Maldon Weather in May
Maldon in May
The short of it: Maldon in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 10 h 10 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 6° · rain 58 mm · daylight 10 h 10 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & March
Thirty years of records give Maldon an average May high of 16°, a low of 6° and some 58 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from April to about 16°, with nights near 6°. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 10 min in mid-May, 61 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and March.
Against its neighbours, Maldon runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Castlemaine, 15 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Maldon, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 17 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 10 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CastlemaineVictoria | 15 km ESE | 16° | 5° | 55 mm |
| Kangaroo FlatVictoria | 27 km NE | 17° | 6° | 55 mm |
| Maiden GullyVictoria | 30 km NNE | 17° | 6° | 49 mm |
| Golden SquareVictoria | 30 km NNE | 17° | 6° | 51 mm |
| MaryboroughVictoria | 30 km W | 16° | 6° | 47 mm |
| Flora HillVictoria | 31 km NE | 17° | 6° | 51 mm |
| BendigoVictoria | 32 km NE | 17° | 6° | 51 mm |
| Bendigo city centreVictoria | 33 km NE | 17° | 6° | 51 mm |