Creston Weather in May
Creston in May
The short of it: Creston in May averages a high of 20 °C (69 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 51 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 17 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 6° · rain 51 mm · daylight 15 h 17 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & July
Thirty years of records give Creston an average May high of 20°, a low of 6° and some 51 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 20°, with nights near 6°. Rain is modest, about 51 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 17 min in mid-May, 98 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and July.
Against its neighbours, Creston runs about middling and about as wet in May. Wynndel, 10 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Creston, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WynndelBritish Columbia | 10 km NNW | 19° | 6° | 53 mm |
| Bonners FerryIdaho | 47 km SSE | 21° | 5° | 44 mm |
| Moyie SpringsIdaho | 47 km SSE | 20° | 5° | 46 mm |
| SalmoBritish Columbia | 57 km W | 19° | 5° | 72 mm |
| CranbrookBritish Columbia | 69 km NE | 17° | 4° | 47 mm |
| NelsonBritish Columbia | 72 km NW | 18° | 5° | 79 mm |
| KimberleyBritish Columbia | 74 km NNE | 16° | 3° | 46 mm |
| FruitvaleBritish Columbia | 76 km W | 20° | 6° | 63 mm |