Forecast - Canterbury

Canterbury 7 Day Forecast

	Today	Sat May 02	Sun May 03	Mon May 04	Tue May 05	Wed May 06	Thu May 07
Summary
Maximum	23°C	24°C	25°C	24°C	23°C	21°C	22°C
Minimum	14°C	14°C	15°C	15°C	12°C	11°C	10°C
Chance of Rain	26%	32%	4%	31%	11%	24%	25%
Rain Amount	0 - 5 mm	0 - 5 mm	0 - 5 mm	0 - 5 mm	0 - 5 mm	0 - 5 mm	0 - 5 mm
UV Index	4.3 - Moderate	4.4 - Moderate	4.3 - Moderate	4.2 - Moderate	4.1 - Moderate	3.9 - Moderate	3.7 - Moderate
Fire Danger Rating	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate
Frost Risk	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Average Wind Speed	6.8km/h	8.8km/h	11.2km/h	9.3km/h	9.8km/h	7.5km/h	12.2km/h
Wind 9am	WNW 7.2km/h	NW 5.8km/h	NNW 9.0km/h	NW 9.0km/h	W 10.8km/h	W 7.6km/h	W 11.5km/h
Wind 3pm	ENE 13.3km/h	ENE 16.9km/h	NE 18.7km/h	N 16.2km/h	SW 13.0km/h	E 11.2km/h	SSW 17.6km/h
Relative Humidity	83.0%	82.4%	80.2%	78.3%	60.8%	73.3%	64.5%

Sun & Moon Times

First Light	Sunrise	Sunset	Last Light	Moon Phase	Moon Rise	Moon Set	New Moon	First Quarter	Full Moon	Last Quarter
Fri 06:04 AEST	Fri 06:30 AEST	Fri 17:15 AEST	Fri 17:41 AEST		Fri 16:38 AEST	Fri 05:49 AEST	Sun May 17	Sat May 23	Sat May 02	Sun May 10

First Light	Sunrise	Sunset
Fri 06:04 AEST	Fri 06:30 AEST	Fri 17:15 AEST

Last Light	Moon Phase	Moon Rise
Fri 17:41 AEST		Fri 16:38 AEST

Moon Set	New Moon	First Quarter
Fri 05:49 AEST	Sun May 17	Sat May 23

Full Moon	Last Quarter
Sat May 02	Sun May 10

Tides Graph

Past 5 Days

Day	Minimum to 9am(°C)	Maximum to 9am(°C)	Rainfall to 9am(mm)
Mon Apr 27	9.2°C	25.1°C	0.0 mm
Tue Apr 28	10.4°C	25.1°C	0.0 mm
Wed Apr 29	10°C	25.6°C	0.2 mm
Thu Apr 30	13.5°C	25.2°C	2.0 mm
Fri May 01	13.5°C	21.3°C	0.0 mm

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Year to Date

Average Rainfall for May	439.4 mm	49.7 day(s)
Total for 2026	406.4 mm	60.0 day(s)
Total to this Day 2025	474.6 mm	57.0 day(s)
Wettest Day	97.4 mm	Feb 27th
Driest Day	0 mm	Jan 6th
Lowest Temperature	7.8 °C	Apr 12th
Highest Temperature	41.2 °C	Jan 10th

Almanac for May

Minimum Temperature

Lowest this month	7.8 °C	12th
Lowest on record	1.5 °C	14th 2015
Average this month	12.1 °C	-0.7 °C
Long-term average	12.8 °C	12.8 °C

Full climatology

28 Days Rainfall

12 Months Rainfall

Maximum Temperature

Highest this month	30.9 °C	7th
Highest on record	28 °C	10th 2012
Average this month	24.5 °C	+0.9 °C
Long-term average	23.6 °C	23.6 °C

Rainfall

Wettest this month	15.4 mm	5th
Total this month	20.2 mm	11.0 day(s)
Long-term average	105.6 mm	11.2 day(s)
Wettest on record	314.6 mm	2003

Full climatology

28 Days Rainfall

12 Months Rainfall