St. Albert Weather in May
St. Albert in May
The short of it: St. Albert in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 4 °C (38 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 54 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 4° · rain 46 mm · daylight 15 h 54 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give St. Albert an average May high of 17°, a low of 4° and some 46 mm of rain. Highs rise 8° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 4°. Rain is modest, about 46 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 54 min in mid-May, 118 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, St. Albert runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Cumberland, 6 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in St. Albert, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CumberlandAlberta | 6 km ESE | 17° | 4° | 47 mm |
| DunluceAlberta | 7 km E | 17° | 4° | 46 mm |
| BaturynAlberta | 9 km E | 17° | 4° | 45 mm |
| Britannia YoungstownAlberta | 10 km SSE | 17° | 4° | 48 mm |
| InglewoodAlberta | 10 km SE | 17° | 4° | 47 mm |
| EvansdaleAlberta | 10 km ESE | 17° | 4° | 45 mm |
| KlarvattenAlberta | 11 km E | 17° | 4° | 46 mm |
| WestmountAlberta | 11 km SE | 17° | 4° | 47 mm |