Ballarat climate

Ballarat Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Ballarat, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 16°C on May 1 to 13°C on May 31, and lows from 6°C to 5°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, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Ballarat, in °C, with the record for each date.-50510152025151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
15°C
Average low
6°C
Precipitation
47 mm
Reanalysis high
24°CMay 7, 2002
Reanalysis low
-1°CMay 31, 2016
Daylight
10 h 33 min to 9 h 46 min
Cloud cover
60%
Humidity
82%
Dew point
6°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 116°C6°C23°C 19932°C 199829%
May 216°C6°C21°C 20022°C 200429%
May 316°C6°C23°C 20181°C 201728%
May 416°C6°C22°C 20023°C 201728%
May 516°C6°C23°C 20023°C 200428%
May 616°C6°C23°C 20023°C 201329%
May 715°C6°C24°C 20022°C 199730%
May 815°C6°C24°C 20021°C 201430%
May 915°C6°C23°C 20132°C 199830%
May 1015°C6°C21°C 20131°C 199830%
May 1115°C6°C22°C 20133°C 200629%
May 1215°C6°C20°C 20072°C 200629%
May 1315°C6°C20°C 20071°C 199430%
May 1415°C6°C20°C 20051°C 202031%
May 1515°C6°C20°C 20141°C 199931%
May 1615°C6°C21°C 20140°C 199932%
May 1714°C6°C19°C 20140°C 199931%
May 1814°C6°C19°C 19981°C 200032%
May 1914°C6°C20°C 19983°C 201233%
May 2014°C6°C19°C 19912°C 201234%
May 2114°C6°C19°C 20141°C 201234%
May 2214°C6°C20°C 20141°C 199834%
May 2314°C6°C20°C 20191°C 201033%
May 2414°C5°C20°C 19942°C 199234%
May 2514°C5°C17°C 19911°C 199234%
May 2613°C5°C17°C 19912°C 199934%
May 2713°C5°C17°C 20152°C 199934%
May 2813°C5°C17°C 20152°C 199934%
May 2913°C5°C17°C 19981°C 200435%
May 3013°C5°C17°C 19910°C 201635%
May 3113°C5°C19°C 2013-1°C 201636%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Ballarat, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).

May 1
sunrise 7:05 AM, sunset 5:38 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:29 AM, sunset 5:15 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.