Average temperature in May is 12.8 °C
Average daytime temperature is 16.2 °C
Average night temperature is 9.9 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 21.1 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 4.2 °C
Number of sunny days: 13
Number of rainy days: 18
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 258 mm
* Weather data for Nelson New Zealand is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| May (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 21.1 | 18.4 | 18.3 | 16.7 | 17.2 | 18.2 | 17.2 | 17.1 | 16.9 | 13.7 | 13.2 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 15.9 | 14.3 | 17 | 15.2 | 15.3 | 16.4 | 16 | 15.3 | 17.6 | 15.8 | 14.6 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 15.7 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 16.3 |
| Apparent max temperature | 22.6 | 18.6 | 18.3 | 18.3 | 17.8 | 18.8 | 17.8 | 17.5 | 16.2 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 12.7 | 15.6 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 15.2 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 16 | 14.5 | 14 | 15.1 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.9 | 14.1 | 15.4 |
| Mean temperature | 17.4 | 17 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 16.5 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 16.3 | 14.9 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11 | 9 | 9.8 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 13.2 | 13 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 12.8 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 13.3 | 11.1 | 11.8 |
| Apparent mean temperature | 15.5 | 16 | 15 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 15.2 | 15.7 | 13.8 | 8.9 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 9.9 | 7.6 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 3 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 11.6 | 10.1 | 7.6 | 4.8 | 7.1 |
| Minimum temperature | 15.2 | 16.3 | 15.4 | 12.3 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.8 | 15.3 | 11.5 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 7.3 | 9.1 | 10 | 10.7 | 10 | 7 | 6.1 | 8.6 | 5.4 | 8.2 | 9 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 8.8 |
| Apparent min temperature | 17.7 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 15.5 | 16 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 11 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 9.3 | 10.3 |
| May | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 2.9 | 7 | 3 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 7.2 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 8.3 | 8.4 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 17.6 | 4 | 12.2 | 5.4 | 63.3 | 25.1 | 8.5 | 28.6 | 33.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 11 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Precipitation hours | 17 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 28.3 | 25.8 | 20.9 | 8.8 | 33.4 | 17.1 | 14.1 | 30.3 | 28.7 | 20.2 | 14 | 13.7 | 12.8 | 11.8 | 10.1 | 12 | 12.9 | 11 | 23.1 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 10.2 | 19.3 | 11.5 | 9.3 | 16.7 | 9.7 | 27 | 29.1 | 15.7 | 10.6 |
In May 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Nelson was 21.1°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 4.2°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during May in Nelson are 9.9°C and 16.2°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in May is about 258 mm.