rain. Highs fall 5° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 7°. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 25 min in mid-May, 53 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 October and April.
Against its neighbours, Gladstone runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Laura, 10 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Gladstone, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LauraSouth Australia | 10 km NNW | 19° | 7° | 40 mm |
| Crystal BrookSouth Australia | 17 km SW | 20° | 8° | 38 mm |
| JamestownSouth Australia | 24 km ENE | 18° | 5° | 37 mm |
| NapperbySouth Australia | 25 km WNW | 20° | 10° | 36 mm |
| SolomontownSouth Australia | 32 km WNW | 20° | 10° | 33 mm |
| Port PirieSouth Australia | 33 km WNW | 20° | 10° | 33 mm |
| Port Pirie SouthSouth Australia | 33 km WNW | 20° | 10° | 33 mm |
| Risdon Park SouthSouth Australia | 34 km W | 21° | 10° | 32 mm |