Jaffray Weather in May
Jaffray in May
The short of it: Jaffray in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 19 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 3° · rain 58 mm · daylight 15 h 19 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & July
Thirty years of records give Jaffray an average May high of 19°, a low of 3° and some 58 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 3°. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 3rd wettest 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. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and July.
Against its neighbours, Jaffray runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Fernie, 21 km to the NE, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Jaffray, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 19 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FernieBritish Columbia | 21 km NE | 16° | 2° | 75 mm |
| CranbrookBritish Columbia | 36 km WNW | 17° | 4° | 47 mm |
| SparwoodBritish Columbia | 49 km NE | 14° | 1° | 60 mm |
| KimberleyBritish Columbia | 58 km WNW | 16° | 3° | 46 mm |
| EurekaMontana | 59 km SSE | 20° | 4° | 52 mm |
| ColemanAlberta | 64 km ENE | 13° | 1° | 69 mm |
| BlairmoreAlberta | 67 km ENE | 13° | 1° | 71 mm |
| ElkfordBritish Columbia | 75 km NNE | 13° | 0° | 60 mm |