Grande Cache Weather in May
Grande Cache in May
The short of it: Grande Cache in May averages a high of 14 °C (58 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 56 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 2° · rain 52 mm · daylight 15 h 56 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & June
May in Grande Cache brings afternoons near 14° and nights around 2°, with about 52 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 14°; nights run about 2°. Rain is modest, about 52 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 56 min in mid-May, 119 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and June.
Against its neighbours, Grande Cache runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. McBride, 94 km to the SW, is 4° warmer by day.
May in Grande Cache, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 28 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McBrideBritish Columbia | 94 km SW | 18° | 3° | 40 mm |
| HintonAlberta | 115 km ESE | 17° | 1° | 63 mm |
| ValemountBritish Columbia | 117 km S | 18° | 3° | 34 mm |
| JasperAlberta | 132 km SSE | 16° | 1° | 32 mm |
| WedgewoodAlberta | 140 km N | 17° | 4° | 39 mm |
| WembleyAlberta | 141 km N | 17° | 4° | 42 mm |
| Grande PrairieAlberta | 144 km N | 17° | 4° | 38 mm |
| BeaverlodgeAlberta | 150 km N | 17° | 4° | 41 mm |