Rushworth Weather in May
Rushworth in May
The short of it: Rushworth in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 44 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 10 h 12 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 17° · low 7° · rain 44 mm · daylight 10 h 12 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Rushworth an average May high of 17°, a low of 7° and some 44 mm of rain. Highs fall 5° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 7°. Rain is modest, about 44 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 12 min in mid-May, 60 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, Rushworth runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Stanhope, 16 km to the NNW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Rushworth, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h