Somerset East climate

Somerset East Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Somerset East, 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 8°C to 5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 23 mm over about 4 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Somerset East, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
21°C
Average low
7°C
Precipitation
23 mm
Reanalysis high
30°CMay 1, 1998
Reanalysis low
-2°CMay 31, 2002
Daylight
10 h 48 min to 10 h 09 min
Cloud cover
41%
Humidity
60%
Dew point
4°C
Wind
15.1 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°C8°C30°C 19981°C 201619%
May 222°C8°C30°C 20192°C 200818%
May 322°C8°C29°C 20143°C 199218%
May 422°C8°C28°C 20143°C 200017%
May 522°C8°C29°C 20072°C 201317%
May 622°C8°C30°C 20071°C 199916%
May 722°C8°C28°C 20070°C 200617%
May 822°C8°C28°C 20122°C 199316%
May 922°C8°C28°C 20123°C 200616%
May 1021°C8°C28°C 19943°C 200615%
May 1122°C8°C28°C 19922°C 201413%
May 1222°C8°C30°C 20193°C 199812%
May 1322°C8°C29°C 20070°C 200013%
May 1422°C8°C29°C 19942°C 201712%
May 1521°C8°C28°C 19943°C 201112%
May 1621°C8°C26°C 20034°C 199712%
May 1721°C7°C26°C 20194°C 200212%
May 1821°C7°C27°C 20194°C 200712%
May 1921°C7°C28°C 20192°C 201212%
May 2021°C7°C28°C 2015-1°C 201212%
May 2120°C7°C26°C 20050°C 200711%
May 2220°C7°C26°C 20170°C 199511%
May 2320°C7°C26°C 2004-2°C 199411%
May 2420°C6°C25°C 20040°C 200712%
May 2520°C6°C28°C 20130°C 200612%
May 2619°C6°C26°C 20041°C 200612%
May 2719°C6°C26°C 20140°C 202012%
May 2819°C6°C25°C 2008-1°C 199212%
May 2919°C5°C26°C 2015-1°C 200612%
May 3019°C5°C25°C 2019-1°C 200212%
May 3118°C5°C25°C 2020-2°C 200212%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 5:39 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:11 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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.