Penticton Weather in May
Penticton in May
The short of it: Penticton in May averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 32 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 19 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 22° · low 8° · rain 32 mm · daylight 15 h 19 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & May
Thirty years of records give Penticton an average May high of 22°, a low of 8° and some 32 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 22°, with nights near 8°. Rain is modest, about 32 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 19 min in mid-May, 99 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and May.
Against its neighbours, Penticton runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Kaleden, 9 km to the S, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Penticton, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KaledenBritish Columbia | 9 km S | 21° | 8° | 31 mm |
| NaramataBritish Columbia | 13 km N | 21° | 8° | 32 mm |
| SummerlandBritish Columbia | 15 km NNW | 21° | 8° | 34 mm |
| Okanagan FallsBritish Columbia | 15 km S | 22° | 8° | 30 mm |
| OliverBritish Columbia | 33 km S | 22° | 8° | 30 mm |
| PeachlandBritish Columbia | 34 km NNW | 21° | 8° | 34 mm |
| CawstonBritish Columbia | 35 km SSW | 21° | 7° | 26 mm |
| KeremeosBritish Columbia | 36 km SSW | 18° | 4° | 36 mm |