Autumn deepens across the southern states by 16 May 2028, with cooler mornings standard and the first inland frosts of the year appearing across the higher and southern parts of the country. The tropical north moves into its dry season during May, after the wet season that runs from November to April comes to its close.
Tuesday 16 May 2028 carries no recurring public holiday of its own outside the first Tuesday of November, when the Melbourne Cup applies in metropolitan Melbourne. On every other date, this day of the week runs as a standard working day across the country, counted fully in the working-day total above.
The hours and minutes shown in the countdown to 16 May 2028 are calculated against the clock and time zone set on the device displaying this page, and the countdown reaches zero at midnight local to that device. Two people in different time zones will see slightly different figures at the exact same moment, each reflecting their own local midnight.