Redcliff Weather in May
Redcliff in May
The short of it: Redcliff in May averages a high of 19 °C (65 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 42 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 15 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 4° · rain 42 mm · daylight 15 h 24 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
May in Redcliff brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 4°, with about 42 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 4°. Rain is modest, about 42 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 24 min in mid-May, 102 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Redcliff runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Medicine Hat, 9 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Redcliff, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 19 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine HatAlberta | 9 km ESE | 19° | 5° | 42 mm |
| DunmoreAlberta | 18 km SE | 19° | 4° | 42 mm |
| Bow IslandAlberta | 48 km WSW | 18° | 4° | 43 mm |
| Grassy LakeAlberta | 73 km WSW | 18° | 4° | 41 mm |
| VauxhallAlberta | 95 km W | 18° | 4° | 39 mm |
| Maple CreekSaskatchewan | 95 km ESE | 18° | 3° | 45 mm |
| BrooksAlberta | 96 km NW | 18° | 3° | 37 mm |
| TaberAlberta | 103 km WSW | 18° | 4° | 44 mm |