Clairmont Weather in May
Clairmont in May
The short of it: Clairmont in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 38 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 16 h 9 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 4° · rain 38 mm · daylight 16 h 9 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & September
May in Clairmont brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 4°, with about 38 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 8° from April to about 17°, with nights near 4°. Rain is modest, about 38 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 9 min in mid-May, 126 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Clairmont runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Westlake, 5 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Clairmont, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 9 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WestlakeAlberta | 5 km SSW | 17° | 4° | 38 mm |
| SexsmithAlberta | 9 km N | 17° | 3° | 41 mm |
| Grande PrairieAlberta | 11 km S | 17° | 4° | 38 mm |
| WedgewoodAlberta | 16 km S | 17° | 4° | 39 mm |
| WembleyAlberta | 26 km WSW | 17° | 4° | 42 mm |
| BeaverlodgeAlberta | 42 km W | 17° | 4° | 41 mm |
| HytheAlberta | 49 km W | 16° | 3° | 41 mm |
| RycroftAlberta | 54 km N | 17° | 3° | 43 mm |