Gaspé Weather in May
Gaspé in May
The short of it: Gaspé in May averages a high of 13 °C (55 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 91 mm (3.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 15 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 13° · low 2° · rain 91 mm · daylight 15 h 15 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Gaspé an average May high of 13°, a low of 2° and some 91 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 7° from April to about 13°, with nights near 2°. Wet spells are common — about 91 mm, the 6th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 15 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, Gaspé runs about middling and drier than most in May. Perce, 41 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Gaspé, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 8.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PerceQuebec | 41 km SSE | 12° | 3° | 102 mm |
| Grande-RiviereQuebec | 48 km S | 13° | 3° | 98 mm |
| ChandlerQuebec | 56 km SSW | 13° | 3° | 98 mm |
| MurdochvilleQuebec | 76 km W | 10° | 0° | 81 mm |
| Île-de-LamèqueNew Brunswick | 110 km S | 14° | 4° | 88 mm |
| New CarlisleQuebec | 111 km SW | 14° | 4° | 104 mm |
| BonaventureQuebec | 115 km SW | 14° | 4° | 103 mm |
| LamèqueNew Brunswick | 116 km S | 14° | 4° | 88 mm |