Broken Hill Weather in May
Average highs run from 22°C on May 1 to 17°C on May 31, and lows from 10°C to 7°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 15 mm over about 3 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 19°C
- Average low
- 8°C
- Precipitation
- 15 mm
- Record high
- 30°CMay 6, 1991
- Record low
- -3°CMay 30, 1994
- Daylight
- 10 h 51 min to 10 h 13 min
- Cloud cover
- 36%
- Humidity
- 59%
- Dew point
- 5°C
- Wind
- 14.0 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 22°C | 10°C | 29°C 1997 | 4°C 2024 | 6% |
| May 2 | 21°C | 10°C | 28°C 1997 | 2°C 2004 | 7% |
| May 3 | 21°C | 9°C | 28°C 1997 | 2°C 2012 | 7% |
| May 4 | 21°C | 8°C | 27°C 2005 | 2°C 2017 | 7% |
| May 5 | 21°C | 8°C | 28°C 2005 | 4°C 2017 | 7% |
| May 6 | 21°C | 9°C | 30°C 1991 | 3°C 2022 | 8% |
| May 7 | 21°C | 9°C | 28°C 1992 | 3°C 2023 | 7% |
| May 8 | 20°C | 8°C | 28°C 2012 | 1°C 2023 | 6% |
| May 9 | 20°C | 8°C | 28°C 2012 | 0°C 1992 | 7% |
| May 10 | 20°C | 8°C | 26°C 2013 | 1°C 2011 | 7% |
| May 11 | 20°C | 8°C | 26°C 1996 | 2°C 2004 | 7% |
| May 12 | 19°C | 8°C | 26°C 1995 | 0°C 1994 | 8% |
| May 13 | 19°C | 8°C | 27°C 2001 | 0°C 1960 | 8% |
| May 14 | 19°C | 8°C | 28°C 2007 | 2°C 1991 | 8% |
| May 15 | 19°C | 8°C | 25°C 1998 | 1°C 1991 | 9% |
| May 16 | 19°C | 8°C | 25°C 2016 | 1°C 2011 | 10% |
| May 17 | 19°C | 7°C | 25°C 2014 | 2°C 2011 | 9% |
| May 18 | 20°C | 8°C | 26°C 2019 | 1°C 2023 | 9% |
| May 19 | 19°C | 8°C | 27°C 2019 | 1°C 2024 | 9% |
| May 20 | 19°C | 8°C | 27°C 2019 | 2°C 1960 | 9% |
| May 21 | 19°C | 8°C | 26°C 2014 | 1°C 1998 | 8% |
| May 22 | 19°C | 7°C | 27°C 2016 | 1°C 1994 | 9% |
| May 23 | 19°C | 8°C | 26°C 2019 | 0°C 2006 | 9% |
| May 24 | 19°C | 8°C | 27°C 2005 | -1°C 2006 | 9% |
| May 25 | 18°C | 8°C | 25°C 2014 | 1°C 2006 | 10% |
| May 26 | 18°C | 7°C | 26°C 2014 | 2°C 1998 | 10% |
| May 27 | 18°C | 7°C | 24°C 2007 | 2°C 2021 | 10% |
| May 28 | 18°C | 7°C | 25°C 2007 | 0°C 1991 | 10% |
| May 29 | 17°C | 7°C | 23°C 2024 | 2°C 2001 | 11% |
| May 30 | 17°C | 6°C | 23°C 2013 | -3°C 1994 | 11% |
| May 31 | 17°C | 7°C | 25°C 2013 | 0°C 2021 | 10% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+9:30).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:36 AM, sunset 5:27 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:55 AM, sunset 5:08 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00047048, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-28. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.