Ajax Weather in May
Ajax in May
The short of it: Ajax in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 82 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 14 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 8° · rain 82 mm · daylight 14 h 43 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
May in Ajax brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 8°, with about 82 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 7° from April to about 18°, with nights near 8°. Wet spells are common — about 82 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 43 min in mid-May, 80 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 June.
Against its neighbours, Ajax runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Whitby, 9 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Ajax, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h