Townsville Weather in May
Average highs run from 28°C on May 1 to 26°C on May 31, and lows from 20°C to 17°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 31 mm over about 6 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
- 27°C
- Average low
- 18°C
- Precipitation
- 31 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 33°CMay 10, 2016
- Reanalysis low
- 9°CMay 29, 2000
- Daylight
- 11 h 24 min to 11 h 03 min
- Cloud cover
- 47%
- Humidity
- 72%
- Dew point
- 16°C
- Wind
- 14.8 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 | 28°C | 20°C | 32°C 1996 | 16°C 2011 | 20% |
| May 2 | 28°C | 20°C | 31°C 2016 | 14°C 2020 | 19% |
| May 3 | 28°C | 19°C | 32°C 2016 | 14°C 2020 | 18% |
| May 4 | 28°C | 19°C | 31°C 2016 | 12°C 2014 | 18% |
| May 5 | 28°C | 19°C | 32°C 2015 | 13°C 2014 | 17% |
| May 6 | 28°C | 19°C | 32°C 2015 | 13°C 2011 | 17% |
| May 7 | 28°C | 19°C | 32°C 2015 | 16°C 2019 | 18% |
| May 8 | 28°C | 19°C | 31°C 2015 | 15°C 2001 | 19% |
| May 9 | 28°C | 19°C | 31°C 2016 | 14°C 2001 | 18% |
| May 10 | 28°C | 19°C | 33°C 2016 | 13°C 2011 | 19% |
| May 11 | 28°C | 19°C | 31°C 2015 | 10°C 2011 | 20% |
| May 12 | 28°C | 19°C | 30°C 2005 | 10°C 2011 | 20% |
| May 13 | 28°C | 18°C | 31°C 2015 | 9°C 2011 | 19% |
| May 14 | 27°C | 18°C | 30°C 1996 | 12°C 2011 | 20% |
| May 15 | 27°C | 18°C | 30°C 2002 | 13°C 2011 | 20% |
| May 16 | 27°C | 18°C | 31°C 2003 | 13°C 2012 | 19% |
| May 17 | 27°C | 18°C | 32°C 2002 | 12°C 1991 | 18% |
| May 18 | 27°C | 18°C | 30°C 2002 | 14°C 2008 | 18% |
| May 19 | 27°C | 18°C | 31°C 2016 | 11°C 2008 | 18% |
| May 20 | 27°C | 18°C | 31°C 2003 | 12°C 2001 | 18% |
| May 21 | 27°C | 18°C | 31°C 2003 | 11°C 2001 | 17% |
| May 22 | 27°C | 18°C | 31°C 2007 | 12°C 2001 | 16% |
| May 23 | 27°C | 18°C | 31°C 2002 | 12°C 2020 | 15% |
| May 24 | 27°C | 17°C | 29°C 2001 | 9°C 2020 | 15% |
| May 25 | 27°C | 17°C | 30°C 2002 | 10°C 2011 | 15% |
| May 26 | 27°C | 17°C | 30°C 2016 | 9°C 2011 | 15% |
| May 27 | 27°C | 17°C | 33°C 2016 | 9°C 2011 | 14% |
| May 28 | 26°C | 17°C | 32°C 2016 | 9°C 2012 | 14% |
| May 29 | 26°C | 17°C | 30°C 2016 | 9°C 2000 | 13% |
| May 30 | 26°C | 17°C | 29°C 2016 | 11°C 2000 | 13% |
| May 31 | 26°C | 17°C | 29°C 2015 | 10°C 2011 | 14% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:28 AM, sunset 5:52 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:39 AM, sunset 5:42 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.