Glencoe Weather in May
Glencoe in May
The short of it: Glencoe in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 67 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 10 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 8° · rain 67 mm · daylight 10 h 7 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & December
May in Glencoe brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 8°, with about 67 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 67 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 7 min in mid-May, 62 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and December.
Against its neighbours, Glencoe runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Compton, 14 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Glencoe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 15 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ComptonSouth Australia | 14 km SSE | 16° | 8° | 65 mm |
| Sutton TownSouth Australia | 18 km SE | 17° | 8° | 64 mm |
| Mount GambierSouth Australia | 20 km SE | 17° | 8° | 64 mm |
| MoorakSouth Australia | 21 km SSE | 17° | 8° | 64 mm |
| WorrolongSouth Australia | 24 km ESE | 16° | 8° | 63 mm |
| NangwarrySouth Australia | 24 km NE | 16° | 8° | 60 mm |
| MillicentSouth Australia | 26 km WNW | 17° | 9° | 68 mm |
| Port MacDonnellSouth Australia | 40 km S | 16° | 9° | 64 mm |