Winton Weather in May
Winton in May
The short of it: Winton in May averages a high of 28 °C (83 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 12 mm (0.47 in) of rain and about 11 h 3 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 13° · rain 12 mm · daylight 11 h 3 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Winton an average May high of 28°, a low of 13° and some 12 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from April to about 28°, with nights near 13°. Rain is scarce, about 12 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 3 min in mid-May, 33 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and July.
Against its neighbours, Winton runs about middling and drier than most in May. Longreach, 171 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Winton, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LongreachQueensland | 171 km SE | 28° | 12° | 15 mm |
| HughendenQueensland | 209 km NE | 29° | 14° | 12 mm |
| BarcaldineQueensland | 264 km ESE | 27° | 12° | 16 mm |
| CloncurryQueensland | 321 km NW | 29° | 15° | 6.0 mm |
| BlackallQueensland | 335 km SE | 26° | 11° | 18 mm |
| HealyQueensland | 409 km WNW | 28° | 14° | 7.0 mm |
| TownviewQueensland | 409 km WNW | 28° | 14° | 7.0 mm |
| PioneerQueensland | 410 km WNW | 28° | 14° | 7.0 mm |