Ripon Weather in May
Ripon in May
The short of it: Ripon in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 101 mm (4.0 in) of rain and about 14 h 54 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 18° · low 5° · rain 101 mm · daylight 14 h 54 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Ripon an average May high of 18°, a low of 5° and some 101 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 9° from April to about 18°, with nights near 5°. Wet spells are common — about 101 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 54 min in mid-May, 86 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, Ripon runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Plantagenet, 29 km to the SSE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Ripon, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 9° warmer, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PlantagenetOntario | 29 km SSE | 19° | 6° | 98 mm |
| Clarence-RocklandOntario | 30 km SSW | 19° | 6° | 96 mm |
| BuckinghamQuebec | 33 km SW | 18° | 6° | 99 mm |
| HawkesburyOntario | 43 km ESE | 18° | 6° | 94 mm |
| FallingbrookOntario | 45 km SW | 19° | 7° | 94 mm |
| Val-des-MontsQuebec | 46 km WSW | 18° | 6° | 96 mm |
| Queenswood HeightsOntario | 47 km SW | 19° | 7° | 92 mm |
| OrléansOntario | 48 km SW | 19° | 7° | 93 mm |