Sundre Weather in May
Sundre in May
The short of it: Sundre in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 2° · rain 60 mm · daylight 15 h 38 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & October
Thirty years of records give Sundre an average May high of 16°, a low of 2° and some 60 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 16°, with nights near 2°. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 38 min in mid-May, 109 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 September and October.
Against its neighbours, Sundre runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Olds, 37 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Sundre, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 24 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h