Eckville Weather in May
Eckville in May
The short of it: Eckville in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 56 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 2° · rain 56 mm · daylight 15 h 42 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & September
May in Eckville brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 2°, with about 56 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 8° from April to about 17°, with nights near 2°. Rain is modest, about 56 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 42 min in mid-May, 112 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 August and September.
Against its neighbours, Eckville runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Sylvan Lake, 20 km to the ESE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Eckville, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 29 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvan LakeAlberta | 20 km ESE | 16° | 2° | 52 mm |
| BentleyAlberta | 25 km ENE | 17° | 2° | 53 mm |
| RimbeyAlberta | 31 km NNE | 17° | 2° | 56 mm |
| Rocky Mountain HouseAlberta | 37 km W | 16° | 2° | 60 mm |
| SpringbrookAlberta | 39 km ESE | 17° | 3° | 52 mm |
| BlackfaldsAlberta | 40 km E | 17° | 3° | 46 mm |
| Red DeerAlberta | 40 km ESE | 17° | 3° | 50 mm |
| PenholdAlberta | 43 km SE | 17° | 3° | 51 mm |