Piet Retief climate

Piet Retief Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Piet Retief, 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 12°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 20 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 Piet Retief, 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
25°C
Average low
10°C
Precipitation
20 mm
Reanalysis high
36°CMay 1, 2012
Reanalysis low
2°CMay 24, 2007
Daylight
11 h 04 min to 10 h 33 min
Cloud cover
32%
Humidity
63%
Dew point
8°C
Wind
9.7 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°C12°C36°C 20127°C 199719%
May 226°C12°C33°C 19987°C 201619%
May 326°C12°C34°C 20128°C 201619%
May 426°C11°C34°C 20129°C 201618%
May 525°C11°C32°C 20157°C 201317%
May 625°C11°C32°C 19986°C 201317%
May 725°C11°C33°C 19986°C 200117%
May 825°C11°C31°C 19985°C 200216%
May 925°C11°C31°C 20104°C 200216%
May 1025°C11°C31°C 20076°C 200216%
May 1125°C11°C30°C 19945°C 200615%
May 1225°C11°C30°C 20047°C 199814%
May 1325°C11°C31°C 20076°C 199814%
May 1425°C11°C31°C 20076°C 199814%
May 1525°C10°C31°C 20077°C 199513%
May 1625°C10°C32°C 20156°C 199512%
May 1725°C10°C30°C 20057°C 200011%
May 1825°C10°C31°C 20157°C 199811%
May 1925°C10°C31°C 20077°C 199811%
May 2025°C10°C32°C 20077°C 200011%
May 2124°C10°C31°C 19926°C 200611%
May 2224°C10°C29°C 19913°C 200710%
May 2324°C10°C30°C 20042°C 20079%
May 2424°C9°C29°C 20122°C 20078%
May 2524°C9°C30°C 20142°C 20078%
May 2624°C9°C30°C 20034°C 20068%
May 2724°C9°C29°C 20155°C 20208%
May 2824°C9°C30°C 19983°C 20208%
May 2924°C9°C31°C 20024°C 19948%
May 3024°C9°C32°C 20154°C 19979%
May 3124°C9°C28°C 20085°C 20009%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 6:22 AM, sunset 5:26 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:38 AM, sunset 5:11 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.