Mount Nelson Weather in May
Mount Nelson in May
The short of it: Mount Nelson in May averages a high of 14 °C (57 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 9 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 6° · rain 60 mm · daylight 9 h 43 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
May in Mount Nelson brings afternoons near 14° and nights around 6°, with about 60 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 14°, nights near 6°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 43 min in mid-May, 76 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 January and February.
Against its neighbours, Mount Nelson runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Dynnyrne, 2 km to the NNW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Mount Nelson, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DynnyrneTasmania | 2 km NNW | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |
| Sandy BayTasmania | 3 km N | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |
| South HobartTasmania | 3 km NNW | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |
| TaroonaTasmania | 4 km SE | 14° | 6° | 54 mm |
| Battery PointTasmania | 4 km NNE | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |
| Hobart city centreTasmania | 4 km N | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |
| HobartTasmania | 5 km N | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |
| West HobartTasmania | 5 km NNW | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |