Orange Weather in May
Orange in May
The short of it: Orange in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 4 °C (38 °F), with 50 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 10 h 25 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 4° · rain 50 mm · daylight 10 h 25 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & March
Thirty years of records give Orange an average May high of 15°, a low of 4° and some 50 mm of rain. Highs fall 5° against April, to near 15°; nights run about 4°. Rain is modest, about 50 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 25 min in mid-May, 53 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and March.
Against its neighbours, Orange runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Clifton Grove, 6 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Orange, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 8.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton GroveNew South Wales | 6 km ENE | 15° | 4° | 48 mm |
| Mullion CreekNew South Wales | 18 km N | 14° | 4° | 48 mm |
| MillthorpeNew South Wales | 20 km SSE | 14° | 3° | 50 mm |
| Forest ReefsNew South Wales | 20 km S | 15° | 3° | 51 mm |
| MolongNew South Wales | 30 km NW | 17° | 5° | 40 mm |
| BlayneyNew South Wales | 31 km SSE | 15° | 3° | 46 mm |
| CargoNew South Wales | 31 km WSW | 17° | 5° | 41 mm |
| CudalNew South Wales | 33 km W | 18° | 5° | 39 mm |