Athabasca Weather in May
Athabasca in May
The short of it: Athabasca in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 42 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 16 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 3° · rain 42 mm · daylight 16 h 4 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & September
May in Athabasca brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 3°, with about 42 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 8° from April to about 17°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 42 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 4 min in mid-May, 123 minutes more 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Athabasca runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Morinville, 105 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Athabasca, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 13 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MorinvilleAlberta | 105 km SSW | 17° | 3° | 46 mm |
| Fort SaskatchewanAlberta | 113 km S | 17° | 4° | 44 mm |
| Slave LakeAlberta | 114 km NW | 16° | 2° | 42 mm |
| KlarvattenAlberta | 121 km S | 17° | 4° | 46 mm |
| BaturynAlberta | 121 km S | 17° | 4° | 45 mm |
| Hollick-KenyonAlberta | 122 km S | 17° | 4° | 45 mm |
| BrintnellAlberta | 122 km S | 17° | 4° | 45 mm |
| St. AlbertAlberta | 123 km S | 17° | 4° | 46 mm |