Newtown Weather in May
Newtown in May
The short of it: Newtown in May averages a high of 21 °C (69 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 82 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 10 h 23 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 11° · rain 82 mm · daylight 10 h 23 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Newtown an average May high of 21°, a low of 11° and some 82 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 21°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 82 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 23 min in mid-May, 54 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 September and August.
Against its neighbours, Newtown runs about middling and drier than most in May. Marrickville, 2 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Newtown, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 14 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MarrickvilleNew South Wales | 2 km WSW | 21° | 11° | 75 mm |
| MascotNew South Wales | 3 km SSE | 21° | 12° | 81 mm |
| Surry HillsNew South Wales | 4 km ENE | 21° | 12° | 92 mm |
| SydneyNew South Wales | 4 km NE | 21° | 12° | 83 mm |
| Sydney Central Business DistrictNew South Wales | 5 km NE | 21° | 12° | 83 mm |
| AshfieldNew South Wales | 5 km WNW | 21° | 11° | 68 mm |
| EarlwoodNew South Wales | 5 km WSW | 21° | 11° | 76 mm |
| RandwickNew South Wales | 7 km ESE | 21° | 12° | 92 mm |