Telkwa Weather in May
Telkwa in May
The short of it: Telkwa in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 4 °C (40 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 16 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 4° · rain 40 mm · daylight 16 h 4 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Telkwa an average May high of 18°, a low of 4° and some 40 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 4°. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 4 min in mid-May, 123 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Telkwa runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Smithers, 12 km to the NW, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Telkwa, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 16 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SmithersBritish Columbia | 12 km NW | 16° | 3° | 43 mm |
| HoustonBritish Columbia | 41 km SE | 17° | 3° | 36 mm |
| New HazeltonBritish Columbia | 70 km NNW | 17° | 4° | 44 mm |
| Burns LakeBritish Columbia | 98 km ESE | 17° | 3° | 38 mm |
| TerraceBritish Columbia | 102 km W | 19° | 7° | 54 mm |
| KitimatBritish Columbia | 126 km SW | 18° | 8° | 86 mm |
| Fraser LakeBritish Columbia | 159 km ESE | 17° | 3° | 43 mm |
| Fort St. JamesBritish Columbia | 182 km E | 16° | 3° | 34 mm |