Hillside Weather in May
Hillside in May
The short of it: Hillside in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 39 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 10 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 8° · rain 39 mm · daylight 10 h 7 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & December
Thirty years of records give Hillside an average May high of 17°, a low of 8° and some 39 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from April to about 17°, with nights near 8°. Rain is modest, about 39 mm, the 10th 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. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and December.
Against its neighbours, Hillside runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Caroline Springs, 6 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Hillside, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline SpringsVictoria | 6 km S | 17° | 8° | 38 mm |
| Saint AlbansVictoria | 7 km SE | 17° | 9° | 41 mm |
| St AlbansVictoria | 8 km SE | 17° | 9° | 41 mm |
| SunburyVictoria | 13 km N | 16° | 7° | 42 mm |
| TruganinaVictoria | 14 km S | 17° | 8° | 41 mm |
| GlenroyVictoria | 17 km E | 17° | 8° | 48 mm |
| Roxburgh ParkVictoria | 18 km ENE | 17° | 8° | 47 mm |
| TarneitVictoria | 18 km SSW | 18° | 8° | 37 mm |