Val-d'Or Weather in May
Val-d'Or in May
The short of it: Val-d'Or in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 82 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 10 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 3° · rain 82 mm · daylight 15 h 10 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Val-d'Or an average May high of 16°, a low of 3° and some 82 mm of rain. Highs rise 10° against April, to near 16°; nights run about 3°. Wet spells are common — about 82 mm, the 7th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 10 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Val-d'Or runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Malartic, 25 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Val-d'Or, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 10° warmer, 11 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 10 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MalarticQuebec | 25 km W | 16° | 3° | 81 mm |
| BarrauteQuebec | 39 km NNE | 16° | 2° | 83 mm |
| SenneterreQuebec | 53 km NE | 16° | 2° | 115 mm |
| PreissacQuebec | 54 km NW | 16° | 2° | 84 mm |
| AmosQuebec | 57 km NNW | 16° | 2° | 83 mm |
| Rouyn-NorandaQuebec | 92 km W | 17° | 4° | 90 mm |
| MacamicQuebec | 115 km NW | 15° | 2° | 82 mm |
| Lebel-sur-QuévillonQuebec | 122 km NNE | 15° | 2° | 81 mm |