Peace River Weather in May
Peace River in May
The short of it: Peace River in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 34 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 16 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 3° · rain 34 mm · daylight 16 h 20 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & May
May in Peace River brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 3°, with about 34 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 8° from April to about 18°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 34 mm, the 5th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 20 min in mid-May, 132 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 August and May.
Against its neighbours, Peace River runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Grimshaw, 20 km to the WSW, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Peace River, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 16 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h