Hervey Bay Weather in May
Average highs run from 24°C on May 1 to 22°C on May 31, and lows from 21°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 93 mm over about 12 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 23°C
- Average low
- 19°C
- Precipitation
- 93 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 28°CMay 10, 2016
- Reanalysis low
- 11°CMay 31, 2000
- Daylight
- 11 h 10 min to 10 h 41 min
- Cloud cover
- 51%
- Humidity
- 72%
- Dew point
- 16°C
- Wind
- 16.9 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 | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 24°C | 21°C | 27°C 2016 | 18°C 2007 | 46% |
| May 2 | 24°C | 21°C | 27°C 2016 | 16°C 2020 | 46% |
| May 3 | 24°C | 21°C | 27°C 2016 | 17°C 2020 | 47% |
| May 4 | 24°C | 20°C | 27°C 2007 | 14°C 2014 | 46% |
| May 5 | 24°C | 20°C | 26°C 2007 | 15°C 2014 | 47% |
| May 6 | 24°C | 20°C | 26°C 2015 | 15°C 2014 | 46% |
| May 7 | 24°C | 20°C | 26°C 2007 | 15°C 2014 | 46% |
| May 8 | 24°C | 20°C | 26°C 2007 | 17°C 2001 | 45% |
| May 9 | 24°C | 20°C | 26°C 2016 | 18°C 2011 | 44% |
| May 10 | 24°C | 20°C | 28°C 2016 | 16°C 2015 | 44% |
| May 11 | 24°C | 20°C | 25°C 2001 | 15°C 1997 | 45% |
| May 12 | 23°C | 20°C | 26°C 2010 | 14°C 2018 | 44% |
| May 13 | 23°C | 20°C | 25°C 2016 | 15°C 2011 | 44% |
| May 14 | 23°C | 19°C | 25°C 1995 | 14°C 2015 | 44% |
| May 15 | 23°C | 19°C | 25°C 1995 | 16°C 2015 | 45% |
| May 16 | 23°C | 19°C | 26°C 2002 | 16°C 2013 | 46% |
| May 17 | 23°C | 19°C | 27°C 2002 | 16°C 2013 | 45% |
| May 18 | 23°C | 19°C | 26°C 2003 | 15°C 2008 | 44% |
| May 19 | 23°C | 19°C | 27°C 2003 | 14°C 2008 | 44% |
| May 20 | 23°C | 19°C | 27°C 2003 | 14°C 2013 | 43% |
| May 21 | 23°C | 19°C | 25°C 2015 | 15°C 2002 | 43% |
| May 22 | 23°C | 19°C | 25°C 2016 | 14°C 1998 | 43% |
| May 23 | 23°C | 19°C | 24°C 1994 | 14°C 1992 | 44% |
| May 24 | 23°C | 19°C | 26°C 2016 | 11°C 2020 | 43% |
| May 25 | 23°C | 19°C | 25°C 2016 | 13°C 2011 | 42% |
| May 26 | 23°C | 19°C | 26°C 2016 | 14°C 2011 | 42% |
| May 27 | 22°C | 18°C | 27°C 2016 | 13°C 2012 | 42% |
| May 28 | 22°C | 18°C | 25°C 2016 | 14°C 2000 | 42% |
| May 29 | 22°C | 18°C | 25°C 2017 | 12°C 2000 | 41% |
| May 30 | 22°C | 18°C | 24°C 2015 | 11°C 2000 | 40% |
| May 31 | 22°C | 18°C | 24°C 2015 | 11°C 2000 | 39% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:11 AM, sunset 5:21 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:26 AM, sunset 5:07 PM
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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.