Aliwal North climate

Aliwal North Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 22°C on May 1 to 17°C on May 31, and lows from 6°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 16 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 Aliwal North, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
20°C
Average low
5°C
Precipitation
16 mm
Reanalysis high
28°CMay 3, 2014
Reanalysis low
-3°CMay 29, 2006
Daylight
10 h 54 min to 10 h 18 min
Cloud cover
36%
Humidity
57%
Dew point
2°C
Wind
13.3 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 122°C6°C26°C 2002-1°C 201614%
May 221°C6°C27°C 20143°C 200814%
May 321°C6°C28°C 2014-1°C 199214%
May 421°C6°C26°C 20140°C 199214%
May 521°C6°C26°C 20020°C 201314%
May 621°C6°C26°C 19910°C 200613%
May 721°C6°C25°C 1991-2°C 200614%
May 821°C6°C26°C 2012-1°C 200213%
May 921°C6°C26°C 20120°C 200613%
May 1021°C6°C26°C 1992-2°C 200612%
May 1121°C6°C25°C 19921°C 200610%
May 1221°C6°C25°C 1992-2°C 199810%
May 1321°C6°C25°C 2019-2°C 200010%
May 1420°C6°C25°C 1994-2°C 199810%
May 1520°C6°C25°C 20080°C 199810%
May 1620°C5°C23°C 20192°C 20189%
May 1720°C5°C24°C 20082°C 20208%
May 1820°C5°C24°C 20151°C 20098%
May 1920°C5°C24°C 20072°C 20128%
May 2020°C5°C24°C 2015-2°C 20127%
May 2119°C5°C24°C 2015-2°C 20127%
May 2219°C5°C24°C 1991-2°C 20076%
May 2319°C4°C23°C 2004-2°C 20076%
May 2419°C4°C23°C 2013-3°C 20076%
May 2519°C4°C24°C 2013-2°C 20066%
May 2618°C4°C24°C 2004-2°C 20066%
May 2718°C4°C23°C 2014-3°C 20206%
May 2818°C3°C23°C 2015-2°C 19925%
May 2918°C3°C23°C 2015-3°C 20065%
May 3018°C3°C23°C 2015-2°C 20045%
May 3117°C3°C23°C 2015-2°C 20096%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Aliwal North, in percent.0510151102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

May 1
sunrise 6:43 AM, sunset 5:37 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:02 AM, sunset 5:20 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.