Mount Coolum Weather in May
Mount Coolum in May
The short of it: Mount Coolum in May averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 109 mm (4.3 in) of rain and about 10 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 15° · rain 109 mm · daylight 10 h 50 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & September
May in Mount Coolum brings afternoons near 24° and nights around 15°, with about 109 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 24°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 109 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 50 min in mid-May, 40 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and September.
Against its neighbours, Mount Coolum runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Coolum Beach, 4 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Mount Coolum, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolum BeachQueensland | 4 km N | 24° | 15° | 110 mm |
| Bli BliQueensland | 8 km SW | 25° | 13° | 124 mm |
| Peregian SpringsQueensland | 9 km N | 24° | 14° | 107 mm |
| Peregian BeachQueensland | 9 km N | 24° | 15° | 113 mm |
| Sunshine CoastQueensland | 10 km S | 25° | 14° | 126 mm |
| MaroochydoreQueensland | 11 km S | 24° | 15° | 118 mm |
| Alexandra HeadlandQueensland | 12 km S | 25° | 14° | 122 mm |
| MooloolabaQueensland | 13 km SSE | 25° | 14° | 122 mm |