Gordon Weather in May
Gordon in May
The short of it: Gordon in May averages a high of 14 °C (57 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 78 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 10 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 5° · rain 78 mm · daylight 10 h 8 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: March & January
Thirty years of records give Gordon an average May high of 14°, a low of 5° and some 78 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from April to about 14°, with nights near 5°. Wet spells are common — about 78 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 8 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and January.
Against its neighbours, Gordon runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Ballarat, 23 km to the W, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Gordon, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 15 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BallaratVictoria | 23 km W | 15° | 6° | 58 mm |
| WendoureeVictoria | 25 km WNW | 15° | 6° | 59 mm |
| Bacchus MarshVictoria | 31 km ESE | 17° | 8° | 35 mm |
| SunburyVictoria | 54 km E | 16° | 7° | 42 mm |
| LaraVictoria | 56 km SSE | 18° | 8° | 35 mm |
| TarneitVictoria | 56 km ESE | 18° | 8° | 37 mm |
| Wyndham ValeVictoria | 57 km SE | 18° | 8° | 36 mm |
| HillsideVictoria | 57 km ESE | 17° | 8° | 39 mm |