Cardston Weather in May
Cardston in May
The short of it: Cardston in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 70 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 17 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 3° · rain 70 mm · daylight 15 h 17 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Cardston an average May high of 17°, a low of 3° and some 70 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 3°. Wet spells are common — about 70 mm, the 2nd 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Cardston runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Magrath, 40 km to the NE, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Cardston, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 28 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MagrathAlberta | 40 km NE | 18° | 4° | 55 mm |
| RaymondAlberta | 55 km ENE | 18° | 4° | 54 mm |
| Pincher CreekAlberta | 57 km NW | 16° | 3° | 66 mm |
| Fort MacleodAlberta | 58 km N | 17° | 3° | 56 mm |
| LethbridgeAlberta | 66 km NNE | 18° | 4° | 49 mm |
| CoalhurstAlberta | 66 km NNE | 18° | 4° | 51 mm |
| North BrowningMontana | 73 km SSE | 16° | 3° | 50 mm |
| BrowningMontana | 75 km SSE | 16° | 3° | 50 mm |