Stanthorpe Weather in May
Stanthorpe in May
The short of it: Stanthorpe in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 36 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 10 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 6° · rain 36 mm · daylight 10 h 42 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & September
Thirty years of records give Stanthorpe an average May high of 19°, a low of 6° and some 36 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 6°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 36 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 42 min in mid-May, 44 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 September.
Against its neighbours, Stanthorpe runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Tenterfield, 45 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Stanthorpe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TenterfieldNew South Wales | 45 km S | 19° | 5° | 46 mm |
| Rosenthal HeightsQueensland | 47 km N | 22° | 8° | 33 mm |
| WarwickQueensland | 49 km NNE | 22° | 8° | 33 mm |
| KillarneyQueensland | 50 km NE | 20° | 8° | 54 mm |
| AlloraQueensland | 69 km N | 22° | 7° | 33 mm |
| AratulaQueensland | 95 km NE | 24° | 10° | 48 mm |
| DugandanQueensland | 101 km NE | 25° | 9° | 48 mm |
| BoonahQueensland | 103 km NE | 25° | 9° | 49 mm |