Lae Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 23°C on May 1 to 23°C on May 31, and lows from 18°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 99 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: 23°C
Average low: 18°C
Precipitation: 99 mm
Reanalysis high: 27°CMay 9, 2016
Reanalysis low: 14°CMay 11, 1993
Daylight: 11 h 52 min to 11 h 45 min
Cloud cover: 80%
Humidity: 91%
Dew point: 18°C
Wind: 4.0 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	23°C	18°C	25°C 2020	15°C 1993	43%
May 2	23°C	18°C	25°C 2016	17°C 2015	42%
May 3	23°C	18°C	25°C 1992	17°C 1992	43%
May 4	23°C	18°C	25°C 2012	17°C 1993	44%
May 5	23°C	18°C	25°C 2003	17°C 1993	45%
May 6	23°C	18°C	26°C 2016	17°C 1999	45%
May 7	23°C	18°C	26°C 2016	16°C 1993	46%
May 8	23°C	18°C	26°C 2016	16°C 1993	46%
May 9	23°C	18°C	27°C 2016	15°C 1991	46%
May 10	23°C	18°C	26°C 2019	15°C 1993	46%
May 11	23°C	18°C	26°C 2019	14°C 1993	46%
May 12	23°C	18°C	26°C 2016	16°C 2002	46%
May 13	23°C	18°C	26°C 2018	15°C 2002	46%
May 14	23°C	18°C	26°C 2018	16°C 1993	46%
May 15	23°C	18°C	25°C 2018	16°C 1991	45%
May 16	23°C	18°C	26°C 2019	17°C 1991	43%
May 17	23°C	18°C	26°C 2018	16°C 1991	43%
May 18	23°C	18°C	26°C 2018	16°C 2002	42%
May 19	23°C	18°C	27°C 2018	15°C 1992	42%
May 20	23°C	18°C	26°C 2016	16°C 1993	41%
May 21	23°C	18°C	26°C 2018	17°C 1997	41%
May 22	23°C	18°C	26°C 2018	16°C 2011	39%
May 23	23°C	18°C	25°C 2016	16°C 1994	39%
May 24	23°C	18°C	25°C 2016	17°C 1991	39%
May 25	23°C	18°C	26°C 2018	16°C 1997	38%
May 26	23°C	18°C	27°C 2018	16°C 2008	37%
May 27	23°C	18°C	26°C 2018	16°C 1991	36%
May 28	23°C	18°C	25°C 2018	17°C 1991	35%
May 29	23°C	18°C	25°C 2018	16°C 2008	34%
May 30	23°C	18°C	25°C 2006	15°C 2008	35%
May 31	23°C	18°C	25°C 2006	16°C 1996	37%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1: sunrise 6:13 AM, sunset 6:05 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:17 AM, sunset 6:02 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.