Scone Weather in May
Scone in May
The short of it: Scone in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 35 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 10 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 8° · rain 35 mm · daylight 10 h 30 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & May
Thirty years of records give Scone an average May high of 21°, a low of 8° and some 35 mm of rain. Highs fall 4° against April, to near 21°; nights run about 8°. Rain is modest, about 35 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 30 min in mid-May, 50 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; the finest months here are September and May.
Against its neighbours, Scone runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Aberdeen, 13 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Scone, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AberdeenNew South Wales | 13 km S | 21° | 8° | 34 mm |
| MuswellbrookNew South Wales | 24 km S | 21° | 8° | 35 mm |
| MurrurundiNew South Wales | 32 km N | 20° | 5° | 45 mm |
| DenmanNew South Wales | 41 km SSW | 22° | 8° | 30 mm |
| MerriwaNew South Wales | 49 km WSW | 21° | 7° | 33 mm |
| Wattle PondsNew South Wales | 61 km SSE | 22° | 9° | 40 mm |
| Singleton HeightsNew South Wales | 61 km SSE | 22° | 9° | 39 mm |
| HunterviewNew South Wales | 62 km SSE | 22° | 9° | 38 mm |