Sunset Weather in May
Sunset in May
The short of it: Sunset in May averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 7.0 mm (0.28 in) of rain and about 11 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 14° · rain 7.0 mm · daylight 11 h 8 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Sunset an average May high of 28°, a low of 14° and some 7.0 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from April to about 28°, with nights near 14°. Rain is scarce, about 7.0 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 8 min in mid-May, 30 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 June and July.
Against its neighbours, Sunset runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Pioneer, 1 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Sunset, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 8.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PioneerQueensland | 1 km S | 28° | 14° | 7.0 mm |
| WinstonQueensland | 1 km W | 28° | 14° | 7.0 mm |
| MenziesQueensland | 1 km SW | 28° | 14° | 7.0 mm |
| Soldiers HillQueensland | 2 km WNW | 28° | 14° | 6.0 mm |
| Mount IsaQueensland | 2 km SW | 28° | 14° | 7.0 mm |
| TownviewQueensland | 3 km S | 28° | 14° | 7.0 mm |
| MorningtonQueensland | 3 km SSW | 28° | 14° | 7.0 mm |
| ParksideQueensland | 4 km SSW | 28° | 14° | 7.0 mm |