Dashwood Weather in May
Dashwood in May
The short of it: Dashwood in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 19 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 17° · low 8° · rain 46 mm · daylight 15 h 19 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Dashwood an average May high of 17°, a low of 8° and some 46 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 8°. Rain is modest, about 46 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 19 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Dashwood runs about middling and drier than most in May. Qualicum Beach, 6 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Dashwood, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 27 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualicum BeachBritish Columbia | 6 km ESE | 18° | 8° | 46 mm |
| Whisky CreekBritish Columbia | 7 km S | 17° | 7° | 53 mm |
| CoombsBritish Columbia | 10 km SE | 17° | 8° | 49 mm |
| French CreekBritish Columbia | 12 km ESE | 18° | 9° | 46 mm |
| BowserBritish Columbia | 15 km NW | 17° | 8° | 48 mm |
| ParksvilleBritish Columbia | 16 km ESE | 18° | 8° | 46 mm |
| Englishman River SouthBritish Columbia | 20 km ESE | 17° | 8° | 46 mm |
| Hornby IslandBritish Columbia | 22 km NNW | 17° | 8° | 46 mm |