Burnside-Gorge Weather in May
Burnside-Gorge in May
The short of it: Burnside-Gorge in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 29 mm (1.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 12 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 17° · low 9° · rain 29 mm · daylight 15 h 12 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Burnside-Gorge an average May high of 17°, a low of 9° and some 29 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 9°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 29 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 12 min in mid-May, 95 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, Burnside-Gorge runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Victoria West, 1 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Burnside-Gorge, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 11 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria WestBritish Columbia | 1 km SSW | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| TillicumBritish Columbia | 2 km WNW | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| VictoriaBritish Columbia | 2 km ESE | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| Victoria-DowntownBritish Columbia | 2 km SSE | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| EsquimaltBritish Columbia | 3 km WSW | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| FernwoodBritish Columbia | 3 km ESE | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| James BayBritish Columbia | 3 km S | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| CareyBritish Columbia | 3 km NNW | 17° | 9° | 31 mm |