Mount Clear Weather in May
Mount Clear in May
The short of it: Mount Clear in May averages a high of 14 °C (57 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 65 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 10 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 6° · rain 65 mm · daylight 10 h 8 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & December
Thirty years of records give Mount Clear an average May high of 14°, a low of 6° and some 65 mm of rain. Highs fall 4° against April, to near 14°; nights run about 6°. Wet spells are common — about 65 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 8 min in mid-May, 62 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 March and December.
Against its neighbours, Mount Clear runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Ballarat East, 4 km to the NNW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Mount Clear, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 11 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat EastVictoria | 4 km NNW | 15° | 6° | 58 mm |
| SebastopolVictoria | 4 km WNW | 15° | 6° | 57 mm |
| BallaratVictoria | 5 km NW | 15° | 6° | 58 mm |
| Ballarat CentralVictoria | 5 km NW | 15° | 6° | 58 mm |
| DelacombeVictoria | 6 km WNW | 15° | 6° | 56 mm |
| AlfredtonVictoria | 7 km WNW | 15° | 6° | 59 mm |
| WendoureeVictoria | 9 km NNW | 15° | 6° | 59 mm |
| Bacchus MarshVictoria | 50 km E | 17° | 8° | 35 mm |