Strathalbyn Weather in May
Strathalbyn in May
The short of it: Strathalbyn in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 42 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 10 h 18 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 19° · low 9° · rain 42 mm · daylight 10 h 18 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Strathalbyn an average May high of 19°, a low of 9° and some 42 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from April to about 19°, with nights near 9°. Rain is modest, about 42 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 18 min in mid-May, 57 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, Strathalbyn runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Mount Barker, 22 km to the N, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Strathalbyn, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 18 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount BarkerSouth Australia | 22 km N | 17° | 7° | 78 mm |
| Aberfoyle ParkSouth Australia | 34 km NW | 17° | 9° | 81 mm |
| WoodcroftSouth Australia | 35 km WNW | 18° | 9° | 71 mm |
| Flagstaff HillSouth Australia | 37 km NW | 18° | 10° | 73 mm |
| Morphett ValeSouth Australia | 37 km WNW | 18° | 10° | 57 mm |
| Murray BridgeSouth Australia | 38 km ENE | 20° | 8° | 31 mm |
| Seaford RiseSouth Australia | 38 km W | 18° | 10° | 51 mm |
| Happy ValleySouth Australia | 38 km WNW | 18° | 10° | 63 mm |