Swan River Weather in May
Swan River in May
The short of it: Swan River in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 40 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 3° · rain 55 mm · daylight 15 h 40 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & May
Thirty years of records give Swan River an average May high of 17°, a low of 3° and some 55 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 9° from April to about 17°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 40 min in mid-May, 110 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 May.
Against its neighbours, Swan River runs about middling and drier than most in May. Kamsack, 74 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Swan River, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 9° warmer, 19 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KamsackSaskatchewan | 74 km SW | 17° | 3° | 51 mm |
| CampervilleManitoba | 78 km E | 16° | 4° | 59 mm |
| CanoraSaskatchewan | 96 km WSW | 18° | 3° | 60 mm |
| PreecevilleSaskatchewan | 97 km W | 17° | 3° | 58 mm |
| RoblinManitoba | 98 km S | 17° | 3° | 55 mm |
| WinnipegosisManitoba | 105 km ESE | 15° | 3° | 54 mm |
| Hudson BaySaskatchewan | 112 km NW | 17° | 3° | 43 mm |
| YorktonSaskatchewan | 129 km SW | 17° | 4° | 49 mm |