Cranbrook Weather in May
Cranbrook in May
The short of it: Cranbrook in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 4 °C (38 °F), with 47 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 4° · rain 47 mm · daylight 15 h 20 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & September
Thirty years of records give Cranbrook an average May high of 17°, a low of 4° and some 47 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 17°, with nights near 4°. Rain is modest, about 47 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 20 min in mid-May, 99 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 September.
Against its neighbours, Cranbrook runs about middling and drier than most in May. Kimberley, 24 km to the NW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Cranbrook, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KimberleyBritish Columbia | 24 km NW | 16° | 3° | 46 mm |
| JaffrayBritish Columbia | 36 km ESE | 19° | 3° | 58 mm |
| FernieBritish Columbia | 51 km E | 16° | 2° | 75 mm |
| WynndelBritish Columbia | 67 km WSW | 19° | 6° | 53 mm |
| SparwoodBritish Columbia | 69 km ENE | 14° | 1° | 60 mm |
| CrestonBritish Columbia | 69 km SW | 20° | 6° | 51 mm |
| Canal FlatsBritish Columbia | 72 km N | 19° | 4° | 45 mm |
| ElkfordBritish Columbia | 83 km NE | 13° | 0° | 60 mm |