Kipling Weather in May
Kipling in May
The short of it: Kipling in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 3° · rain 58 mm · daylight 15 h 24 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Kipling an average May high of 17°, a low of 3° and some 58 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 8° from April to about 17°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 24 min in mid-May, 102 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Kipling runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Grenfell, 41 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Kipling, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 26 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrenfellSaskatchewan | 41 km NNW | 17° | 4° | 54 mm |
| CarlyleSaskatchewan | 58 km SSE | 18° | 3° | 57 mm |
| MoosominSaskatchewan | 69 km E | 17° | 4° | 77 mm |
| EsterhazySaskatchewan | 73 km NNE | 17° | 4° | 61 mm |
| Indian HeadSaskatchewan | 88 km WNW | 18° | 4° | 53 mm |
| MelvilleSaskatchewan | 92 km N | 17° | 4° | 50 mm |
| WeyburnSaskatchewan | 100 km WSW | 19° | 5° | 59 mm |
| OxbowSaskatchewan | 102 km SSE | 18° | 4° | 66 mm |