Walcha Weather in May
Walcha in May
The short of it: Walcha in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 39 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 10 h 34 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 2° · rain 39 mm · daylight 10 h 34 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & May
Thirty years of records give Walcha an average May high of 17°, a low of 2° and some 39 mm of rain. Highs fall 4° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 2°. Rain is modest, about 39 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 34 min in mid-May, 48 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 May.
Against its neighbours, Walcha runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Uralla, 39 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Walcha, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UrallaNew South Wales | 39 km NNW | 17° | 3° | 34 mm |
| MoonbiNew South Wales | 50 km W | 20° | 6° | 32 mm |
| KootingalNew South Wales | 52 km W | 20° | 6° | 32 mm |
| InvergowrieNew South Wales | 53 km N | 17° | 4° | 32 mm |
| ArmidaleNew South Wales | 54 km N | 17° | 4° | 33 mm |
| NeminghaNew South Wales | 60 km WSW | 20° | 6° | 33 mm |
| DarukaNew South Wales | 60 km W | 20° | 6° | 33 mm |
| CalalaNew South Wales | 62 km WSW | 21° | 6° | 34 mm |