Stony Plain Weather in May
Stony Plain in May
The short of it: Stony Plain in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 50 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 53 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 3° · rain 50 mm · daylight 15 h 53 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Stony Plain an average May high of 17°, a low of 3° and some 50 mm of rain. Highs rise 8° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 3°. Rain is modest, about 50 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 53 min in mid-May, 117 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, Stony Plain runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Spruce Grove, 6 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Stony Plain, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 21 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce GroveAlberta | 6 km E | 18° | 3° | 49 mm |
| The HamptonsAlberta | 22 km ESE | 17° | 3° | 48 mm |
| GlastonburyAlberta | 22 km E | 17° | 3° | 48 mm |
| BelmeadAlberta | 24 km E | 17° | 3° | 47 mm |
| La PerleAlberta | 24 km E | 17° | 3° | 47 mm |
| AldergroveAlberta | 24 km E | 17° | 3° | 47 mm |
| LymburnAlberta | 24 km E | 17° | 3° | 47 mm |
| Ormsby PlaceAlberta | 24 km E | 17° | 3° | 48 mm |