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Alice Springs in May: every year compared

In May, Alice Springs averages highs of 23.1 °C and lows of 9.4 °C, with 17 mm of precipitation. The warmest May was 1958 (20.3 °C), the coldest 2000 (12.8 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 23.1 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 9.4 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 17 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 2

Day by day through May

Normal high and low for each day of May in Alice Springs.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every May in Alice Springs, ranked

86 months of May since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 57 of 86 (−0.7 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 15.5 °C · −0.7 °C vs normal · rank 57 of 86

Warmest years

1195820.3 °C
2201419.1 °C
3196518.8 °C
4200718.7 °C
5199918.6 °C

Coldest years

1200012.8 °C
2197612.9 °C
3196812.9 °C
4202313.2 °C
5194113.2 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Hot days (30 °C+)	Frost days	Rainy days
2025	15.5 °C	22.3 °C	9.2 °C	52 mm	1 day	0 days	3 days
2024	15.5 °C	22.6 °C	8.8 °C	23 mm	0 days	0 days	1 day
2023	13.2 °C	21.0 °C	5.5 °C	4 mm	0 days	0 days	1 day
2022	16.9 °C	23.5 °C	10.4 °C	1 mm	1 day	0 days	0 days
2021	16.0 °C	23.6 °C	8.6 °C	0 mm	2 days	0 days	0 days
2020	14.8 °C	21.6 °C	7.9 °C	0 mm	1 day	0 days	0 days
2019	16.1 °C	23.1 °C	9.1 °C	12 mm	1 day	0 days	2 days
2018	15.4 °C	22.8 °C	8.2 °C	0 mm	2 days	0 days	0 days
2017	17.2 °C	25.3 °C	9.0 °C	0 mm	2 days	0 days	0 days
2016	17.9 °C	24.1 °C	12.3 °C	99 mm	2 days	0 days	5 days
2015	15.7 °C	22.7 °C	8.5 °C	1 mm	1 day	0 days	0 days
2014	19.1 °C	26.1 °C	11.9 °C	0 mm	2 days	0 days	0 days
2013	17.8 °C	24.2 °C	11.4 °C	26 mm	7 days	0 days	3 days
2012	14.5 °C	22.6 °C	6.8 °C	0 mm	1 day	0 days	0 days
2011	13.5 °C	20.6 °C	7.1 °C	2 mm	0 days	3 days	1 day
2010	15.6 °C	22.1 °C	9.5 °C	39 mm	0 days	0 days	4 days
2009	15.2 °C	21.5 °C	8.9 °C	30 mm	0 days	0 days	1 day
2008	16.4 °C	24.3 °C	8.1 °C	0 mm	1 day	0 days	0 days
2007	18.7 °C	25.6 °C	12.1 °C	10 mm	8 days	0 days	3 days
2006	14.1 °C	21.4 °C	6.9 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
2005	17.5 °C	25.2 °C	9.7 °C	0 mm	1 day	0 days	0 days
2004	16.2 °C	21.7 °C	11.3 °C	63 mm	0 days	0 days	7 days
2003	16.9 °C	24.3 °C	9.7 °C	0 mm	3 days	0 days	0 days
2002	17.8 °C	26.3 °C	9.7 °C	2 mm	8 days	0 days	1 day
2001	15.2 °C	23.1 °C	7.9 °C	0 mm	1 day	0 days	0 days
2000	12.8 °C	18.7 °C	7.2 °C	9 mm	0 days	0 days	1 day
1999	18.6 °C	26.6 °C	10.7 °C	0 mm	9 days	0 days	0 days
1998	16.9 °C	24.3 °C	10.1 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1997	16.2 °C	21.7 °C	11.3 °C	37 mm	2 days	0 days	7 days
1996	15.6 °C	22.4 °C	8.6 °C	4 mm	2 days	0 days	1 day
1995	14.0 °C	20.1 °C	8.5 °C	42 mm	2 days	0 days	5 days
1994	15.9 °C	24.5 °C	7.4 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1993	17.1 °C	22.5 °C	12.1 °C	70 mm	1 day	0 days	7 days
1992	16.8 °C	21.6 °C	12.5 °C	58 mm	5 days	0 days	8 days
1991	15.5 °C	23.1 °C	7.9 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1990	17.0 °C	23.1 °C	11.3 °C	97 mm	3 days	0 days	3 days
1989	16.0 °C	22.4 °C	10.3 °C	3 mm	0 days	0 days	1 day
1988	17.5 °C	23.3 °C	12.6 °C	13 mm	3 days	0 days	5 days
1987	15.0 °C	21.6 °C	9.0 °C	0 mm	1 day	0 days	0 days
1986	18.2 °C	25.3 °C	11.5 °C	3 mm	4 days	0 days	2 days
1985	16.0 °C	23.0 °C	9.7 °C	29 mm	0 days	0 days	2 days
