Dera Colliery Township Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 42°C on May 1 to 40°C on May 31, and lows from 26°C to 27°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 81 mm over about 12 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high: 41°C
Average low: 27°C
Precipitation: 81 mm
Reanalysis high: 48°CMay 29, 1998
Reanalysis low: 20°CMay 18, 1995
Daylight: 12 h 55 min to 13 h 18 min
Cloud cover: 55%
Humidity: 49%
Dew point: 19°C
Wind: 11.5 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	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
May 1	42°C	26°C	47°C 1991	24°C 2020	26%
May 2	42°C	26°C	47°C 1991	24°C 2005	26%
May 3	42°C	26°C	47°C 1993	22°C 2019	27%
May 4	42°C	26°C	47°C 1993	21°C 2019	28%
May 5	42°C	26°C	47°C 1993	23°C 2005	29%
May 6	42°C	27°C	47°C 1993	24°C 2012	29%
May 7	42°C	27°C	47°C 1991	23°C 2019	29%
May 8	42°C	27°C	47°C 1991	24°C 2019	29%
May 9	42°C	27°C	48°C 1991	25°C 1995	31%
May 10	42°C	27°C	47°C 1991	24°C 1995	32%
May 11	42°C	27°C	47°C 2001	25°C 2005	31%
May 12	42°C	27°C	47°C 2002	24°C 1995	32%
May 13	42°C	27°C	47°C 2002	24°C 1992	33%
May 14	42°C	27°C	47°C 1996	24°C 1995	34%
May 15	42°C	27°C	46°C 1991	23°C 2018	34%
May 16	42°C	27°C	46°C 1991	24°C 1995	35%
May 17	42°C	27°C	46°C 1991	24°C 1995	36%
May 18	41°C	27°C	46°C 1994	20°C 1995	37%
May 19	41°C	27°C	47°C 1991	20°C 1995	39%
May 20	41°C	27°C	46°C 1991	23°C 1995	39%
May 21	41°C	27°C	46°C 1998	22°C 2020	40%
May 22	41°C	27°C	47°C 1998	23°C 1995	42%
May 23	41°C	27°C	47°C 1991	24°C 2020	42%
May 24	41°C	27°C	47°C 1991	24°C 1995	41%
May 25	41°C	27°C	47°C 1991	24°C 2014	42%
May 26	41°C	27°C	46°C 1998	24°C 2014	43%
May 27	41°C	27°C	47°C 1998	25°C 2014	44%
May 28	40°C	27°C	47°C 1998	24°C 2014	45%
May 29	40°C	27°C	48°C 1998	24°C 1999	46%
May 30	40°C	27°C	47°C 1998	23°C 1995	46%
May 31	40°C	27°C	48°C 1998	24°C 1995	47%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5:30).

May 1: sunrise 5:19 AM, sunset 6:14 PM
May 31: sunrise 5:08 AM, sunset 6:26 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.