Walgett Weather in May
Walgett in May
The short of it: Walgett in May averages a high of 24 °C (74 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 27 mm (1.1 in) of rain and about 10 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 8° · rain 27 mm · daylight 10 h 38 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Walgett an average May high of 24°, a low of 8° and some 27 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from April to about 24°, with nights near 8°. Rain is modest, about 27 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 38 min in mid-May, 46 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Walgett runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Lightning Ridge, 68 km to the NNW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Walgett, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning RidgeNew South Wales | 68 km NNW | 24° | 8° | 26 mm |
| CollarenebriNew South Wales | 70 km NE | 24° | 8° | 29 mm |
| CoonambleNew South Wales | 107 km SSE | 23° | 8° | 34 mm |
| BrewarrinaNew South Wales | 121 km W | 24° | 9° | 22 mm |
| Wee WaaNew South Wales | 129 km E | 23° | 8° | 35 mm |
| BaradineNew South Wales | 137 km SE | 22° | 7° | 35 mm |
| MungindiNew South Wales | 144 km NE | 24° | 8° | 25 mm |
| GulargamboneNew South Wales | 150 km SSE | 22° | 7° | 34 mm |