Riverton Weather in May
Riverton in May
The short of it: Riverton in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 42 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 10 h 22 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 7° · rain 42 mm · daylight 10 h 22 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Riverton an average May high of 18°, a low of 7° and some 42 mm of rain. Highs fall 5° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 7°. Rain is modest, about 42 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 22 min in mid-May, 55 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and October.
Against its neighbours, Riverton runs about middling and drier than most in May. Clare, 38 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Riverton, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 22 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ClareSouth Australia | 38 km NNW | 17° | 7° | 51 mm |
| NuriootpaSouth Australia | 42 km SSE | 18° | 7° | 47 mm |
| TanundaSouth Australia | 45 km SSE | 18° | 8° | 49 mm |
| WillastonSouth Australia | 48 km S | 19° | 9° | 46 mm |
| Gawler EastSouth Australia | 49 km S | 19° | 8° | 50 mm |
| GawlerSouth Australia | 50 km S | 19° | 9° | 46 mm |
| Evanston ParkSouth Australia | 52 km S | 19° | 9° | 46 mm |
| Munno Para WestSouth Australia | 56 km S | 19° | 9° | 47 mm |