Mount Barker Weather in May
Mount Barker in May
The short of it: Mount Barker in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 78 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 10 h 18 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 7° · rain 78 mm · daylight 10 h 18 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & March
May in Mount Barker brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 7°, with about 78 mm of rain over the month. Highs fall 4° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 7°. Wet spells are common — about 78 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 18 min in mid-May, 57 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and March.
Against its neighbours, Mount Barker runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Strathalbyn, 22 km to the S, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Mount Barker, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 19 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 18 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| StrathalbynSouth Australia | 22 km S | 19° | 9° | 42 mm |
| Adelaide HillsSouth Australia | 23 km NW | 18° | 9° | 69 mm |
| MagillSouth Australia | 25 km NW | 18° | 9° | 69 mm |
| RostrevorSouth Australia | 25 km NW | 18° | 9° | 69 mm |
| Aberfoyle ParkSouth Australia | 25 km W | 17° | 9° | 81 mm |
| Flagstaff HillSouth Australia | 26 km W | 18° | 10° | 73 mm |
| AthelstoneSouth Australia | 27 km NW | 18° | 9° | 60 mm |
| NorwoodSouth Australia | 27 km NW | 18° | 10° | 63 mm |