Penhold Weather in May
Penhold in May
The short of it: Penhold in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 51 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 40 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 17° · low 3° · rain 51 mm · daylight 15 h 40 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Penhold an average May high of 17°, a low of 3° and some 51 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 7° from April to about 17°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 51 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 40 min in mid-May, 111 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, Penhold runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Springbrook, 5 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Penhold, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 30 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SpringbrookAlberta | 5 km N | 17° | 3° | 52 mm |
| InnisfailAlberta | 13 km SSW | 16° | 3° | 50 mm |
| Red DeerAlberta | 16 km NNE | 17° | 3° | 50 mm |
| Sylvan LakeAlberta | 25 km NW | 16° | 2° | 52 mm |
| BowdenAlberta | 25 km SSW | 16° | 3° | 48 mm |
| BlackfaldsAlberta | 28 km NNE | 17° | 3° | 46 mm |
| LacombeAlberta | 38 km NNE | 17° | 3° | 48 mm |
| BentleyAlberta | 39 km NNW | 17° | 2° | 53 mm |