Swift Current Weather in May
Swift Current in May
The short of it: Swift Current in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 48 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 25 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 4° · rain 48 mm · daylight 15 h 25 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & July
May in Swift Current brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 4°, with about 48 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 4°. Rain is modest, about 48 mm, the 3rd wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 25 min in mid-May, 103 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 July.
Against its neighbours, Swift Current runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Herbert, 45 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Swift Current, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 24 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HerbertSaskatchewan | 45 km ENE | 18° | 4° | 45 mm |
| Gull LakeSaskatchewan | 53 km WSW | 18° | 3° | 52 mm |
| ShaunavonSaskatchewan | 83 km SSW | 17° | 3° | 55 mm |
| GravelbourgSaskatchewan | 100 km ESE | 19° | 4° | 45 mm |
| EastendSaskatchewan | 112 km SW | 17° | 2° | 59 mm |
| EstonSaskatchewan | 117 km NW | 19° | 4° | 33 mm |
| Maple CreekSaskatchewan | 127 km WSW | 18° | 3° | 45 mm |
| RosetownSaskatchewan | 142 km N | 19° | 4° | 43 mm |