Brooks Weather in May
Brooks in May
The short of it: Brooks in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 37 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 15 h 28 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 3° · rain 37 mm · daylight 15 h 28 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & July
May in Brooks brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 3°, with about 37 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 3°. Rain is modest, about 37 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 28 min in mid-May, 104 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; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Brooks runs about middling and drier than most in May. Medicine Hat, 105 km to the SE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Brooks, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 8.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 28 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine HatAlberta | 105 km SE | 19° | 5° | 42 mm |
| StrathmoreAlberta | 117 km WNW | 17° | 3° | 49 mm |
| LethbridgeAlberta | 119 km SW | 18° | 4° | 49 mm |
| High RiverAlberta | 140 km W | 17° | 2° | 65 mm |
| ChestermereAlberta | 145 km WNW | 17° | 3° | 55 mm |
| MahoganyAlberta | 148 km WNW | 17° | 3° | 56 mm |
| CopperfieldAlberta | 148 km WNW | 17° | 3° | 56 mm |
| OkotoksAlberta | 149 km W | 16° | 2° | 64 mm |