Duncan Weather in May
Duncan in May
The short of it: Duncan in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 42 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 15 h 14 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 8° · rain 42 mm · daylight 15 h 14 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Duncan brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 8°, with about 42 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 42 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 14 min in mid-May, 97 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Duncan runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. North Cowichan, 7 km to the N, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Duncan, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 26 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Jan
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 14 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North CowichanBritish Columbia | 7 km N | 17° | 7° | 44 mm |
| SaanichBritish Columbia | 36 km SE | 17° | 8° | 30 mm |
| LangfordBritish Columbia | 40 km SSE | 17° | 8° | 32 mm |
| NanaimoBritish Columbia | 46 km NNW | 18° | 8° | 45 mm |
| VictoriaBritish Columbia | 46 km SE | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| Victoria-DowntownBritish Columbia | 47 km SSE | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| TsawwassenBritish Columbia | 52 km ENE | 17° | 9° | 52 mm |
| StevestonBritish Columbia | 54 km NE | 17° | 9° | 56 mm |