Shell Cove Weather in May
Shell Cove in May
The short of it: Shell Cove in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 87 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 10 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 12° · rain 87 mm · daylight 10 h 20 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & July
May in Shell Cove brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 12°, with about 87 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 87 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 20 min in mid-May, 55 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and July.
Against its neighbours, Shell Cove runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Albion Park, 8 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Shell Cove, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion ParkNew South Wales | 8 km WNW | 20° | 11° | 81 mm |
| DaptoNew South Wales | 11 km NNW | 20° | 11° | 80 mm |
| FigtreeNew South Wales | 17 km N | 20° | 11° | 86 mm |
| Wollongong city centreNew South Wales | 18 km N | 20° | 12° | 89 mm |
| WollongongNew South Wales | 19 km N | 20° | 12° | 89 mm |
| WoononaNew South Wales | 27 km N | 20° | 11° | 96 mm |
| BowralNew South Wales | 42 km WNW | 16° | 5° | 64 mm |
| CampbelltownNew South Wales | 58 km N | 21° | 9° | 57 mm |