Stewart Weather in May
Stewart in May
The short of it: Stewart in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 74 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 16 h 16 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 6° · rain 74 mm · daylight 16 h 16 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Stewart an average May high of 16°, a low of 6° and some 74 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 16°, with nights near 6°. It is the driest month of the year, only 74 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 16 h 16 min in mid-May, 130 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Stewart runs about middling and drier than most in May. Ketchikan, 123 km to the WSW, is 3° cooler by day.
May in Stewart, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 10 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KetchikanAlaska | 123 km WSW | 13° | 6° | 186 mm |
| MetlakatlaAlaska | 134 km SW | 13° | 6° | 160 mm |
| WrangellAlaska | 159 km WNW | 15° | 7° | 153 mm |
| New HazeltonBritish Columbia | 169 km ESE | 17° | 4° | 44 mm |
| TerraceBritish Columbia | 181 km SSE | 19° | 7° | 54 mm |
| Prince RupertBritish Columbia | 181 km S | 14° | 7° | 129 mm |
| KlawockAlaska | 199 km W | 13° | 6° | 168 mm |
| CraigAlaska | 205 km WSW | 13° | 6° | 166 mm |