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Lake St Clair in May

Cool and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Lake St Clair is cool: highs near 52°F, lows near 39°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Lake St Clair is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
52°F11°Caverage
Low
39°F4°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 53% of days
Daylight
9h 46mon average

Is May a good time to visit Lake St Clair?

May sits outside Lake St Clair's best months, which run from January to February. Expect cool days and rain on about four days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 52°F in May, against 47°F to 68°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in May, against 8°C to 20°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

53% of days in May, against 39% to 68% through the year.

Cloud cover

73% cover in May, against 52% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

9h 46m in May, against 9h 09m to 15h 12m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April57°14°low 41°low 5°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May52°11°low 39°low 4°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June48°9°low 36°low 2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Lake St Clair sits, in May

Australia/Hobart
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
7:18 AMsets 5:05 PM
Above the sea
740 mupland
Latitude
42.1°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Coles Bay175 km east

The land around Lake St Clair, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Australia in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Lake St Clair

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lake St Clair. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (740 m) against the climate model's (913 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (740 m) against the climate model's (913 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.