May Weather in Lakes Entrance Australia

Daily high temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 63°F to 58°F, rarely falling below 54°F or exceeding 70°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 4°F, from 49°F to 45°F, rarely falling below 38°F or exceeding 55°F.

For reference, on January 25, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Lakes Entrance typically range from 59°F to 73°F, while on July 23, the coldest day of the year, they range from 42°F to 56°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on May. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Nogueira da Regedoura, Portugal (11,185 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Lakes Entrance (view comparison).

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The month of May in Lakes Entrance experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 40% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is May 4, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 62% of the time.

For reference, on June 4, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 42%, while on January 24, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 71%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Lakes Entrance, the chance of a wet day over the course of May is increasing, starting the month at 18% and ending it at 22%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 27% on November 15, and its lowest chance is 15% on January 7.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during May in Lakes Entrance is essentially constant, remaining about 2.0 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 4.3 inches or falling below 0.4 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 1.8 inches on May 13.

Over the course of May in Lakes Entrance, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 48 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 36 seconds, and weekly decrease of 11 minutes, 12 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is May 31, with 9 hours, 43 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 1, with 10 hours, 31 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Lakes Entrance is 6:49 AM on May 1 and the latest sunrise is 25 minutes later at 7:13 AM on May 31.

The latest sunset is 5:20 PM on May 1 and the earliest sunset is 23 minutes earlier at 4:57 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Lakes Entrance during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during May, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:42 AM and sets 14 hours, 48 minutes later, at 8:29 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:23 AM and sets 9 hours, 32 minutes later, at 4:55 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for May 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Lakes Entrance is essentially constant during May, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on January 31, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 8% of the time, while on May 9, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Lakes Entrance is essentially constant during May, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 7.7 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on June 21, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.5 miles per hour, while on April 8, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.2 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Lakes Entrance throughout May is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 43% on May 31.

Lakes Entrance is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Lakes Entrance is gradually decreasing during May, falling by 3°F, from 62°F to 59°F, over the course of the month.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

While it does not do so every year, freezing temperatures are seen in Lakes Entrance over some winters. The day least likely to be in the growing season is July 10, with a 70% chance.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Lakes Entrance are gradually increasing during May, increasing by 135°F, from 2,594°F to 2,729°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Lakes Entrance is gradually decreasing during May, falling by 0.9 kWh, from 3.1 kWh to 2.2 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Lakes Entrance are -37.867 deg latitude, 148.002 deg longitude, and 98 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Lakes Entrance contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 308 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 100 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (633 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (5,000 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Lakes Entrance is covered by trees (42%), cropland (20%), water (19%), and artificial surfaces (13%), within 10 miles by water (47%) and trees (41%), and within 50 miles by water (45%) and trees (41%).