Tide Head Weather in May
Tide Head in May
The short of it: Tide Head in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 108 mm (4.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 9 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 3° · rain 108 mm · daylight 15 h 9 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Tide Head an average May high of 15°, a low of 3° and some 108 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 9° from April to about 15°, with nights near 3°. Wet spells are common — about 108 mm, the 3rd wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 9 min in mid-May, 94 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Tide Head runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Atholville, 5 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Tide Head, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 9° warmer, 35 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 9 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AtholvilleNew Brunswick | 5 km E | 15° | 3° | 111 mm |
| Pointe-à-la-CroixQuebec | 8 km ENE | 15° | 3° | 106 mm |
| CampbelltonNew Brunswick | 8 km ENE | 15° | 3° | 106 mm |
| Bois-JoliNew Brunswick | 20 km E | 15° | 3° | 105 mm |
| BalmoralNew Brunswick | 25 km E | 15° | 3° | 102 mm |
| Eel River CrossingNew Brunswick | 27 km E | 15° | 3° | 100 mm |
| Heron BayNew Brunswick | 29 km E | 15° | 3° | 98 mm |
| DalhousieNew Brunswick | 31 km ENE | 14° | 3° | 98 mm |