Whyalla climate

Whyalla Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Whyalla, 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 13°C to 10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 25 mm over about 6 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Whyalla, in °C, with the record for each date.51015202530151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
20°C
Average low
12°C
Precipitation
25 mm
Reanalysis high
29°CMay 2, 2002
Reanalysis low
6°CMay 25, 2020
Daylight
10 h 48 min to 10 h 08 min
Cloud cover
41%
Humidity
66%
Dew point
8°C
Wind
16.2 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°C13°C27°C 199710°C 201518%
May 221°C13°C29°C 200210°C 199818%
May 321°C13°C28°C 200210°C 199817%
May 421°C13°C28°C 20059°C 201717%
May 521°C13°C27°C 20029°C 200317%
May 621°C12°C27°C 20029°C 199518%
May 721°C12°C27°C 20029°C 199517%
May 821°C12°C27°C 20138°C 201716%
May 920°C12°C27°C 20138°C 201715%
May 1020°C12°C27°C 20138°C 201716%
May 1120°C12°C26°C 20138°C 199716%
May 1220°C12°C25°C 19959°C 199417%
May 1320°C12°C26°C 20018°C 200617%
May 1420°C12°C25°C 20018°C 202018%
May 1520°C12°C24°C 20148°C 202018%
May 1620°C12°C26°C 20167°C 201120%
May 1720°C11°C24°C 19997°C 201120%
May 1820°C11°C26°C 19998°C 199520%
May 1919°C11°C26°C 19999°C 200121%
May 2019°C11°C24°C 19997°C 199221%
May 2119°C11°C25°C 20149°C 199520%
May 2219°C11°C24°C 20148°C 200620%
May 2319°C11°C26°C 20197°C 200621%
May 2419°C11°C27°C 19947°C 200621%
May 2519°C11°C23°C 20146°C 202022%
May 2619°C11°C23°C 20188°C 199822%
May 2719°C11°C22°C 20178°C 200021%
May 2818°C11°C24°C 20188°C 200622%
May 2918°C11°C24°C 19938°C 201223%
May 3018°C10°C23°C 20137°C 200623%
May 3118°C10°C22°C 19916°C 201722%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Whyalla, in percent.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 6:53 AM, sunset 5:41 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:13 AM, sunset 5:21 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.