Salmon Arm Weather in May
Salmon Arm in May
The short of it: Salmon Arm in May averages a high of 20 °C (69 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 57 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 29 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 20° · low 7° · rain 57 mm · daylight 15 h 29 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
May in Salmon Arm brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 7°, with about 57 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 20°, with nights near 7°. Rain is modest, about 57 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 29 min in mid-May, 104 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Salmon Arm runs about middling and drier than most in May. Canoe, 6 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Salmon Arm, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 13 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CanoeBritish Columbia | 6 km NNE | 21° | 7° | 60 mm |
| RancheroBritish Columbia | 7 km SE | 20° | 6° | 58 mm |
| SunnybraeBritish Columbia | 7 km N | 20° | 7° | 58 mm |
| TappenBritish Columbia | 10 km NNW | 19° | 6° | 60 mm |
| GrindrodBritish Columbia | 13 km SE | 21° | 7° | 57 mm |
| EnderbyBritish Columbia | 19 km SSE | 21° | 7° | 54 mm |
| White LakeBritish Columbia | 21 km N | 20° | 6° | 63 mm |
| Blind BayBritish Columbia | 22 km NNW | 21° | 7° | 56 mm |