Melfort Weather in May
Melfort in May
The short of it: Melfort in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 41 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 47 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 3° · rain 41 mm · daylight 15 h 47 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & May
Thirty years of records give Melfort an average May high of 17°, a low of 3° and some 41 mm of rain. Highs rise 10° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 3°. Rain is modest, about 41 mm, the 5th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 47 min in mid-May, 114 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 May.
Against its neighbours, Melfort runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Nipawin, 69 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Melfort, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 10° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NipawinSaskatchewan | 69 km NE | 17° | 3° | 45 mm |
| HumboldtSaskatchewan | 82 km SSW | 17° | 4° | 39 mm |
| Prince AlbertSaskatchewan | 85 km WNW | 18° | 3° | 42 mm |
| WarmanSaskatchewan | 145 km WSW | 18° | 4° | 46 mm |
| MartensvilleSaskatchewan | 153 km WSW | 18° | 4° | 46 mm |
| EvergreenSaskatchewan | 153 km WSW | 18° | 4° | 46 mm |
| WillowgroveSaskatchewan | 154 km WSW | 18° | 4° | 48 mm |
| HolmwoodSaskatchewan | 154 km WSW | 18° | 4° | 48 mm |