Cradock climate

Cradock Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Cradock, 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 18°C on May 31, and lows from 7°C to 4°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 19 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 Cradock, 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
21°C
Average low
6°C
Precipitation
19 mm
Reanalysis high
29°CMay 1, 1998
Reanalysis low
-2°CMay 23, 1994
Daylight
10 h 49 min to 10 h 12 min
Cloud cover
41%
Humidity
58%
Dew point
3°C
Wind
14.8 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°C7°C29°C 19980°C 201618%
May 222°C7°C29°C 20192°C 200817%
May 322°C7°C29°C 20141°C 199217%
May 422°C7°C27°C 20141°C 199216%
May 522°C7°C28°C 20071°C 199216%
May 622°C7°C29°C 20070°C 199916%
May 722°C7°C27°C 19910°C 200616%
May 822°C7°C28°C 20122°C 199316%
May 922°C7°C27°C 20122°C 200615%
May 1021°C7°C27°C 19941°C 200614%
May 1122°C7°C27°C 19922°C 201412%
May 1222°C6°C29°C 20190°C 199812%
May 1321°C6°C28°C 2019-1°C 200012%
May 1421°C6°C28°C 19941°C 199812%
May 1521°C6°C27°C 19942°C 201111%
May 1621°C6°C25°C 20032°C 199711%
May 1721°C6°C26°C 20193°C 200510%
May 1821°C6°C26°C 20192°C 200910%
May 1921°C6°C27°C 20192°C 201210%
May 2020°C6°C27°C 2015-1°C 201210%
May 2120°C6°C26°C 20150°C 20079%
May 2220°C5°C25°C 20150°C 19959%
May 2320°C5°C25°C 2009-2°C 19949%
May 2420°C5°C25°C 2010-2°C 200710%
May 2519°C5°C26°C 2013-1°C 20069%
May 2619°C5°C25°C 2004-2°C 200610%
May 2719°C4°C25°C 2014-2°C 202010%
May 2819°C4°C24°C 2008-2°C 19929%
May 2919°C4°C24°C 2015-2°C 200610%
May 3018°C4°C24°C 2019-1°C 200910%
May 3118°C4°C24°C 2020-2°C 200210%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Cradock, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 6:50 AM, sunset 5:39 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:09 AM, sunset 5:21 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.