Ponoka Weather in May
Ponoka in May
The short of it: Ponoka in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 48 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 45 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 48 mm · daylight 15 h 45 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Ponoka an average May high of 17°, a low of 3° and some 48 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 3°. Rain is modest, about 48 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 45 min in mid-May, 113 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, Ponoka runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Lacombe, 26 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Ponoka, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 18 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 45 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LacombeAlberta | 26 km SSW | 17° | 3° | 48 mm |
| WetaskiwinAlberta | 35 km NNE | 17° | 3° | 51 mm |
| BlackfaldsAlberta | 35 km SSW | 17° | 3° | 46 mm |
| BentleyAlberta | 39 km SW | 17° | 2° | 53 mm |
| AlixAlberta | 41 km SE | 17° | 3° | 45 mm |
| RimbeyAlberta | 44 km W | 17° | 2° | 56 mm |
| MilletAlberta | 47 km N | 17° | 3° | 49 mm |
| Red DeerAlberta | 48 km SSW | 17° | 3° | 50 mm |