Penguin Weather in May
Penguin in May
The short of it: Penguin in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 83 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 9 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 8° · rain 83 mm · daylight 9 h 52 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: February & January
Thirty years of records give Penguin an average May high of 16°, a low of 8° and some 83 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 83 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 52 min in mid-May, 71 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are February and January.
Against its neighbours, Penguin runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Sulphur Creek, 5 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Penguin, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 13 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur CreekTasmania | 5 km NW | 15° | 8° | 89 mm |
| West UlverstoneTasmania | 5 km ESE | 16° | 8° | 80 mm |
| UlverstoneTasmania | 10 km ESE | 16° | 8° | 78 mm |
| GawlerTasmania | 11 km SE | 16° | 8° | 85 mm |
| Turners BeachTasmania | 14 km ESE | 16° | 8° | 76 mm |
| HavenviewTasmania | 14 km WNW | 15° | 7° | 103 mm |
| BrooklynTasmania | 15 km WNW | 15° | 8° | 94 mm |
| RomaineTasmania | 15 km W | 15° | 7° | 103 mm |