May 2003

May 2003 Summary
Temperature
Mean 9.9 C
Mean Maximum 14.9 C
Mean Minimum 5.1 C
Maximum High 24.5 C
Maximum Low 11.5 C
Minimum High 9.2 C
Minimum Low -1.0 C
Wind Speed and Direction
Maximum Gust 51 km/h
Average 4.0 km/h
Wind Run 3185 km
231 km
Prevailing Direction North East
Rainfall
Days with Measured Rainfall 11
Max Daily Rainfall 40.4 mm
Monthly Rainfall 66.6 mm

May Min. Temp Max. Temp Avg. Temp Rain Prevailing Wind Dir. Avg. Wind Speed Max Gust Wind Run Casual Observations
1 10.8 20.1 16.1 0 North East 5.9 29 150 -
2 5.5 13.7 10.7 2.0 7.5 29 186 Morning rain clearing but remaining cloudy. Cool southerly winds.
3 6.6 12.9 10.0 0.4 North East 6.4 <35 161 Cloudy with some morning light rain and drizzle. Becoming brighter in the afternoon. NE winds increasing in the afternoon.
4 4.8 15.4 9.4 0.2 South 7.2 48 182 Cloudy with a cold southerly change around midday. Afternoon drizzle.
5 -1.0 13.1 5.7 0 2.5 30 65 Morning frost, sunny with little wind
6 3.3 18.4 9.8 0 North 3.1 18 83
7 7.0 14.8 10.9 40.4 North East 5.5 36 140 Cloudy with heavy evening rain causing some flooding around the city
8 5.0 14.0 10.0 11.8 2.6 24 69 Overnight rain, Morning cloud clearing to a mostly sunny day.
9 2.2 15.7 9.0 0 2.6 17 71 Some high cloud but mostly sunny
10 7.9 21.1 13.6 0 North West 4.0 31 106 Mostly sunny with warm NW breeze
11 3.4 16.2 8.8 5.0 North East 2.6 27 70 Sunny but cloud increasing in the afternoon with a southerly change. Evening rain.
12 2.4 13.2 7.7 0.8 North East 2.0 16 53 Early morning rain clearing along with morning fog. Sunny with light winds.
13 4.2 17.8 9.8 0 North East 1.4 22 40 High cloud but mostly sunny, light winds
14 1.9 15.5 7.8 0 0.7 18 21 Sunny, little wind.
15 4.5 13.2 8.4 0 North East 2.7 21 72 Sunny with light winds
16 5.2 12.9 8.6 0 South West 1.3 10 37 Cloudy and cool
17 3.4 12.6 7.9 0 South West 2.4 24 61 Sunny with a cool southerly breeze
18 2.2 11.6 7.9 0 North East 6.1 29 155 Cloudy with a cool NE wind
19 6.1 14.1 10.5 0 North East 7.8 30 195 Morning fog. Cloudy with NE wind
20 10.6 24.5 17.6 0 North 6.0 37 155 Some high cloud, warm northerly winds
21 11.5 20.5 16.0 0.2 South West 4.4 39 115 Cloudy, afternoon southerly change with evening showers.
22 9.0 12.2 10.4 4.6 South West 9.2 29 231 Early morning shower. Cloudy with light evening rain.
23 3.3 9.2 7.0 0.8 South 4.7 24 120 Morning light rain, cloudy and cool
24 1.0 10.8 6.8 0 North East 4.1 29 103 Cool, mostly cloudy with some afternoon sun
25 5.7 9.9 8.2 0 South West 3.4 19 90 Cloudy and cool with some light drizzle
26 6.7 10.9 8.5 0 South West 0.4 10 14 Cloudy and cool with little wind.
27 3.8 10.9 8.2 0 South West 0.3 9 10 Cloudy and cool with little wind. Lowest wind run recorded so far this year.
28 1.7 10.8 5.8 0.4 South West 5.7 51 145 Brief gusty southerly with some rain passing quickly in the morning, sunny but cool afternoon.
29 2.9 16.9 9.0 0 North East 3.1 23 82 Some high cloud, warm northerly winds
30 7.7 19.8 13.2 0 North West 3.1 29 83 High cloud with warm northwesterly winds
31 8.0 19.0 12.3 0 North East 4.0 28 105 Clear, warm and sunny with light winds
May 2003 tepmerature graph May 2003 wind direction graph May 2003 wind speed graph May 2003 railfall graph