Edson Weather in May
Edson in May
The short of it: Edson in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 57 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 53 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 16° · low 2° · rain 57 mm · daylight 15 h 53 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & September
Thirty years of records give Edson an average May high of 16°, a low of 2° and some 57 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 16°; nights run about 2°. Rain is modest, about 57 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 53 min in mid-May, 118 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, Edson runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Hinton, 79 km to the WSW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Edson, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 30 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HintonAlberta | 79 km WSW | 17° | 1° | 63 mm |
| WhitecourtAlberta | 80 km NE | 17° | 2° | 56 mm |
| Fox CreekAlberta | 94 km NNW | 16° | 2° | 59 mm |
| MayerthorpeAlberta | 95 km ENE | 18° | 1° | 48 mm |
| Drayton ValleyAlberta | 104 km ESE | 17° | 2° | 61 mm |
| JasperAlberta | 135 km SW | 16° | 1° | 32 mm |
| Swan HillsAlberta | 143 km NNE | 13° | 0° | 58 mm |
| BarrheadAlberta | 147 km ENE | 18° | 2° | 48 mm |