Gordon Head Weather in May
Gordon Head in May
The short of it: Gordon Head in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 30 mm (1.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 12 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 9° · rain 30 mm · daylight 15 h 12 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Gordon Head an average May high of 17°, a low of 9° and some 30 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 17°, with nights near 9°. Rain is modest, about 30 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 12 min in mid-May, 96 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 August and July.
Against its neighbours, Gordon Head runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Shelbourne, 3 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Gordon Head, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShelbourneBritish Columbia | 3 km SSW | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| Oak BayBritish Columbia | 4 km SSE | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| VictoriaBritish Columbia | 6 km SSW | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| CareyBritish Columbia | 6 km WSW | 17° | 9° | 31 mm |
| Victoria-DowntownBritish Columbia | 7 km SSW | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| FairfieldBritish Columbia | 8 km SSW | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| SaanichBritish Columbia | 8 km NNW | 17° | 8° | 30 mm |
| EsquimaltBritish Columbia | 9 km SW | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |