North Bourke Weather in May
North Bourke in May
The short of it: North Bourke in May averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 9 °C (49 °F), with 19 mm (0.75 in) of rain and about 10 h 37 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 9° · rain 19 mm · daylight 10 h 37 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give North Bourke an average May high of 23°, a low of 9° and some 19 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from April to about 23°, with nights near 9°. Rain is modest, about 19 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 37 min in mid-May, 46 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, North Bourke runs about middling and drier than most in May. Bourke, 4 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in North Bourke, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BourkeNew South Wales | 4 km SSW | 23° | 9° | 19 mm |
| BrewarrinaNew South Wales | 88 km E | 24° | 9° | 22 mm |
| CobarNew South Wales | 161 km S | 21° | 8° | 30 mm |
| NynganNew South Wales | 206 km SE | 22° | 8° | 40 mm |
| Lightning RidgeNew South Wales | 208 km ENE | 24° | 8° | 26 mm |
| WalgettNew South Wales | 209 km E | 24° | 8° | 27 mm |
| CunnamullaQueensland | 222 km N | 24° | 10° | 22 mm |
| CoonambleNew South Wales | 254 km ESE | 23° | 8° | 34 mm |