Lightning Ridge Weather in May
Lightning Ridge in May
The short of it: Lightning Ridge in May averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 26 mm (1.0 in) of rain and about 10 h 40 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 8° · rain 26 mm · daylight 10 h 40 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & May
Thirty years of records give Lightning Ridge an average May high of 24°, a low of 8° and some 26 mm of rain. Highs fall 5° against April, to near 24°; nights run about 8°. Rain is modest, about 26 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 40 min in mid-May, 45 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and May.
Against its neighbours, Lightning Ridge runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Collarenebri, 59 km to the ESE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Lightning Ridge, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CollarenebriNew South Wales | 59 km ESE | 24° | 8° | 29 mm |
| WalgettNew South Wales | 68 km S | 24° | 8° | 27 mm |
| DirranbandiQueensland | 97 km NNE | 25° | 8° | 21 mm |
| MungindiNew South Wales | 110 km ENE | 24° | 8° | 25 mm |
| BrewarrinaNew South Wales | 123 km WSW | 24° | 9° | 22 mm |
| Wee WaaNew South Wales | 167 km ESE | 23° | 8° | 35 mm |
| CoonambleNew South Wales | 174 km SSE | 23° | 8° | 34 mm |
| St GeorgeQueensland | 176 km NNE | 24° | 8° | 24 mm |