Adelaide Hills Weather in May
Average highs run from 20°C on May 1 to 17°C on May 31, and lows from 11°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 47 mm over about 9 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 19°C
- Average low
- 10°C
- Precipitation
- 47 mm
- Record high
- 30°CMay 9, 2013
- Record low
- 0°CMay 19, 1973
- Daylight
- 10 h 42 min to 9 h 59 min
- Cloud cover
- 52%
- Humidity
- 73%
- Dew point
- 8°C
- Wind
- 13.7 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 | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 20°C | 11°C | 29°C 2026 | 5°C 1967 | 26% |
| May 2 | 20°C | 11°C | 27°C 1972 | 3°C 1977 | 26% |
| May 3 | 20°C | 11°C | 28°C 2002 | 5°C 1986 | 27% |
| May 4 | 20°C | 11°C | 29°C 1967 | 4°C 1994 | 27% |
| May 5 | 20°C | 10°C | 28°C 1972 | 4°C 1969 | 28% |
| May 6 | 20°C | 10°C | 28°C 2002 | 3°C 1956 | 29% |
| May 7 | 20°C | 11°C | 28°C 2002 | 3°C 1976 | 30% |
| May 8 | 20°C | 10°C | 30°C 2013 | 4°C 1984 | 30% |
| May 9 | 19°C | 10°C | 30°C 2013 | 4°C 1960 | 28% |
| May 10 | 19°C | 10°C | 30°C 2013 | 3°C 1976 | 28% |
| May 11 | 19°C | 10°C | 28°C 1987 | 2°C 2004 | 28% |
| May 12 | 19°C | 10°C | 23°C 2007 | 4°C 2004 | 29% |
| May 13 | 19°C | 10°C | 26°C 2001 | 4°C 1959 | 30% |
| May 14 | 19°C | 10°C | 26°C 2001 | 3°C 1976 | 30% |
| May 15 | 18°C | 10°C | 25°C 1990 | 3°C 1967 | 31% |
| May 16 | 18°C | 9°C | 26°C 2014 | 3°C 1979 | 32% |
| May 17 | 19°C | 9°C | 26°C 1967 | 2°C 1979 | 32% |
| May 18 | 19°C | 9°C | 25°C 2019 | 2°C 1973 | 33% |
| May 19 | 19°C | 10°C | 25°C 2011 | 0°C 1973 | 34% |
| May 20 | 19°C | 10°C | 24°C 2011 | 1°C 1973 | 33% |
| May 21 | 19°C | 10°C | 26°C 2014 | 2°C 1985 | 33% |
| May 22 | 19°C | 10°C | 27°C 1975 | 1°C 1985 | 33% |
| May 23 | 18°C | 11°C | 25°C 2021 | 2°C 1974 | 33% |
| May 24 | 18°C | 10°C | 27°C 1994 | 0°C 1967 | 34% |
| May 25 | 18°C | 9°C | 24°C 2014 | 2°C 1972 | 35% |
| May 26 | 18°C | 10°C | 24°C 2018 | 2°C 1967 | 34% |
| May 27 | 17°C | 9°C | 21°C 2024 | 2°C 1967 | 34% |
| May 28 | 17°C | 9°C | 24°C 2024 | 2°C 1967 | 34% |
| May 29 | 17°C | 9°C | 24°C 2024 | 2°C 1972 | 37% |
| May 30 | 18°C | 9°C | 25°C 1973 | 2°C 2021 | 38% |
| May 31 | 17°C | 9°C | 24°C 1991 | 2°C 1959 | 38% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+9:30).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 5:33 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 7:13 AM, sunset 5:12 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00023034, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.