Coaldale Weather in May
Coaldale in May
The short of it: Coaldale in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 49 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 21 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 18° · low 4° · rain 49 mm · daylight 15 h 21 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Coaldale brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 4°, with about 49 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 18°, with nights near 4°. Rain is modest, about 49 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 21 min in mid-May, 100 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Coaldale runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Lethbridge, 15 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Coaldale, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 17 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LethbridgeAlberta | 15 km W | 18° | 4° | 49 mm |
| Picture ButteAlberta | 22 km NNW | 18° | 4° | 47 mm |
| CoalhurstAlberta | 23 km W | 18° | 4° | 51 mm |
| BarnwellAlberta | 27 km ENE | 18° | 4° | 46 mm |
| RaymondAlberta | 28 km S | 18° | 4° | 54 mm |
| TaberAlberta | 35 km ENE | 18° | 4° | 44 mm |
| MagrathAlberta | 38 km SSW | 18° | 4° | 55 mm |
| VauxhallAlberta | 53 km NE | 18° | 4° | 39 mm |