Columbia Weather in May
Columbia in May
The short of it: Columbia in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 96 mm (3.8 in) of rain and about 14 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 7° · rain 96 mm · daylight 14 h 41 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Columbia an average May high of 18°, a low of 7° and some 96 mm of rain. Highs rise 8° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 7°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 96 mm. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 41 min in mid-May, 79 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 June and September.
Against its neighbours, Columbia runs about middling and drier than most in May. Central, 2 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Columbia, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 13 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentralOntario | 2 km SSE | 18° | 7° | 96 mm |
| WaterlooOntario | 2 km SE | 18° | 7° | 96 mm |
| Victoria HillsOntario | 5 km SSE | 19° | 7° | 97 mm |
| Highland WestOntario | 6 km S | 18° | 7° | 98 mm |
| KitchenerOntario | 7 km SSE | 19° | 7° | 97 mm |
| Forest HeightsOntario | 7 km S | 19° | 7° | 97 mm |
| Laurentian HillsOntario | 8 km SSE | 19° | 7° | 96 mm |
| VanierOntario | 9 km SE | 19° | 7° | 95 mm |