Kingston Weather in May
Kingston in May
The short of it: Kingston in May averages a high of 15 °C (58 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 51 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 9 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 6° · rain 51 mm · daylight 9 h 42 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Kingston an average May high of 15°, a low of 6° and some 51 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 6°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 51 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 42 min in mid-May, 76 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Kingston runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Kingston Beach, 1 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Kingston, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston BeachTasmania | 1 km ESE | 15° | 6° | 51 mm |
| Blackmans BayTasmania | 3 km SSE | 14° | 6° | 54 mm |
| TaroonaTasmania | 5 km NE | 14° | 6° | 54 mm |
| Mount NelsonTasmania | 6 km NNE | 14° | 6° | 60 mm |
| MargateTasmania | 7 km SSW | 15° | 6° | 54 mm |
| DynnyrneTasmania | 8 km N | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |
| South HobartTasmania | 9 km N | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |
| Sandy BayTasmania | 9 km N | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |