Buka climate

Buka Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 29°C on May 1 to 29°C on May 31, and lows from 28°C to 28°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 262 mm over about 29 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Buka, in °C, with the record for each date.26272829303132151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
29°C
Average low
28°C
Precipitation
262 mm
Reanalysis high
31°CMay 7, 2003
Reanalysis low
26°CMay 11, 1993
Daylight
11 h 55 min to 11 h 50 min
Cloud cover
76%
Humidity
78%
Dew point
25°C
Wind
13.0 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 129°C28°C30°C 200726°C 200092%
May 229°C28°C30°C 201127°C 200092%
May 329°C28°C30°C 200227°C 199793%
May 429°C28°C30°C 200327°C 199793%
May 529°C28°C30°C 201826°C 199793%
May 629°C28°C30°C 200327°C 199393%
May 729°C28°C31°C 200327°C 199793%
May 829°C28°C31°C 200327°C 199793%
May 929°C28°C31°C 200327°C 199392%
May 1029°C28°C31°C 200326°C 199392%
May 1129°C28°C31°C 200326°C 199392%
May 1229°C28°C31°C 201027°C 199392%
May 1329°C28°C31°C 201026°C 199392%
May 1429°C28°C30°C 201726°C 199393%
May 1529°C28°C30°C 201027°C 199493%
May 1629°C28°C30°C 199827°C 199993%
May 1729°C28°C31°C 199827°C 199393%
May 1829°C28°C30°C 202027°C 199292%
May 1929°C28°C30°C 202027°C 199591%
May 2029°C28°C31°C 202027°C 199491%
May 2129°C28°C30°C 201726°C 199492%
May 2229°C28°C30°C 201127°C 199392%
May 2329°C28°C30°C 201727°C 199192%
May 2429°C28°C30°C 201127°C 199792%
May 2529°C28°C30°C 201127°C 201592%
May 2629°C28°C31°C 202027°C 201992%
May 2729°C28°C30°C 201827°C 199792%
May 2829°C28°C30°C 201827°C 199792%
May 2929°C28°C30°C 201027°C 199991%
May 3029°C28°C30°C 201827°C 199791%
May 3129°C28°C30°C 201727°C 199291%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Buka, in percent.0204060801001102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+11).

May 1
sunrise 6:41 AM, sunset 6:36 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:44 AM, sunset 6:34 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 2026-09-28. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.