Rainbow Weather in May
Rainbow in May
The short of it: Rainbow in May averages a high of 19 °C (65 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 31 mm (1.2 in) of rain and about 10 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 6° · rain 31 mm · daylight 10 h 15 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & April
May in Rainbow brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 6°, with about 31 mm of rain over the month. Highs fall 5° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 6°. Rain is modest, about 31 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 15 min in mid-May, 58 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and April.
Against its neighbours, Rainbow runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Hopetoun, 38 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Rainbow, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° colder, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h