Qualicum Beach Weather in May
Qualicum Beach in May
The short of it: Qualicum Beach in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 19 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 8° · rain 46 mm · daylight 15 h 19 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Qualicum Beach an average May high of 18°, a low of 8° and some 46 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 8°. Rain is modest, about 46 mm, the 8th 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 layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Qualicum Beach runs about middling and about as wet in May. Coombs, 6 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Qualicum Beach, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 22 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoombsBritish Columbia | 6 km SSE | 17° | 8° | 49 mm |
| DashwoodBritish Columbia | 6 km WNW | 17° | 8° | 46 mm |
| French CreekBritish Columbia | 6 km E | 18° | 9° | 46 mm |
| Whisky CreekBritish Columbia | 6 km SW | 17° | 7° | 53 mm |
| ParksvilleBritish Columbia | 10 km ESE | 18° | 8° | 46 mm |
| Englishman River SouthBritish Columbia | 14 km ESE | 17° | 8° | 46 mm |
| Nanoose BayBritish Columbia | 20 km ESE | 17° | 8° | 42 mm |
| BowserBritish Columbia | 21 km WNW | 17° | 8° | 48 mm |