Maple Creek Weather in May
Maple Creek in May
The short of it: Maple Creek in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 45 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 23 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 3° · rain 45 mm · daylight 15 h 23 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
May in Maple Creek brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 3°, with about 45 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 18°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 45 mm, the 2nd wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 23 min in mid-May, 101 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Maple Creek runs about middling and drier than most in May. Eastend, 64 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Maple Creek, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 19 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EastendSaskatchewan | 64 km SE | 17° | 2° | 59 mm |
| Gull LakeSaskatchewan | 74 km ENE | 18° | 3° | 52 mm |
| DunmoreAlberta | 80 km W | 19° | 4° | 42 mm |
| ShaunavonSaskatchewan | 81 km ESE | 17° | 3° | 55 mm |
| Medicine HatAlberta | 87 km W | 19° | 5° | 42 mm |
| RedcliffAlberta | 95 km WNW | 19° | 4° | 42 mm |
| Swift CurrentSaskatchewan | 127 km ENE | 18° | 4° | 48 mm |
| Bow IslandAlberta | 135 km W | 18° | 4° | 43 mm |