Empangeni climate

Empangeni Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 26°C on May 1 to 24°C on May 31, and lows from 20°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 35 mm over about 6 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Empangeni, in °C, with the record for each date.101520253035151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
25°C
Average low
19°C
Precipitation
35 mm
Reanalysis high
34°CMay 3, 2012
Reanalysis low
13°CMay 26, 2006
Daylight
10 h 59 min to 10 h 26 min
Cloud cover
36%
Humidity
71%
Dew point
16°C
Wind
18.4 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 126°C20°C29°C 199117°C 199726%
May 226°C20°C33°C 199817°C 201625%
May 326°C20°C34°C 201217°C 200824%
May 426°C20°C31°C 199817°C 200024%
May 526°C20°C31°C 201517°C 201324%
May 626°C20°C30°C 201717°C 199224%
May 725°C20°C32°C 199217°C 200224%
May 825°C20°C29°C 201916°C 200223%
May 925°C20°C33°C 201016°C 200223%
May 1025°C20°C31°C 200818°C 199922%
May 1125°C20°C28°C 201717°C 200621%
May 1225°C19°C30°C 199918°C 199821%
May 1325°C19°C30°C 199217°C 201320%
May 1425°C19°C31°C 200717°C 199820%
May 1525°C19°C29°C 200817°C 199819%
May 1625°C19°C31°C 200217°C 201419%
May 1725°C19°C29°C 199217°C 199718%
May 1825°C19°C29°C 201517°C 201218%
May 1925°C19°C33°C 200716°C 201417%
May 2025°C19°C33°C 200716°C 200617%
May 2125°C19°C30°C 201516°C 200716%
May 2225°C19°C30°C 200214°C 200716%
May 2325°C19°C30°C 201115°C 200714%
May 2425°C18°C31°C 199114°C 200714%
May 2525°C18°C31°C 200115°C 200714%
May 2625°C18°C30°C 201313°C 200614%
May 2724°C18°C29°C 199414°C 200613%
May 2824°C18°C32°C 201414°C 201114%
May 2924°C18°C32°C 200215°C 200714%
May 3024°C18°C28°C 200814°C 200615%
May 3124°C18°C29°C 199215°C 199114%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Empangeni, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 5:19 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:37 AM, sunset 5:03 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.