McLennan Weather in May
McLennan in May
The short of it: McLennan in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 39 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 16 h 14 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 3° · rain 39 mm · daylight 16 h 14 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & September
Thirty years of records give McLennan an average May high of 16°, a low of 3° and some 39 mm of rain. Highs rise 8° against April, to near 16°; nights run about 3°. Rain is modest, about 39 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 14 min in mid-May, 129 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, McLennan runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Falher, 19 km to the WNW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in McLennan, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 18 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 14 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FalherAlberta | 19 km WNW | 17° | 3° | 40 mm |
| High PrairieAlberta | 40 km SE | 18° | 3° | 33 mm |
| Peace RiverAlberta | 64 km NNW | 18° | 3° | 34 mm |
| GrimshawAlberta | 69 km NW | 17° | 3° | 38 mm |
| BerwynAlberta | 72 km NW | 17° | 2° | 39 mm |
| ValleyviewAlberta | 74 km SSW | 17° | 3° | 50 mm |
| FairviewAlberta | 101 km WNW | 17° | 3° | 44 mm |
| RycroftAlberta | 114 km W | 17° | 3° | 43 mm |