Timaru climate

Timaru Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 14°C on May 1 to 11°C on May 31, and lows from 9°C to 6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 53 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 Timaru, in °C, with the record for each date.0510152025151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
13°C
Average low
8°C
Precipitation
53 mm
Reanalysis high
20°CMay 7, 2016
Reanalysis low
3°CMay 27, 2002
Daylight
10 h 08 min to 9 h 05 min
Cloud cover
65%
Humidity
80%
Dew point
7°C
Wind
16.6 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 114°C9°C20°C 20166°C 201232%
May 214°C9°C18°C 20005°C 200933%
May 314°C9°C18°C 20206°C 200832%
May 414°C9°C20°C 20165°C 200832%
May 514°C9°C18°C 20075°C 200331%
May 614°C9°C18°C 20156°C 200832%
May 713°C8°C20°C 20165°C 199231%
May 813°C8°C18°C 20164°C 199231%
May 913°C8°C19°C 20024°C 200933%
May 1013°C8°C19°C 20024°C 200932%
May 1113°C8°C20°C 20164°C 199232%
May 1213°C8°C17°C 19995°C 199232%
May 1313°C8°C17°C 20015°C 199232%
May 1413°C8°C17°C 19995°C 200633%
May 1513°C8°C17°C 19995°C 200633%
May 1613°C8°C18°C 19994°C 199234%
May 1713°C8°C16°C 20075°C 199633%
May 1812°C8°C16°C 20195°C 201134%
May 1912°C8°C16°C 20144°C 201735%
May 2012°C7°C18°C 20033°C 199235%
May 2112°C7°C16°C 20034°C 199236%
May 2212°C7°C17°C 19993°C 200136%
May 2312°C7°C16°C 20143°C 200135%
May 2412°C7°C15°C 20144°C 201535%
May 2512°C7°C17°C 20114°C 201535%
May 2611°C7°C18°C 19993°C 199636%
May 2711°C7°C17°C 19993°C 200236%
May 2811°C7°C16°C 19993°C 200238%
May 2911°C7°C16°C 19994°C 201836%
May 3011°C7°C16°C 20194°C 199236%
May 3111°C6°C15°C 20074°C 200136%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+12).

May 1
sunrise 7:28 AM, sunset 5:36 PM
May 31
sunrise 8:00 AM, sunset 5:05 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.