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May Weather in Cootamundra Australia

Daily high temperatures decrease by 8°F, from 66°F to 58°F, rarely falling below 52°F or exceeding 73°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 4°F, from 45°F to 40°F, rarely falling below 32°F or exceeding 53°F.

For reference, on January 25, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Cootamundra typically range from 63°F to 88°F, while on July 23, the coldest day of the year, they range from 37°F to 54°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in May in Cootamundra

Average High and Low Temperature in May in CootamundraMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313130°F30°F35°F35°F40°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°F60°F60°F65°F65°F70°F70°F75°F75°F80°F80°F85°F85°FAprJunMay 166°FMay 166°F45°F45°FMay 3158°FMay 3158°F40°F40°FMay 1164°FMay 1164°F43°F43°FMay 2161°FMay 2161°F42°F42°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

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.

Average Hourly Temperature in May in Cootamundra

Average Hourly Temperature in May in CootamundraMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMAprJunvery coldvery coldcoldcoolcoolcomfortable
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Alpachiri, Argentina (7,066 miles away); Periana, Spain (10,889 miles); and Vidauban, France (10,320 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Cootamundra (view comparison).

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The month of May in Cootamundra experiences rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 32% to 44%.

The clearest day of the month is May 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 68% of the time.

For reference, on June 29, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 49%, while on March 2, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 75%.

Cloud Cover Categories in May in Cootamundra

Cloud Cover Categories in May in CootamundraMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%AprJunMay 168%May 168%May 3156%May 3156%May 1164%May 1164%May 2160%May 2160%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Cootamundra, the chance of a wet day over the course of May is rapidly increasing, starting the month at 14% and ending it at 21%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 25% on July 13, and its lowest chance is 13% on April 29.

Probability of Precipitation in May in Cootamundra

The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

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 Cootamundra is gradually increasing, starting the month at 1.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.0 inches or falls below 0.2 inches, and ending the month at 1.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.2 inches or falls below 0.6 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in May in Cootamundra

Average Monthly Rainfall in May in CootamundraMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0 in0.0 in0.5 in0.5 in1.0 in1.0 in1.5 in1.5 in2.0 in2.0 in2.5 in2.5 in3.0 in3.0 in3.5 in3.5 inAprJunMay 11.4 inMay 11.4 inMay 311.8 inMay 311.8 inMay 111.4 inMay 111.4 inMay 211.6 inMay 211.6 in
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of May in Cootamundra, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 42 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 25 seconds, and weekly decrease of 9 minutes, 52 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is May 31, with 10 hours, 0 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 1, with 10 hours, 42 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in May in Cootamundra

The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Cootamundra is 6:43 AM on May 1 and the latest sunrise is 22 minutes later at 7:05 AM on May 31.

The latest sunset is 5:25 PM on May 1 and the earliest sunset is 20 minutes earlier at 5:05 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Cootamundra 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 5:51 AM and sets 14 hours, 29 minutes later, at 8:20 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:14 AM and sets 9 hours, 50 minutes later, at 5:04 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in May in Cootamundra

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in May in CootamundraMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031312 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMAprJun6:43 AM6:43 AMMay 15:25 PMMay 15:25 PM7:05 AM7:05 AMMay 315:05 PMMay 315:05 PM6:51 AM6:51 AMMay 115:16 PMMay 115:16 PM6:58 AM6:58 AMMay 215:09 PMMay 215:09 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day over the course of May. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in May in Cootamundra

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in May in CootamundraMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMAprJun001010202030304000101020203030
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of May 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in May in Cootamundra

