Cochrane Weather in May
Cochrane in May
The short of it: Cochrane in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 78 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 16 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 2° · rain 78 mm · daylight 15 h 16 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Cochrane an average May high of 16°, a low of 2° and some 78 mm of rain. Highs rise 9° against April, to near 16°; nights run about 2°. Wet spells are common — about 78 mm, the 6th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 16 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Cochrane runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Iroquois Falls, 42 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Cochrane, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 9° warmer, 23 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iroquois FallsOntario | 42 km SE | 16° | 2° | 67 mm |
| Smooth Rock FallsOntario | 50 km WNW | 15° | 2° | 69 mm |
| TimminsOntario | 70 km SSW | 17° | 3° | 69 mm |
| KapuskasingOntario | 109 km WNW | 15° | 2° | 70 mm |
| NormétalQuebec | 122 km E | 15° | 2° | 76 mm |
| Kirkland LakeOntario | 126 km SE | 16° | 3° | 75 mm |
| La SarreQuebec | 137 km ESE | 16° | 2° | 82 mm |
| MacamicQuebec | 153 km ESE | 15° | 2° | 82 mm |