Acadia Weather in May
Acadia in May
The short of it: Acadia in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 31 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 3° · rain 52 mm · daylight 15 h 31 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
May in Acadia brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 3°, with about 52 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 17°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 52 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 31 min in mid-May, 105 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Acadia runs about middling and drier than most in May. Riverbend, 3 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Acadia, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 25 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RiverbendAlberta | 3 km E | 17° | 3° | 54 mm |
| Lake BonavistaAlberta | 3 km S | 17° | 3° | 53 mm |
| EvergreenAlberta | 6 km SSW | 17° | 3° | 51 mm |
| DouglasdaleAlberta | 6 km SE | 17° | 3° | 55 mm |
| WoodbineAlberta | 6 km SW | 16° | 2° | 49 mm |
| DoverAlberta | 7 km NE | 17° | 3° | 55 mm |
| ShawnessyAlberta | 7 km SSW | 17° | 3° | 53 mm |
| BeltlineAlberta | 8 km N | 17° | 3° | 53 mm |