Hay River Weather in May
Hay River in May
The short of it: Hay River in May averages a high of 12 °C (54 °F) and a low of 1 °C (33 °F), with 21 mm (0.83 in) of rain and about 17 h 19 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 1° · rain 21 mm · daylight 17 h 19 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Hay River an average May high of 12°, a low of 1° and some 21 mm of rain. Highs rise 8° against April, to near 12°; nights run about 1°. Rain is modest, about 21 mm, the 7th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 19 min in mid-May, 166 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 June and July.
Against its neighbours, Hay River runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Fort Providence, 116 km to the WNW, is 3° warmer by day.
May in Hay River, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 7° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort ProvidenceNorthwest Territories | 116 km WNW | 15° | 0° | 21 mm |
| YellowknifeNorthwest Territories | 197 km NNE | 9° | -1° | 20 mm |
| Behchokǫ̀Northwest Territories | 221 km N | 10° | -1° | 16 mm |
| Fort SmithNorthwest Territories | 233 km ESE | 13° | 1° | 27 mm |
| High LevelAlberta | 266 km SSW | 17° | 2° | 33 mm |
| ChatehAlberta | 288 km SW | 17° | 2° | 30 mm |
| La CrêteAlberta | 295 km S | 17° | 3° | 31 mm |
| Fort SimpsonNorthwest Territories | 318 km WNW | 16° | 2° | 39 mm |