Abbotsford Weather in May
Abbotsford in May
The short of it: Abbotsford in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 88 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 15 h 16 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 9° · rain 88 mm · daylight 15 h 16 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Abbotsford an average May high of 19°, a low of 9° and some 88 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 9°. Wet spells are common — about 88 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 16 min in mid-May, 98 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Abbotsford runs about middling and drier than most in May. Mission, 9 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Abbotsford, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 30 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Jan
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MissionBritish Columbia | 9 km NNW | 18° | 9° | 102 mm |
| Vedder CrossingBritish Columbia | 21 km ENE | 19° | 9° | 87 mm |
| Chilliwack-DowntownBritish Columbia | 24 km ENE | 20° | 10° | 89 mm |
| ChilliwackBritish Columbia | 25 km ENE | 20° | 10° | 88 mm |
| LangleyBritish Columbia | 30 km W | 19° | 8° | 91 mm |
| Walnut GroveBritish Columbia | 31 km WNW | 19° | 8° | 99 mm |
| Maple RidgeBritish Columbia | 31 km NW | 19° | 9° | 112 mm |
| WilloughbyBritish Columbia | 32 km WNW | 19° | 8° | 96 mm |