McBride Weather in May
McBride in May
The short of it: McBride in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 51 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 3° · rain 40 mm · daylight 15 h 51 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give McBride an average May high of 18°, a low of 3° and some 40 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 18°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 51 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, McBride runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Valemount, 80 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in McBride, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 51 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ValemountBritish Columbia | 80 km SE | 18° | 3° | 34 mm |
| Grande CacheAlberta | 94 km NE | 14° | 2° | 52 mm |
| JasperAlberta | 147 km ESE | 16° | 1° | 32 mm |
| QuesnelBritish Columbia | 159 km WSW | 19° | 4° | 40 mm |
| HintonAlberta | 172 km E | 17° | 1° | 63 mm |
| Fox MountainBritish Columbia | 183 km SW | 17° | 4° | 35 mm |
| Prince GeorgeBritish Columbia | 184 km WNW | 19° | 4° | 45 mm |
| Williams LakeBritish Columbia | 185 km SW | 18° | 4° | 34 mm |