Cariboo Weather in May
Cariboo in May
The short of it: Cariboo in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 109 mm (4.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 18 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 9° · rain 109 mm · daylight 15 h 18 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Cariboo an average May high of 17°, a low of 9° and some 109 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 17°, with nights near 9°. Wet spells are common — about 109 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 18 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Cariboo runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Coquitlam West, 1 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Cariboo, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 56 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Jan
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 18 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coquitlam WestBritish Columbia | 1 km NNE | 17° | 9° | 109 mm |
| New WestminsterBritish Columbia | 5 km SSW | 18° | 9° | 89 mm |
| BurnabyBritish Columbia | 5 km WNW | 17° | 9° | 107 mm |
| Port MoodyBritish Columbia | 5 km NE | 18° | 9° | 114 mm |
| Coquitlam Town CentreBritish Columbia | 7 km ENE | 18° | 9° | 114 mm |
| Surrey City CentreBritish Columbia | 8 km SSE | 19° | 9° | 94 mm |
| WhalleyBritish Columbia | 8 km S | 19° | 9° | 94 mm |
| CoquitlamBritish Columbia | 8 km ENE | 19° | 9° | 115 mm |