Cranston Weather in May
Cranston in May
The short of it: Cranston in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 3° · rain 55 mm · daylight 15 h 30 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Cranston an average May high of 17°, a low of 3° and some 55 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 3°. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 3rd wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 30 min in mid-May, 105 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 September and August.
Against its neighbours, Cranston runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Auburn Bay, 2 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Cranston, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 25 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn BayAlberta | 2 km E | 17° | 3° | 55 mm |
| McKenzie LakeAlberta | 2 km N | 17° | 3° | 55 mm |
| McKenzie TowneAlberta | 3 km NNE | 17° | 3° | 55 mm |
| ChaparralAlberta | 4 km W | 17° | 3° | 54 mm |
| MahoganyAlberta | 4 km ENE | 17° | 3° | 56 mm |
| SundanceAlberta | 4 km WNW | 17° | 3° | 54 mm |
| New BrightonAlberta | 4 km NE | 17° | 3° | 55 mm |
| CopperfieldAlberta | 5 km NE | 17° | 3° | 56 mm |