Chaparral Weather in May
Chaparral in May
The short of it: Chaparral in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 54 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 3° · rain 54 mm · daylight 15 h 30 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Chaparral an average May high of 17°, a low of 3° and some 54 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 3°. Rain is modest, about 54 mm, the 3rd wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 30 min in mid-May, 105 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Chaparral runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Sundance, 2 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Chaparral, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 25 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SundanceAlberta | 2 km NNW | 17° | 3° | 54 mm |
| CranstonAlberta | 4 km E | 17° | 3° | 55 mm |
| ShawnessyAlberta | 4 km NW | 17° | 3° | 53 mm |
| McKenzie LakeAlberta | 4 km ENE | 17° | 3° | 55 mm |
| Auburn BayAlberta | 5 km E | 17° | 3° | 55 mm |
| BridlewoodAlberta | 5 km WNW | 17° | 2° | 50 mm |
| McKenzie TowneAlberta | 6 km ENE | 17° | 3° | 55 mm |
| Lake BonavistaAlberta | 6 km NNW | 17° | 3° | 53 mm |