Essendon, Victoria
May 2026 Daily Weather Observations

Most observations taken from Essendon Airport, some taken from Melbourne Airport.

DateDayTempsRainEvapSunMax wind gust9 am3 pm
MinMaxDirSpdTimeTempRHCldDirSpdMSLPTempRHCldDirSpdMSLP
°C°Cmmmmhourskm/hlocal°C%8thkm/hhPa°C%8thkm/hhPa
1Fr13.827.00  NNE5010:0820.3506N261025.026.234 NNE241021.7
2Sa16.324.80  NNE5016:2519.5518NNE191019.323.8398N241014.9
3Su17.620.00  NE6911:0919.7708NNE221011.817.7728N191010.5
4Mo12.318.16.8  N5913:1614.6701N281011.417.2575N351009.4
5Tu11.316.40.2  W3910:3013.876 W191019.815.9577W171020.5
6We13.518.40  W7020:2614.3627N111020.817.1517N301016.0
7Th5.413.78.6  W4808:556.4848WSW311022.312.3588SW281021.8
8Fr6.317.02.0  W5004:5413.6814WSW301022.715.5678SSW221023.3
9Sa10.615.50.4  W2400:0511.8978WSW151028.115.3797S111027.1
10Su11.016.20.4  SSE2214:4612.9928W71031.515.3653S111030.1
11Mo7.318.90  SSW2215:3811.386 N71033.817.568 SSW151031.8
12Tu7.222.90.2  N2013:1411.288 ENE21036.022.648 N111032.6
13We7.222.50  SSE2816:5311.589 ESE61035.220.062 S151031.9
14Th7.121.50  NNE2813:4410.2923ENE61033.121.250 N151029.2
15Fr9.622.00  NNE3910:2815.071 N71028.421.650 NNE201023.7
16Sa11.922.80  N5014:0416.7675N151020.921.7495NNE241017.6
17Su14.416.75.0  N3305:5214.8928N91018.715.5938NE71018.0
18Mo13.715.710.2  S2016:1514.2988Calm1018.715.2917S111016.3
19Tu9.616.70  WSW3513:2112.1851WNW111016.515.2718SW201015.6
20We9.017.20.4  SW3714:2412.6848WNW191021.714.0828SSW201023.0
21Th9.014.31.6  S1716:4911.6868WNW71031.114.2708ESE91029.9
22Fr5.319.10.2  ENE2015:167.699 NNE21029.318.450 NNE91026.0
23Sa7.118.10  NNE3912:539.9885NE131027.417.2581N221025.2
24Su9.817.20  NE3119:5311.2868NE71023.916.5738N171020.7
25Mo11.219.70  S2215:3414.5858ENE91021.816.3907SW91019.7
26Tu11.319.816.6  SE4116:1713.0998WSW91021.918.3758SE281018.2
27We13.016.41.0  SSE2400:0415.1977W111019.215.2918S151018.6
28Th8.815.94.2  NW2010:1011.4907NW111018.915.0808S131014.5
29Fr11.015.80.2  SW3112:2212.3662W151011.214.6698SW131008.1
30Sa9.817.90  NNW3915:4512.7798N171006.916.0598NNW221003.8
31Su7.7 3.6     10.3816NW191009.9      
Statistics for the first 31 days of May 2026
Mean10.318.6      13.1816 131022.517.4657 171020.7
Lowest5.313.70     6.4501Calm1006.912.3341NE71003.8
Highest17.627.016.6  W70 20.3998WSW311036.026.2938N351032.6
Total  61.6                 

IDCJDW3026.202605   Prepared at 00:37 UTC on Sunday 31 May 2026

Source of data

Temperature, humidity, wind, pressure and rainfall observations are from Essendon Airport {station 086038}. Cloud, evaporation and sunshine observations are from Melbourne Airport {station 086282}.

Some cloud observations are from automated equipment; these are somewhat different to those made by a human observer and may not appear every day.

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