1984	17.6 °C	24.6 °C	11.5 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1983	15.3 °C	22.0 °C	9.3 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1982	15.7 °C	23.5 °C	9.4 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1981	16.1 °C	22.8 °C	10.0 °C	15 mm	0 days	0 days	3 days
1980	17.1 °C	23.9 °C	11.1 °C	16 mm	1 day	0 days	2 days
1979	13.9 °C	19.0 °C	9.6 °C	41 mm	2 days	0 days	7 days
1978	16.2 °C	21.8 °C	11.2 °C	65 mm	1 day	0 days	8 days
1977	15.6 °C	22.3 °C	10.1 °C	10 mm	0 days	0 days	3 days
1976	12.9 °C	20.1 °C	6.2 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1975	15.9 °C	23.3 °C	9.0 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1974	13.6 °C	18.6 °C	9.3 °C	47 mm	0 days	0 days	8 days
1973	17.8 °C	24.1 °C	12.0 °C	3 mm	1 day	0 days	1 day
1972	14.9 °C	21.5 °C	8.6 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1971	16.8 °C	23.8 °C	10.2 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1970	15.5 °C	21.6 °C	10.2 °C	5 mm	2 days	0 days	1 day
1969	16.9 °C	23.5 °C	10.7 °C	4 mm	1 day	0 days	2 days
1968	12.9 °C	17.6 °C	9.0 °C	109 mm	0 days	0 days	8 days
1967	17.2 °C	23.8 °C	11.2 °C	8 mm	0 days	0 days	2 days
1966	14.7 °C	21.8 °C	7.8 °C	6 mm	1 day	0 days	3 days
1965	18.8 °C	26.1 °C	11.8 °C	0 mm	4 days	0 days	0 days
1964	15.3 °C	21.5 °C	9.8 °C	26 mm	0 days	0 days	3 days
1963	17.6 °C	24.5 °C	11.2 °C	9 mm	3 days	0 days	4 days
1962	15.4 °C	22.3 °C	8.6 °C	9 mm	0 days	0 days	2 days
1961	15.7 °C	22.9 °C	8.6 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1960	13.4 °C	19.4 °C	8.0 °C	10 mm	0 days	0 days	1 day
1959	15.6 °C	21.1 °C	10.2 °C	18 mm	0 days	0 days	4 days
1958	20.3 °C	26.6 °C	14.6 °C	32 mm	8 days	0 days	3 days
1957	16.9 °C	24.0 °C	10.0 °C	4 mm	0 days	0 days	2 days
1956	16.1 °C	21.9 °C	10.9 °C	32 mm	0 days	0 days	5 days
1955	14.9 °C	20.5 °C	9.5 °C	4 mm	0 days	0 days	2 days
1954	16.7 °C	23.2 °C	10.5 °C	2 mm	1 day	0 days	1 day
1953	15.5 °C	22.3 °C	9.1 °C	0 mm	2 days	0 days	0 days
1952	16.6 °C	22.6 °C	11.0 °C	32 mm	1 day	0 days	3 days
1951	16.0 °C	23.0 °C	9.0 °C	0 mm	4 days	0 days	0 days
1950	18.2 °C	24.3 °C	12.5 °C	67 mm	1 day	0 days	6 days
1949	15.6 °C	21.2 °C	10.2 °C	17 mm	0 days	0 days	5 days
1948	14.5 °C	21.4 °C	7.4 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1947	16.4 °C	23.1 °C	9.7 °C	29 mm	0 days	0 days	3 days
1946	17.6 °C	24.8 °C	10.3 °C	0 mm	4 days	0 days	0 days
1945	17.0 °C	23.4 °C	10.2 °C	3 mm	5 days	0 days	1 day
1944	16.3 °C	23.1 °C	9.7 °C	6 mm	2 days	0 days	2 days
1943	13.6 °C	20.5 °C	6.8 °C	5 mm	0 days	0 days	1 day
1942	16.5 °C	20.9 °C	12.1 °C	114 mm	3 days	0 days	16 days
1941	13.2 °C	19.4 °C	7.6 °C	7 mm	0 days	0 days	2 days
1940	15.9 °C	22.8 °C	8.5 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days

May records

Hottest day

34.0 °C

May 14, 1958 estimate

Nearby station: 35.0 °C on May 3, 1942 measured

Coldest night

-1.2 °C

May 31, 2011 estimate

Nearby station: -2.7 °C on May 30, 1987 measured

Wettest day

60 mm

May 10, 1968 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Alice Springs in May?

Highs average 23.1 °C and lows 9.4 °C. A typical May brings 2 hot days (30 °C or more) and 0 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Alice Springs in May?

About 17 mm falls in May, over some 2 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest May was 1942 (114 mm), the driest 1940 (0 mm).

What was the warmest May in Alice Springs?

1958, with a mean temperature of 20.3 °C. The coldest was 2000 (12.8 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 57 of 86.