Courtenay Weather in May
Courtenay in May
The short of it: Courtenay in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 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 8° · rain 46 mm · daylight 15 h 21 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Courtenay brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 8°, with about 46 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 18°, with nights near 8°. Rain is modest, about 46 mm, the 10th 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, Courtenay runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Comox, 4 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Courtenay, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 38 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ComoxBritish Columbia | 4 km E | 18° | 8° | 44 mm |
| RoystonBritish Columbia | 6 km SE | 18° | 8° | 45 mm |
| CumberlandBritish Columbia | 8 km SSW | 17° | 6° | 56 mm |
| Union BayBritish Columbia | 14 km SE | 17° | 8° | 45 mm |
| Denman Island Trust AreaBritish Columbia | 21 km SE | 17° | 8° | 45 mm |
| Denman IslandBritish Columbia | 21 km SE | 17° | 8° | 46 mm |
| Oyster RiverBritish Columbia | 22 km NNW | 18° | 8° | 55 mm |
| Fanny BayBritish Columbia | 25 km SSE | 17° | 7° | 50 mm |