Lyons Brook Weather in May
Lyons Brook in May
The short of it: Lyons Brook in May averages a high of 14 °C (57 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 78 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 14 h 54 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 4° · rain 78 mm · daylight 14 h 54 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Lyons Brook an average May high of 14°, a low of 4° and some 78 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 14°, with nights near 4°. Wet spells are common — about 78 mm, the 11th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 54 min in mid-May, 86 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Lyons Brook runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Pictou, 6 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Lyons Brook, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 9.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PictouNova Scotia | 6 km E | 14° | 4° | 78 mm |
| Pictou LandingNova Scotia | 9 km E | 13° | 4° | 78 mm |
| WestvilleNova Scotia | 13 km SSE | 14° | 4° | 83 mm |
| TrentonNova Scotia | 13 km ESE | 14° | 4° | 83 mm |
| New GlasgowNova Scotia | 14 km SE | 14° | 4° | 83 mm |
| StellartonNova Scotia | 16 km SE | 14° | 4° | 85 mm |
| River JohnNova Scotia | 22 km WNW | 14° | 4° | 82 mm |
| MiddletonNova Scotia | 31 km W | 15° | 4° | 85 mm |