Ancaster Weather in May
Ancaster in May
The short of it: Ancaster in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 89 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 39 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 8° · rain 89 mm · daylight 14 h 39 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Ancaster an average May high of 18°, a low of 8° and some 89 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 8°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 89 mm.
The sun is up for about 14 h 39 min in mid-May, 78 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 June and September.
Against its neighbours, Ancaster runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Hamilton, 12 km to the ENE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Ancaster, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HamiltonOntario | 12 km ENE | 19° | 9° | 83 mm |
| Stoney CreekOntario | 18 km E | 19° | 9° | 81 mm |
| BurlingtonOntario | 22 km NNE | 18° | 8° | 93 mm |
| BrantfordOntario | 25 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 90 mm |
| CambridgeOntario | 31 km WNW | 19° | 7° | 94 mm |
| BrantOntario | 31 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 90 mm |
| GrimsbyOntario | 34 km E | 18° | 8° | 79 mm |
| MiltonOntario | 34 km NNE | 18° | 7° | 92 mm |