Lancaster Weather in May
Lancaster in May
The short of it: Lancaster in May averages a high of 15 °C (60 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 110 mm (4.3 in) of rain and about 14 h 51 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 15° · low 6° · rain 110 mm · daylight 14 h 51 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Lancaster an average May high of 15°, a low of 6° and some 110 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 15°, with nights near 6°. Wet spells are common — about 110 mm, the 5th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 51 min in mid-May, 84 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, Lancaster runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Island View Heights, 1 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Lancaster, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 12 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 51 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island View HeightsNew Brunswick | 1 km SE | 15° | 6° | 110 mm |
| Quinton HeightsNew Brunswick | 2 km ENE | 15° | 5° | 110 mm |
| GreendaleNew Brunswick | 3 km ENE | 15° | 5° | 110 mm |
| Fairville PlateauNew Brunswick | 3 km E | 15° | 6° | 111 mm |
| MilfordNew Brunswick | 3 km NE | 15° | 5° | 110 mm |
| Saint John WestNew Brunswick | 5 km ENE | 16° | 5° | 110 mm |
| Fundy HeightsNew Brunswick | 5 km E | 16° | 5° | 110 mm |
| North EndNew Brunswick | 5 km ENE | 16° | 5° | 110 mm |