Creighton Weather in May
Creighton in May
The short of it: Creighton in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 16 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 2° · rain 46 mm · daylight 16 h 4 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Creighton an average May high of 15°, a low of 2° and some 46 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 9° from April to about 15°, with nights near 2°. Rain is modest, about 46 mm, the 5th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 4 min in mid-May, 124 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Creighton runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Flin Flon, 3 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Creighton, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 9° warmer, 16 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flin FlonManitoba | 3 km NE | 15° | 3° | 45 mm |
| The PasManitoba | 112 km SSE | 16° | 2° | 42 mm |
| NipawinSaskatchewan | 206 km SW | 17° | 3° | 45 mm |
| La RongeSaskatchewan | 220 km WNW | 15° | 2° | 42 mm |
| MelfortSaskatchewan | 275 km SW | 17° | 3° | 41 mm |
| Norway HouseManitoba | 277 km ESE | 13° | 1° | 51 mm |
| ThompsonManitoba | 279 km ENE | 13° | -1° | 47 mm |
| Swan RiverManitoba | 297 km S | 17° | 3° | 55 mm |