Colwood Weather in May
Colwood in May
The short of it: Colwood in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 31 mm (1.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 12 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 8° · rain 31 mm · daylight 15 h 12 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Colwood an average May high of 17°, a low of 8° and some 31 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 31 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 12 min in mid-May, 95 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; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Colwood runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Langford, 2 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Colwood, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 17 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LangfordBritish Columbia | 2 km NNW | 17° | 8° | 32 mm |
| View RoyalBritish Columbia | 4 km NE | 17° | 9° | 30 mm |
| EsquimaltBritish Columbia | 5 km E | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| TillicumBritish Columbia | 7 km ENE | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| Victoria WestBritish Columbia | 8 km E | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| James BayBritish Columbia | 8 km ESE | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| CareyBritish Columbia | 8 km ENE | 17° | 9° | 31 mm |
| Burnside-GorgeBritish Columbia | 8 km E | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |