Whittlesea Weather in May
Whittlesea in May
The short of it: Whittlesea in May averages a high of 16 °C (62 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 10 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 7° · rain 55 mm · daylight 10 h 8 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & February
Thirty years of records give Whittlesea an average May high of 16°, a low of 7° and some 55 mm of rain. Highs fall 5° against April, to near 16°; nights run about 7°. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 8 min in mid-May, 62 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and February.
Against its neighbours, Whittlesea runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Mernda, 10 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Whittlesea, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MerndaVictoria | 10 km SSW | 17° | 8° | 56 mm |
| DoreenVictoria | 10 km SSE | 17° | 8° | 59 mm |
| WollertVictoria | 11 km SW | 17° | 7° | 51 mm |
| South MorangVictoria | 15 km S | 17° | 8° | 60 mm |
| EppingVictoria | 17 km SSW | 17° | 8° | 53 mm |
| CraigieburnVictoria | 18 km WSW | 17° | 8° | 46 mm |
| Mill ParkVictoria | 18 km SSW | 17° | 8° | 59 mm |
| LalorVictoria | 19 km SSW | 17° | 8° | 56 mm |