Port Augusta West climate

Port Augusta West Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Port Augusta West, 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 10°C to 7°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 23 mm over about 5 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Port Augusta West, in °C, with the record for each date.0102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
20°C
Average low
8°C
Precipitation
23 mm
Reanalysis high
29°CMay 4, 2005
Reanalysis low
1°CMay 24, 2006
Daylight
10 h 50 min to 10 h 11 min
Cloud cover
44%
Humidity
63%
Dew point
5°C
Wind
14.8 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°C10°C29°C 19975°C 199914%
May 222°C10°C29°C 20026°C 200314%
May 322°C10°C28°C 20024°C 201214%
May 422°C9°C29°C 20055°C 201413%
May 521°C9°C28°C 20056°C 202013%
May 621°C9°C28°C 20025°C 199513%
May 721°C9°C28°C 20135°C 199513%
May 821°C9°C28°C 20134°C 199812%
May 921°C9°C28°C 20134°C 199811%
May 1021°C9°C27°C 20133°C 199711%
May 1121°C9°C28°C 19963°C 199111%
May 1220°C8°C26°C 19955°C 201012%
May 1320°C8°C27°C 20014°C 200613%
May 1420°C8°C28°C 20013°C 202013%
May 1520°C8°C24°C 19984°C 201114%
May 1620°C8°C26°C 20163°C 201115%
May 1720°C8°C25°C 19994°C 199515%
May 1820°C8°C27°C 19994°C 199515%
May 1919°C8°C27°C 19994°C 199216%
May 2019°C8°C27°C 19993°C 199216%
May 2119°C8°C26°C 20144°C 199516%
May 2219°C8°C26°C 20193°C 199216%
May 2319°C8°C27°C 20192°C 200617%
May 2419°C8°C26°C 20051°C 200617%
May 2519°C8°C24°C 20142°C 202018%
May 2618°C7°C24°C 20184°C 200418%
May 2718°C7°C22°C 20175°C 200018%
May 2818°C7°C24°C 20183°C 200619%
May 2918°C7°C24°C 19934°C 200619%
May 3018°C7°C23°C 20133°C 200120%
May 3118°C7°C24°C 19913°C 199719%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Port Augusta West, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+9:30).

May 1
sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 5:41 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:11 AM, sunset 5:22 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 2026-09-29. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.