Ignace Weather in May
Ignace in May
The short of it: Ignace in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 86 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 19 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 3° · rain 86 mm · daylight 15 h 19 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Ignace an average May high of 16°, a low of 3° and some 86 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 8° from April to about 16°, with nights near 3°. Wet spells are common — about 86 mm, the 5th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 19 min in mid-May, 99 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 August and July.
Against its neighbours, Ignace runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Atikokan, 73 km to the S, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Ignace, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 27 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AtikokanOntario | 73 km S | 17° | 3° | 84 mm |
| Sioux LookoutOntario | 76 km NNW | 16° | 3° | 82 mm |
| Sioux LookoutOntario | 78 km NNW | 15° | 3° | 83 mm |
| DrydenOntario | 89 km WNW | 15° | 3° | 84 mm |
| Vermilion BayOntario | 134 km WNW | 16° | 4° | 80 mm |
| RanierMinnesota | 152 km SW | 18° | 5° | 76 mm |
| Fort FrancesOntario | 155 km SW | 18° | 5° | 78 mm |
| International FallsMinnesota | 157 km SW | 18° | 5° | 78 mm |