Olds Weather in May
Olds in May
The short of it: Olds in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 37 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 3° · rain 52 mm · daylight 15 h 37 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
May in Olds brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 3°, with about 52 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 7° from April to about 16°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 52 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 37 min in mid-May, 109 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Olds runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Didsbury, 13 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Olds, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 26 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h