Big River Weather in May
Big River in May
The short of it: Big River in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 38 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 15 h 55 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 2° · rain 38 mm · daylight 15 h 55 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Big River an average May high of 17°, a low of 2° and some 38 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 9° from April to about 17°, with nights near 2°. Rain is modest, about 38 mm, the 5th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 55 min in mid-May, 119 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, Big River runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Shellbrook, 80 km to the SSE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Big River, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 9° warmer, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShellbrookSaskatchewan | 80 km SSE | 18° | 3° | 42 mm |
| Meadow LakeSaskatchewan | 98 km WNW | 19° | 3° | 42 mm |
| Prince AlbertSaskatchewan | 109 km SE | 18° | 3° | 42 mm |
| WaldheimSaskatchewan | 137 km S | 18° | 3° | 42 mm |
| RosthernSaskatchewan | 137 km SSE | 18° | 3° | 42 mm |
| North BattlefordSaskatchewan | 145 km SW | 18° | 4° | 37 mm |
| St. WalburgSaskatchewan | 145 km W | 17° | 3° | 38 mm |
| BattlefordSaskatchewan | 149 km SW | 18° | 4° | 37 mm |