Jamestown Weather in May
Jamestown in May
The short of it: Jamestown in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 5 °C (42 °F), with 37 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 10 h 26 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 5° · rain 37 mm · daylight 10 h 26 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Jamestown an average May high of 18°, a low of 5° and some 37 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 6° from April to about 18°, with nights near 5°. Rain is modest, about 37 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 26 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 April and October.
Against its neighbours, Jamestown runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Gladstone, 24 km to the WSW, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Jamestown, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° colder, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 26 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GladstoneSouth Australia | 24 km WSW | 19° | 7° | 40 mm |
| LauraSouth Australia | 28 km W | 19° | 7° | 40 mm |
| PeterboroughSouth Australia | 34 km NE | 18° | 5° | 26 mm |
| Crystal BrookSouth Australia | 40 km WSW | 20° | 8° | 38 mm |
| NapperbySouth Australia | 46 km W | 20° | 10° | 36 mm |
| OrrorooSouth Australia | 52 km N | 19° | 6° | 25 mm |
| SolomontownSouth Australia | 54 km W | 20° | 10° | 33 mm |
| Port PirieSouth Australia | 55 km W | 20° | 10° | 33 mm |