Gambo Weather in May
Gambo in May
The short of it: Gambo in May averages a high of 12 °C (54 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 78 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 14 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 2° · rain 78 mm · daylight 15 h 14 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Gambo an average May high of 12°, a low of 2° and some 78 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 12°, with nights near 2°. Wet spells are common — about 78 mm, the 11th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this 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, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Gambo runs about middling and drier than most in May. Hare Bay, 16 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Gambo, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 14 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hare BayNewfoundland and Labrador | 16 km ENE | 12° | 2° | 84 mm |
| GlovertownNewfoundland and Labrador | 17 km SE | 12° | 2° | 83 mm |
| DoverNewfoundland and Labrador | 21 km ENE | 12° | 2° | 86 mm |
| Centreville-Wareham-TrinityNewfoundland and Labrador | 35 km NE | 12° | 2° | 90 mm |
| GanderNewfoundland and Labrador | 35 km WNW | 11° | 1° | 89 mm |
| Port BlandfordNewfoundland and Labrador | 48 km S | 12° | 2° | 76 mm |
| MusgravetownNewfoundland and Labrador | 48 km SSE | 12° | 2° | 87 mm |
| BloomfieldNewfoundland and Labrador | 50 km SSE | 12° | 2° | 87 mm |