Mount Isa climate

Mount Isa Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 31°C on May 1 to 27°C on May 31, and lows from 17°C to 13°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 9 mm over about 0 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Mount Isa, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
29°C
Average low
15°C
Precipitation
9 mm
Reanalysis high
38°CMay 4, 2007
Reanalysis low
5°CMay 26, 2012
Daylight
11 h 20 min to 10 h 58 min
Cloud cover
25%
Humidity
40%
Dew point
5°C
Wind
16.9 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 131°C17°C37°C 20169°C 19995%
May 231°C16°C38°C 201610°C 20065%
May 331°C16°C37°C 20079°C 20065%
May 430°C16°C38°C 20079°C 20064%
May 530°C16°C36°C 200710°C 20065%
May 630°C16°C35°C 20169°C 20065%
May 730°C16°C36°C 20169°C 20064%
May 830°C16°C34°C 20169°C 20065%
May 930°C15°C34°C 20209°C 20064%
May 1030°C15°C33°C 200210°C 20115%
May 1129°C15°C33°C 19967°C 20195%
May 1229°C15°C33°C 19966°C 20115%
May 1329°C15°C33°C 19958°C 20115%
May 1429°C15°C33°C 19959°C 20155%
May 1529°C15°C34°C 20078°C 20156%
May 1629°C15°C34°C 20028°C 20116%
May 1729°C14°C34°C 20079°C 20126%
May 1829°C14°C34°C 200310°C 20016%
May 1929°C14°C35°C 20038°C 20016%
May 2029°C14°C34°C 20158°C 20015%
May 2128°C14°C33°C 20139°C 20015%
May 2228°C14°C33°C 201710°C 19955%
May 2328°C14°C33°C 20028°C 20205%
May 2428°C14°C33°C 20148°C 20064%
May 2528°C14°C34°C 19947°C 20114%
May 2628°C14°C33°C 20165°C 20124%
May 2728°C13°C34°C 20166°C 20124%
May 2828°C13°C33°C 20077°C 20064%
May 2928°C13°C33°C 20076°C 20064%
May 3028°C13°C33°C 19996°C 20064%
May 3127°C13°C32°C 20156°C 20003%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Mount Isa, in percent.02461102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 6:59 AM, sunset 6:19 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:11 AM, sunset 6:09 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.