Cessnock climate

Cessnock Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 22°C on May 1 to 18°C on May 31, and lows from 11°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 58 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 Cessnock, in °C, with the record for each date.051015202530151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
20°C
Average low
10°C
Precipitation
58 mm
Reanalysis high
28°CMay 1, 2013
Reanalysis low
3°CMay 30, 2017
Daylight
10 h 49 min to 10 h 08 min
Cloud cover
49%
Humidity
75%
Dew point
9°C
Wind
5.8 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 122°C11°C28°C 20137°C 202028%
May 222°C11°C27°C 20197°C 200829%
May 321°C11°C27°C 20186°C 200428%
May 421°C11°C26°C 20076°C 200828%
May 521°C11°C25°C 20165°C 201427%
May 621°C11°C26°C 20166°C 201028%
May 721°C11°C26°C 20166°C 201527%
May 821°C10°C26°C 19916°C 201527%
May 921°C10°C26°C 20163°C 199826%
May 1020°C10°C26°C 20123°C 199826%
May 1120°C10°C26°C 20124°C 201126%
May 1220°C10°C25°C 19954°C 201126%
May 1320°C10°C26°C 20164°C 201026%
May 1420°C10°C27°C 20164°C 201526%
May 1520°C10°C26°C 20164°C 201128%
May 1620°C10°C25°C 20163°C 201128%
May 1720°C10°C27°C 20165°C 199428%
May 1820°C10°C24°C 20045°C 200228%
May 1919°C10°C24°C 20035°C 201229%
May 2019°C10°C23°C 20194°C 201329%
May 2119°C9°C26°C 20194°C 199429%
May 2219°C9°C26°C 20165°C 202030%
May 2319°C9°C26°C 20164°C 200030%
May 2419°C9°C25°C 20195°C 200730%
May 2519°C9°C26°C 19944°C 199231%
May 2619°C9°C25°C 20146°C 201332%
May 2719°C9°C23°C 20144°C 201132%
May 2818°C9°C23°C 20074°C 199233%
May 2918°C9°C23°C 20074°C 200033%
May 3018°C9°C24°C 19993°C 201734%
May 3118°C9°C23°C 19933°C 200434%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 6:27 AM, sunset 5:16 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:48 AM, sunset 4:56 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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.