Meadows Weather in May
Meadows in May
The short of it: Meadows in May averages a high of 10 °C (50 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 92 mm (3.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 16 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 10° · low 2° · rain 92 mm · daylight 15 h 16 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Meadows an average May high of 10°, a low of 2° and some 92 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 10°; nights run about 2°. Wet spells are common — about 92 mm, the 10th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 16 min in mid-May, 98 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, Meadows runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Mount Moriah, 3 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Meadows, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 20 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount MoriahNewfoundland and Labrador | 3 km SSE | 10° | 2° | 89 mm |
| Irishtown-SummersideNewfoundland and Labrador | 5 km ESE | 10° | 2° | 90 mm |
| Humber Arm SouthNewfoundland and Labrador | 7 km WNW | 10° | 2° | 93 mm |
| Corner BrookNewfoundland and Labrador | 9 km SE | 11° | 2° | 89 mm |
| McIver'sNewfoundland and Labrador | 12 km NNW | 10° | 2° | 90 mm |
| Massey DriveNewfoundland and Labrador | 13 km ESE | 11° | 2° | 92 mm |
| Cox's CoveNewfoundland and Labrador | 14 km N | 11° | 1° | 91 mm |
| Lark HarbourNewfoundland and Labrador | 26 km WNW | 10° | 2° | 98 mm |