Varsity Weather in May
Varsity in May
The short of it: Varsity in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 32 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 2° · rain 55 mm · daylight 15 h 32 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Varsity an average May high of 16°, a low of 2° and some 55 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 16°; nights run about 2°. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 32 min in mid-May, 106 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Varsity runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Bowness, 1 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Varsity, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 27 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 32 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BownessAlberta | 1 km SW | 17° | 2° | 54 mm |
| EdgemontAlberta | 4 km N | 16° | 2° | 57 mm |
| West SpringsAlberta | 5 km SW | 16° | 2° | 53 mm |
| HawkwoodAlberta | 5 km NNW | 16° | 2° | 57 mm |
| Arbour LakeAlberta | 6 km NW | 16° | 2° | 57 mm |
| Aspen WoodsAlberta | 6 km SSW | 16° | 2° | 53 mm |
| CitadelAlberta | 6 km NNW | 16° | 2° | 57 mm |
| ThorncliffeAlberta | 6 km ENE | 17° | 3° | 56 mm |