Central Coast climate

Central Coast Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Central Coast, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 21°C on May 1 to 18°C on May 31, and lows from 14°C to 11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 63 mm over about 9 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Central Coast, in °C, with the record for each date.51015202530151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
20°C
Average low
12°C
Precipitation
63 mm
Reanalysis high
26°CMay 3, 2018
Reanalysis low
5°CMay 30, 2017
Daylight
10 h 47 min to 10 h 06 min
Cloud cover
53%
Humidity
75%
Dew point
10°C
Wind
8.3 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 121°C14°C26°C 20169°C 202030%
May 221°C13°C26°C 201910°C 200831%
May 321°C13°C26°C 201810°C 200830%
May 421°C13°C26°C 20189°C 202029%
May 521°C13°C24°C 20168°C 200829%
May 621°C13°C24°C 20169°C 201029%
May 720°C13°C25°C 20168°C 201529%
May 820°C13°C25°C 19918°C 201128%
May 920°C13°C25°C 20186°C 199827%
May 1020°C12°C25°C 20057°C 199827%
May 1120°C12°C25°C 20106°C 201127%
May 1220°C12°C23°C 20167°C 201127%
May 1320°C12°C25°C 20167°C 201226%
May 1420°C12°C26°C 20167°C 201527%
May 1520°C12°C26°C 20166°C 201129%
May 1619°C12°C24°C 20166°C 201130%
May 1719°C12°C26°C 20167°C 201130%
May 1819°C12°C23°C 20047°C 200230%
May 1919°C12°C24°C 20147°C 201230%
May 2019°C12°C23°C 20147°C 200030%
May 2119°C12°C26°C 20198°C 199430%
May 2219°C12°C25°C 20168°C 201230%
May 2319°C12°C25°C 20167°C 201231%
May 2419°C11°C25°C 20197°C 199331%
May 2519°C11°C25°C 19947°C 200732%
May 2619°C11°C25°C 20148°C 201333%
May 2718°C11°C23°C 20147°C 200533%
May 2818°C11°C22°C 20148°C 200034%
May 2918°C11°C23°C 20187°C 200034%
May 3018°C11°C22°C 19995°C 201735%
May 3118°C11°C22°C 20137°C 201934%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Central Coast, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).

May 1
sunrise 6:28 AM, sunset 5:15 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:49 AM, sunset 4:55 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: 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.