Fort Beaufort climate

Fort Beaufort Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 24°C on May 1 to 21°C on May 31, and lows from 11°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 22 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 Fort Beaufort, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
23°C
Average low
10°C
Precipitation
22 mm
Reanalysis high
34°CMay 6, 2007
Reanalysis low
2°CMay 31, 2002
Daylight
10 h 48 min to 10 h 08 min
Cloud cover
44%
Humidity
60%
Dew point
7°C
Wind
15.8 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 124°C11°C33°C 19985°C 201620%
May 224°C11°C33°C 20195°C 200819%
May 324°C11°C32°C 20144°C 200018%
May 424°C11°C29°C 20146°C 200017%
May 524°C11°C33°C 20074°C 201317%
May 624°C11°C34°C 20075°C 199916%
May 724°C11°C32°C 20076°C 200616%
May 824°C11°C31°C 20126°C 201016%
May 924°C11°C32°C 20126°C 200615%
May 1024°C11°C31°C 19944°C 201314%
May 1124°C11°C31°C 19926°C 201412%
May 1224°C11°C32°C 20196°C 199811%
May 1324°C11°C32°C 20074°C 200012%
May 1424°C11°C32°C 19945°C 201711%
May 1524°C11°C32°C 19946°C 201710%
May 1624°C11°C29°C 20037°C 202010%
May 1724°C11°C30°C 19948°C 201311%
May 1824°C11°C30°C 19946°C 201311%
May 1923°C11°C32°C 20194°C 201211%
May 2023°C10°C31°C 20154°C 201211%
May 2123°C10°C30°C 20054°C 200711%
May 2223°C10°C30°C 20163°C 199511%
May 2323°C10°C30°C 20043°C 199411%
May 2422°C10°C28°C 20144°C 200712%
May 2522°C10°C31°C 20135°C 200612%
May 2622°C10°C30°C 20045°C 202013%
May 2722°C9°C29°C 20043°C 201113%
May 2822°C9°C29°C 20093°C 199713%
May 2921°C9°C28°C 20153°C 200613%
May 3021°C9°C29°C 20192°C 200213%
May 3121°C9°C29°C 20172°C 200213%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 6:46 AM, sunset 5:34 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:07 AM, sunset 5:15 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.