Terrace Weather in May
Terrace in May
The short of it: Terrace in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 54 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 16 h 2 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 7° · rain 54 mm · daylight 16 h 2 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Terrace an average May high of 19°, a low of 7° and some 54 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 7°. Rain is modest, about 54 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 2 min in mid-May, 122 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 July and June.
Against its neighbours, Terrace runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Kitimat, 52 km to the S, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Terrace, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 12 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KitimatBritish Columbia | 52 km S | 18° | 8° | 86 mm |
| SmithersBritish Columbia | 97 km ENE | 16° | 3° | 43 mm |
| TelkwaBritish Columbia | 102 km ENE | 18° | 4° | 40 mm |
| New HazeltonBritish Columbia | 104 km NE | 17° | 4° | 44 mm |
| Prince RupertBritish Columbia | 113 km W | 14° | 7° | 129 mm |
| HoustonBritish Columbia | 126 km E | 17° | 3° | 36 mm |
| StewartBritish Columbia | 181 km NNW | 16° | 6° | 74 mm |
| Burns LakeBritish Columbia | 187 km E | 17° | 3° | 38 mm |