Viking Weather in May
Viking in May
The short of it: Viking in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 37 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 15 h 49 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 3° · rain 37 mm · daylight 15 h 49 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & May
Thirty years of records give Viking an average May high of 17°, a low of 3° and some 37 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 17°; nights run about 3°. Rain is modest, about 37 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 49 min in mid-May, 115 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 September and May.
Against its neighbours, Viking runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Killam, 35 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Viking, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 49 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KillamAlberta | 35 km S | 17° | 4° | 38 mm |
| MannvilleAlberta | 48 km ENE | 18° | 3° | 40 mm |
| VegrevilleAlberta | 49 km NNW | 18° | 3° | 41 mm |
| TofieldAlberta | 67 km WNW | 17° | 3° | 48 mm |
| VermilionAlberta | 67 km ENE | 18° | 3° | 38 mm |
| WainwrightAlberta | 68 km ESE | 18° | 3° | 43 mm |
| Two HillsAlberta | 68 km N | 18° | 3° | 44 mm |
| CamroseAlberta | 71 km W | 17° | 4° | 46 mm |