Sun Valley Weather in May
Sun Valley in May
The short of it: Sun Valley in May averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 15 °C (60 °F), with 45 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 10 h 59 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 15° · rain 45 mm · daylight 10 h 59 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
May in Sun Valley brings afternoons near 26° and nights around 15°, with about 45 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 26°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 45 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 59 min in mid-May, 35 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 July and June.
Against its neighbours, Sun Valley runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Kin Kora, 1 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Sun Valley, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 12 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 59 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kin KoraQueensland | 1 km WSW | 26° | 15° | 47 mm |
| TelinaQueensland | 2 km SSW | 26° | 15° | 45 mm |
| ToolooaQueensland | 2 km SE | 26° | 15° | 45 mm |
| South GladstoneQueensland | 2 km NE | 26° | 16° | 50 mm |
| West GladstoneQueensland | 2 km NW | 26° | 16° | 46 mm |
| New AucklandQueensland | 2 km WSW | 26° | 15° | 47 mm |
| Glen EdenQueensland | 3 km SSE | 26° | 15° | 45 mm |
| GladstoneQueensland | 3 km N | 26° | 16° | 50 mm |