Bowmanville Weather in May
Bowmanville in May
The short of it: Bowmanville in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 81 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 7° · rain 81 mm · daylight 14 h 43 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Bowmanville an average May high of 18°, a low of 7° and some 81 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 7°. Wet spells are common — about 81 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, Bowmanville runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Oshawa, 13 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Bowmanville, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h