Hobart Weather in May
Average highs run from 18°C on May 1 to 14°C on May 31, and lows from 8°C to 7°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 30 mm over about 12 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
- 16°C
- Average low
- 7°C
- Precipitation
- 30 mm
- Record high
- 26°CMay 1, 1997
- Record low
- -2°CMay 29, 1972
- Daylight
- 10 h 14 min to 9 h 15 min
- Cloud cover
- 63%
- Humidity
- 83%
- Dew point
- 8°C
- Wind
- 19.1 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 | 18°C | 8°C | 26°C 1997 | 4°C 1980 | 34% |
| May 2 | 17°C | 8°C | 23°C 1984 | 2°C 2002 | 34% |
| May 3 | 17°C | 8°C | 25°C 1967 | 3°C 1963 | 34% |
| May 4 | 17°C | 8°C | 24°C 1967 | 3°C 1979 | 33% |
| May 5 | 17°C | 7°C | 24°C 1972 | 3°C 2013 | 34% |
| May 6 | 16°C | 7°C | 22°C 1988 | 1°C 1979 | 35% |
| May 7 | 16°C | 7°C | 22°C 2021 | 0°C 1969 | 35% |
| May 8 | 16°C | 7°C | 24°C 2002 | 2°C 1959 | 36% |
| May 9 | 16°C | 8°C | 24°C 1980 | 1°C 1994 | 36% |
| May 10 | 16°C | 7°C | 23°C 1996 | 1°C 1998 | 34% |
| May 11 | 15°C | 7°C | 23°C 2013 | 2°C 1977 | 33% |
| May 12 | 16°C | 7°C | 24°C 1987 | 2°C 1976 | 32% |
| May 13 | 16°C | 7°C | 21°C 1995 | 1°C 1976 | 35% |
| May 14 | 16°C | 7°C | 23°C 1974 | 0°C 1963 | 35% |
| May 15 | 16°C | 7°C | 24°C 2014 | 1°C 1976 | 35% |
| May 16 | 16°C | 7°C | 21°C 1980 | 0°C 1990 | 35% |
| May 17 | 16°C | 6°C | 21°C 2014 | 0°C 1969 | 34% |
| May 18 | 15°C | 7°C | 19°C 1989 | 1°C 1964 | 33% |
| May 19 | 16°C | 7°C | 20°C 1959 | 2°C 1969 | 34% |
| May 20 | 15°C | 7°C | 18°C 1999 | 1°C 1979 | 34% |
| May 21 | 16°C | 6°C | 22°C 1999 | 1°C 1986 | 34% |
| May 22 | 15°C | 6°C | 21°C 2017 | 0°C 1998 | 35% |
| May 23 | 15°C | 6°C | 20°C 1999 | -1°C 2015 | 35% |
| May 24 | 15°C | 6°C | 20°C 1994 | 1°C 1990 | 36% |
| May 25 | 15°C | 7°C | 19°C 2013 | 2°C 1983 | 38% |
| May 26 | 15°C | 7°C | 21°C 2007 | 0°C 1963 | 37% |
| May 27 | 15°C | 6°C | 20°C 2014 | 0°C 1963 | 37% |
| May 28 | 15°C | 7°C | 20°C 2018 | 0°C 1984 | 36% |
| May 29 | 15°C | 6°C | 20°C 2007 | -2°C 1972 | 36% |
| May 30 | 15°C | 7°C | 20°C 1993 | 1°C 1972 | 38% |
| May 31 | 14°C | 7°C | 21°C 1976 | 0°C 1963 | 39% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).
- May 1
- sunrise 7:01 AM, sunset 5:15 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 7:31 AM, sunset 4:46 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00094008, 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.