Lloydminster Weather in May
Lloydminster in May
The short of it: Lloydminster in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 3° · rain 40 mm · daylight 15 h 50 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & May
Thirty years of records give Lloydminster an average May high of 17°, a low of 3° and some 40 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 8° from April to about 17°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 50 min in mid-May, 116 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and May.
Against its neighbours, Lloydminster runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Vermilion, 56 km to the W, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Lloydminster, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VermilionAlberta | 56 km W | 18° | 3° | 38 mm |
| St. WalburgSaskatchewan | 68 km NE | 17° | 3° | 38 mm |
| WainwrightAlberta | 74 km SW | 18° | 3° | 43 mm |
| MannvilleAlberta | 76 km W | 18° | 3° | 40 mm |
| Elk PointAlberta | 91 km NW | 17° | 3° | 42 mm |
| ProvostAlberta | 104 km S | 18° | 3° | 37 mm |
| MacklinSaskatchewan | 105 km S | 18° | 3° | 38 mm |
| UnitySaskatchewan | 108 km SSE | 18° | 4° | 32 mm |