Tongaat climate

Tongaat Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 25°C on May 1 to 23°C on May 31, and lows from 19°C to 16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 28 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 Tongaat, in °C, with the record for each date.10203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
24°C
Average low
18°C
Precipitation
28 mm
Reanalysis high
37°CMay 3, 2012
Reanalysis low
11°CMay 26, 2006
Daylight
10 h 57 min to 10 h 23 min
Cloud cover
38%
Humidity
70%
Dew point
14°C
Wind
17.3 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 125°C19°C29°C 199216°C 199722%
May 225°C19°C30°C 199815°C 200621%
May 325°C19°C37°C 201214°C 200020%
May 425°C18°C31°C 199115°C 200020%
May 525°C18°C31°C 200215°C 201319%
May 625°C18°C31°C 201715°C 201319%
May 725°C18°C31°C 199214°C 200220%
May 825°C18°C29°C 201914°C 200219%
May 925°C18°C35°C 201014°C 200219%
May 1025°C18°C30°C 199616°C 200619%
May 1125°C18°C29°C 201715°C 200618%
May 1225°C18°C30°C 199216°C 199818%
May 1325°C18°C30°C 199215°C 201318%
May 1425°C18°C29°C 201015°C 199818%
May 1525°C18°C30°C 200815°C 199817%
May 1625°C18°C30°C 200915°C 199516%
May 1725°C18°C29°C 199215°C 202016%
May 1824°C18°C29°C 200516°C 199816%
May 1924°C18°C34°C 200715°C 201415%
May 2024°C17°C32°C 200715°C 200615%
May 2124°C17°C30°C 201513°C 200714%
May 2224°C17°C29°C 200013°C 200714%
May 2324°C17°C32°C 201113°C 200713%
May 2424°C17°C31°C 199112°C 200713%
May 2524°C17°C30°C 199313°C 200713%
May 2624°C17°C29°C 201311°C 200612%
May 2724°C17°C30°C 199413°C 202012%
May 2824°C17°C29°C 201012°C 201112%
May 2924°C17°C32°C 200213°C 199713%
May 3024°C16°C28°C 199213°C 200613%
May 3123°C16°C30°C 199214°C 201814%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Tongaat, in percent.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 6:24 AM, sunset 5:21 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:42 AM, sunset 5:05 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.