Karratha climate

Karratha Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 30°C on May 1 to 26°C on May 31, and lows from 25°C to 22°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 28 mm over about 3 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Karratha, in °C, with the record for each date.1520253035151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
28°C
Average low
23°C
Precipitation
28 mm
Reanalysis high
33°CMay 5, 1991
Reanalysis low
18°CMay 31, 2000
Daylight
11 h 21 min to 10 h 58 min
Cloud cover
42%
Humidity
60%
Dew point
17°C
Wind
19.1 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 130°C25°C32°C 199821°C 200011%
May 230°C25°C32°C 199821°C 200011%
May 329°C25°C32°C 201321°C 200011%
May 429°C25°C32°C 199821°C 200011%
May 529°C25°C33°C 199121°C 199511%
May 629°C24°C32°C 201821°C 199510%
May 729°C24°C32°C 201320°C 200010%
May 829°C24°C31°C 199421°C 200010%
May 929°C24°C32°C 200221°C 200610%
May 1028°C24°C32°C 200222°C 200610%
May 1128°C24°C31°C 201320°C 201510%
May 1228°C24°C31°C 200518°C 200610%
May 1328°C24°C31°C 199619°C 20009%
May 1428°C24°C30°C 200819°C 20009%
May 1528°C23°C31°C 200519°C 20009%
May 1628°C23°C32°C 200519°C 20009%
May 1728°C23°C30°C 200518°C 200010%
May 1827°C23°C30°C 200519°C 200010%
May 1927°C23°C30°C 200219°C 200011%
May 2027°C23°C30°C 199319°C 200010%
May 2127°C23°C29°C 201919°C 201311%
May 2227°C23°C30°C 201919°C 200012%
May 2327°C23°C31°C 199121°C 201112%
May 2427°C23°C30°C 199819°C 201212%
May 2527°C23°C30°C 200319°C 201213%
May 2627°C22°C29°C 200519°C 202013%
May 2727°C22°C29°C 201719°C 202013%
May 2827°C22°C30°C 201718°C 200012%
May 2927°C22°C29°C 199819°C 200413%
May 3026°C22°C28°C 199818°C 202014%
May 3126°C22°C29°C 199818°C 200015%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

May 1
sunrise 6:29 AM, sunset 5:50 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:41 AM, sunset 5:39 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.