Pickering Weather in May
Pickering in May
The short of it: Pickering in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 85 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 14 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 7° · rain 85 mm · daylight 14 h 43 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Pickering an average May high of 17°, a low of 7° and some 85 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 7°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 85 mm.
The sun is up for about 14 h 43 min in mid-May, 80 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Pickering runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Ajax, 10 km to the SE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Pickering, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AjaxOntario | 10 km SE | 18° | 8° | 82 mm |
| RougeOntario | 11 km SSW | 18° | 8° | 81 mm |
| MarkhamOntario | 11 km WSW | 18° | 8° | 82 mm |
| StouffvilleOntario | 12 km NW | 17° | 7° | 87 mm |
| MalvernOntario | 12 km SW | 18° | 8° | 83 mm |
| West HillOntario | 15 km SSW | 18° | 8° | 81 mm |
| Agincourt NorthOntario | 16 km SW | 19° | 8° | 84 mm |
| MillikenOntario | 16 km WSW | 19° | 8° | 83 mm |