Big Eddy Weather in May
Big Eddy in May
The short of it: Big Eddy in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 63 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 15 h 31 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 6° · rain 63 mm · daylight 15 h 31 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & May
Thirty years of records give Big Eddy an average May high of 20°, a low of 6° and some 63 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 8° from April to about 20°, with nights near 6°. Wet spells are common — about 63 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 31 min in mid-May, 106 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and May.
Against its neighbours, Big Eddy runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Revelstoke, 2 km to the ESE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Big Eddy, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RevelstokeBritish Columbia | 2 km ESE | 20° | 6° | 59 mm |
| MalakwaBritish Columbia | 42 km W | 20° | 7° | 72 mm |
| SicamousBritish Columbia | 57 km WSW | 21° | 7° | 62 mm |
| AnglemontBritish Columbia | 66 km W | 18° | 5° | 70 mm |
| Eagle BayBritish Columbia | 71 km W | 20° | 7° | 63 mm |
| GrindrodBritish Columbia | 75 km WSW | 21° | 7° | 57 mm |
| CanoeBritish Columbia | 77 km WSW | 21° | 7° | 60 mm |
| White LakeBritish Columbia | 77 km W | 20° | 6° | 63 mm |