La Baie Weather in May
La Baie in May
The short of it: La Baie in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 97 mm (3.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 11 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 17° · low 4° · rain 97 mm · daylight 15 h 11 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & June
Thirty years of records give La Baie an average May high of 17°, a low of 4° and some 97 mm of rain. Highs rise 9° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 4°. Wet spells are common — about 97 mm, the 6th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 11 min in mid-May, 95 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and June.
Against its neighbours, La Baie runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Saint-Fulgence, 12 km to the N, is 1° cooler by day.
May in La Baie, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 9° warmer, 26 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 11 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-FulgenceQuebec | 12 km N | 15° | 3° | 94 mm |
| SaguenayQuebec | 16 km WNW | 17° | 4° | 93 mm |
| ChicoutimiQuebec | 16 km NW | 17° | 4° | 93 mm |
| Ferland-et-BoilleauQuebec | 18 km S | 15° | 3° | 105 mm |
| Saint-HonoréQuebec | 26 km NNW | 17° | 3° | 94 mm |
| JonquièreQuebec | 28 km WNW | 17° | 4° | 95 mm |
| Saint-AmbroiseQuebec | 40 km NW | 17° | 3° | 88 mm |
| Saint-Charles-de-BourgetQuebec | 43 km NW | 17° | 3° | 87 mm |