Maitland Weather in May
Maitland in May
The short of it: Maitland in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 44 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 10 h 21 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 10° · rain 44 mm · daylight 10 h 21 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Maitland an average May high of 18°, a low of 10° and some 44 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from April to about 18°, with nights near 10°. Rain is modest, about 44 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 21 min in mid-May, 55 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, Maitland runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Ardrossan, 23 km to the ESE, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Maitland, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArdrossanSouth Australia | 23 km ESE | 20° | 9° | 33 mm |
| Port HughesSouth Australia | 34 km NNW | 19° | 10° | 34 mm |
| MoontaSouth Australia | 35 km NNW | 20° | 10° | 35 mm |
| North MoontaSouth Australia | 36 km NNW | 20° | 10° | 35 mm |
| Moonta BaySouth Australia | 37 km NNW | 19° | 10° | 34 mm |
| MinlatonSouth Australia | 45 km S | 19° | 10° | 42 mm |
| KadinaSouth Australia | 46 km N | 20° | 9° | 35 mm |
| Port WakefieldSouth Australia | 48 km ENE | 21° | 8° | 33 mm |