May
May · April · September
Australia · 1991–2020
May leads for comfortable weather in Helidon: typically 24°C by day, 10.7°C at night, with 51 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
May · April · September
March · April · February
June · July · August
The weakest month is January, scoring 53 against May’s 89 — days average 31.9°C, 8° above the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.9°C | 19.5°C | 103 mm | 7.4 | 13 h 42 | 53 | Good coverage |
| February | 30.9°C | 19.6°C | 103 mm | 7.9 | 13 h 05 | 55 | Good coverage |
| March | 29.9°C | 17.3°C | 53 mm | 5.4 | 12 h 20 | 71 | Good coverage |
| April | 27.3°C | 13.9°C | 33 mm | 4.3 | 11 h 28 | 86 | Good coverage |
| May | 24°C | 10.7°C | 51 mm | 4.5 | 10 h 47 | 89 | Good coverage |
| June | 21.2°C | 7.9°C | 29 mm | 4 | 10 h 25 | 77 | Good coverage |
| July | 20.9°C | 6.2°C | 24 mm | 3.2 | 10 h 33 | 74 | Good coverage |
| August | 22.7°C | 6.7°C | 22 mm | 3.2 | 11 h 09 | 81 | Good coverage |
| September | 26.1°C | 9.8°C | 33 mm | 3.8 | 11 h 58 | 83 | Good coverage |
| October | 28.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 mm | 5.9 | 12 h 48 | 77 | Good coverage |
| November | 29.8°C | 15.9°C | 89 mm | 7.1 | 13 h 31 | 68 | Good coverage |
| December | 31.3°C | 18.1°C | 105 mm | 8.2 | 13 h 52 | 56 | Good coverage |
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44.2°C6 Jan 1994 | 11.5°C15 Jan 1997 | 199 mm27 Jan 1974 | 482 mm1974 · driest 1 mm in 2003 | 39 |
| February | 41.9°C22 Feb 2004 | 8.3°C28 Feb 1970 | 153 mm10 Feb 1992 | 278 mm1971 · driest 13 mm in 2005 | 39 |
| March | 39.5°C27 Mar 1980 | 7.2°C1 Mar 1970 | 71 mm1 Mar 1994 | 167 mm1970 · driest 1 mm in 2005 | 39 |
| April | 36.8°C4 Apr 2006 | 5.0°C28 Apr 1978 | 86 mm4 Apr 1988 | 364 mm1988 · driest 0 mm in 1993 | 39 |
| May | 33.2°C5 May 2007 | 0.0°C31 May 1987 | 124 mm5 May 1996 | 440 mm1996 · driest 3 mm in 1975 | 39 |
| June | 28.1°C16 Jun 2002 | -1.9°C25 Jun 1985 | 78 mm21 Jun 1979 | 196 mm1983 · driest 0 mm in 1986 | 39 |
| July | 30.0°C31 Jul 1974 | -4.1°C13 Jul 2002 | 181 mm7 Jul 1973 | 301 mm1973 · driest 0 mm in 1972 | 40 |
| August | 34.4°C27 Aug 1970 | -0.5°C6 Aug 1976 | 45 mm20 Aug 2007 | 100 mm1969 · driest 0 mm in 1991 | 40 |
| September | 37.2°C30 Sep 2000 | 0.0°C29 Sep 1994 | 41 mm1 Sep 1975 | 90 mm1976 · driest 0 mm in 1980 | 40 |
| October | 40.6°C22 Oct 1988 | 1.5°C6 Oct 1987 | 78 mm17 Oct 1987 | 242 mm1972 · driest 1 mm in 2006 | 40 |
| November | 42.2°C19 Nov 1968 | 3.3°C8 Nov 1971 | 83 mm26 Nov 1981 | 213 mm1981 · driest 4 mm in 1982 | 39 |
| December | 44.5°C24 Dec 1972 | 8.3°C11 Dec 1971 | 113 mm12 Dec 1991 | 267 mm1970 · driest 25 mm in 2005 | 39 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| February | 27 | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| March | 30 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| April | 26 | 4 | 0 | <1 |
| May | 10 | <1 | 0 | 1 |
| June | 2 | 0 | <1 | <1 |
| July | 1 | 0 | <1 | <1 |
| August | 6 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| September | 19 | 5 | <1 | <1 |
| October | 25 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| November | 27 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| December | 30 | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 27% | 11% | 32% | 29.9–33.3°C |
| February | 72% | 28% | 10% | 34% | 28.9–32.8°C |
| March | 79% | 21% | 7% | 20% | 28.2–31.0°C |
| April | 84% | 17% | 5% | 14% | 25.9–28.7°C |
| May | 78% | 18% | 5% | 15% | 22.8–24.8°C |
| June | 68% | 13% | 3% | 10% | 19.9–22.3°C |
| July | 62% | 12% | 3% | 9% | 19.7–21.8°C |
| August | 77% | 12% | 3% | 11% | 20.9–23.4°C |
| September | 85% | 13% | 4% | 8% | 23.6–27.6°C |
| October | 78% | 21% | 7% | 22% | 26.1–30.2°C |
| November | 75% | 25% | 9% | 28% | 28.1–32.1°C |
| December | 75% | 26% | 12% | 30% | 29.5–33.4°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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