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in May in CootamundraMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMAprJunApr 94:22 AMApr 94:22 AMApr 249:50 AMApr 249:50 AMMay 81:23 PMMay 81:23 PMMay 2311:54 PMMay 2311:54 PMJun 610:38 PMJun 610:38 PMJun 2211:09 AMJun 2211:09 AM6:37 AM6:37 AM6:04 PM6:04 PM5:04 PM5:04 PM6:37 AM6:37 AM6:39 AM6:39 AM5:08 PM5:08 PM4:36 PM4:36 PM7:34 AM7:34 AM6:43 AM6:43 AM4:28 PM4:28 PM3:59 PM3:59 PM7:28 AM7:28 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
May 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
50%-1:21 PMWSW11:31 PMESE5:54 AMN233,704 mi
2
46%-1:59 PMWSW-6:49 AMN231,258 mi
3
34%12:42 AMESE2:32 PMWSW-7:41 AMN229,036 mi
4
23%1:53 AMESE3:02 PMW-8:30 AMN227,228 mi
5
14%3:03 AME3:31 PMW-9:19 AMN226,040 mi
6
6%4:14 AME4:00 PMW-10:08 AMN225,663 mi
7
2%5:25 AMENE4:32 PMWNW-10:59 AMN226,225 mi
8
0%6:39 AMENE5:08 PMWNW-11:54 AMN227,760 mi
9
1%7:53 AMENE5:51 PMWNW-12:52 PMN230,186 mi
10
5%9:04 AMENE6:40 PMNW-1:52 PMN233,309 mi
11
12%10:10 AMNE7:37 PMNW-2:54 PMN236,847 mi
12
20%11:07 AMNE8:38 PMNW-3:53 PMN240,483 mi
13
29%11:55 AMENE9:41 PMWNW-4:48 PMN243,907 mi
14
39%12:34 PMENE10:44 PMWNW-5:39 PMN246,861 mi
15
50%1:06 PMENE11:44 PMWNW-6:25 PMN249,156 mi
16
59%1:33 PMENE--7:07 PMN250,676 mi
17
68%-12:42 AMWNW1:58 PME7:47 PMN251,376 mi
18
77%-1:38 AMW2:21 PME8:26 PMN251,281 mi
19
84%-2:33 AMW2:44 PME9:04 PMN250,468 mi
20
91%-3:29 AMW3:07 PME9:44 PMN249,056 mi
21
96%-4:27 AMWSW3:32 PMESE10:26 PMN247,191 mi
22
99%-5:27 AMWSW4:02 PMESE11:12 PMN245,030 mi
23
100%-6:30 AMWSW4:36 PMESE--
24
100%-7:34 AMWSW5:18 PMESE12:02 AMN242,724 mi
25
99%-8:38 AMSW6:08 PMSE12:56 AMN240,408 mi
26
95%-9:39 AMSW7:07 PMSE1:53 AMN238,186 mi
27
89%-10:34 AMSW8:13 PMESE2:52 AMN236,125 mi
28
81%-11:20 AMWSW9:23 PMESE3:50 AMN234,262 mi
29
72%-12:00 PMWSW10:33 PMESE4:45 AMN232,613 mi
30
60%-12:34 PMWSW11:43 PMESE5:37 AMN231,194 mi
31
50%-1:04 PMW-6:26 AMN230,036 mi

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 Cootamundra is essentially constant during May, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on February 4, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 3% of the time, while on April 28, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in May in Cootamundra

Humidity Comfort Levels in May in CootamundraMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%AprJunMay 10%May 10%May 310%May 310%May 110%May 110%May 210%May 210%drydrycomfortablecomfortable
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 Cootamundra is essentially constant during May, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 7.7 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on January 17, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.2 miles per hour, while on May 19, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.6 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during May is 7.6 miles per hour on May 19.

Average Wind Speed in May in Cootamundra

Average Wind Speed in May in CootamundraMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mphAprJunMay 197.6 mphMay 197.6 mphMay 17.7 mphMay 17.7 mphMay 317.7 mphMay 317.7 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The wind direction in Cootamundra during May is predominantly out of the east from May 1 to May 29 and the west from May 29 to May 31.

Wind Direction in May in Cootamundra

Wind Direction in May in CootamundraEWMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%AprJunwesteastnorthsouth
northeastsouthwest
The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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).

The growing season in Cootamundra typically lasts for 8.5 months (259 days), from around September 6 to around May 23, rarely starting before August 13 or after October 8, and rarely ending before May 1 or after June 22.

During May in Cootamundra, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly decreasing falling from 90% to 34% over the course of the month.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in May in Cootamundra

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in May in Cootamundragrowing seasonMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%AprJun90%May 190%May 1May 3134%May 3134%74%May 1174%May 1153%May 2153%May 21Jun 2210%Jun 2210%very coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarmfreezing
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

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 Cootamundra are gradually increasing during May, increasing by 130°F, from 3,802°F to 3,931°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in May in Cootamundra

The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of May, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Cootamundra is decreasing during May, falling by 1.1 kWh, from 3.7 kWh to 2.6 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in May in Cootamundra

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in May in CootamundraMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0 kWh0.0 kWh0.5 kWh0.5 kWh1.0 kWh1.0 kWh1.5 kWh1.5 kWh2.0 kWh2.0 kWh2.5 kWh2.5 kWh3.0 kWh3.0 kWh3.5 kWh3.5 kWh4.0 kWh4.0 kWh4.5 kWh4.5 kWh5.0 kWh5.0 kWh5.5 kWh5.5 kWh6.0 kWh6.0 kWhAprJunMay 13.7 kWhMay 13.7 kWhMay 312.6 kWhMay 312.6 kWhMay 113.3 kWhMay 113.3 kWhMay 212.9 kWhMay 212.9 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Cootamundra are -34.641 deg latitude, 148.028 deg longitude, and 1,089 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Cootamundra contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 554 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,156 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,470 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,451 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Cootamundra is covered by sparse vegetation (39%), cropland (33%), and artificial surfaces (21%), within 10 miles by cropland (74%) and sparse vegetation (19%), and within 50 miles by cropland (73%) and sparse vegetation (18%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Cootamundra, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 2 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Cootamundra.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Cootamundra according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

The estimated value at Cootamundra is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Cootamundra and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Cootamundra and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

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