Cap-Chat Weather in May
Cap-Chat in May
The short of it: Cap-Chat in May averages a high of 13 °C (56 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 88 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 15 h 17 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 3° · rain 88 mm · daylight 15 h 17 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Cap-Chat an average May high of 13°, a low of 3° and some 88 mm of rain. Highs rise 8° against April, to near 13°; nights run about 3°. Wet spells are common — about 88 mm, the 5th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 17 min in mid-May, 98 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Cap-Chat runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, 14 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Cap-Chat, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 33 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Anne-des-MontsQuebec | 14 km ENE | 13° | 3° | 83 mm |
| MataneQuebec | 68 km WSW | 14° | 4° | 92 mm |
| Saint-UlricQuebec | 82 km WSW | 14° | 4° | 88 mm |
| AmquiQuebec | 89 km SW | 15° | 3° | 101 mm |
| Lac-au-SaumonQuebec | 90 km SSW | 15° | 3° | 100 mm |
| CausapscalQuebec | 91 km SSW | 15° | 3° | 96 mm |
| SayabecQuebec | 95 km SW | 14° | 3° | 97 mm |
| Saint-AlexandreQuebec | 104 km N | 13° | 3° | 95 mm |