Mount Pleasant Weather in May
Mount Pleasant in May
The short of it: Mount Pleasant in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 62 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 10 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 7° · rain 62 mm · daylight 10 h 20 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: November & March
Thirty years of records give Mount Pleasant an average May high of 16°, a low of 7° and some 62 mm of rain. Highs fall 5° against April, to near 16°; nights run about 7°. Wet spells are common — about 62 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 20 min in mid-May, 56 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and March.
Against its neighbours, Mount Pleasant runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Golden Grove, 29 km to the W, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Mount Pleasant, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden GroveSouth Australia | 29 km W | 18° | 9° | 71 mm |
| GreenwithSouth Australia | 31 km W | 18° | 9° | 71 mm |
| CraigmoreSouth Australia | 32 km WNW | 19° | 9° | 62 mm |
| Hope ValleySouth Australia | 33 km WSW | 18° | 9° | 66 mm |
| BlakeviewSouth Australia | 33 km WNW | 19° | 9° | 62 mm |
| Wynn ValeSouth Australia | 33 km W | 18° | 9° | 66 mm |
| HighburySouth Australia | 33 km WSW | 18° | 9° | 60 mm |
| Modbury HeightsSouth Australia | 33 km W | 18° | 9° | 66 mm |