Wainwright Weather in May
Wainwright in May
The short of it: Wainwright in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 43 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 15 h 46 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 18° · low 3° · rain 43 mm · daylight 15 h 46 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & May
May in Wainwright brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 3°, with about 43 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 8° from April to about 18°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 43 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 46 min in mid-May, 114 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, Wainwright runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Vermilion, 58 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Wainwright, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 16 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 46 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VermilionAlberta | 58 km N | 18° | 3° | 38 mm |
| LloydminsterAlberta | 74 km NE | 17° | 3° | 40 mm |
| VegrevilleAlberta | 109 km NW | 18° | 3° | 41 mm |
| St. PaulAlberta | 131 km NNW | 17° | 3° | 45 mm |
| CamroseAlberta | 134 km W | 17° | 4° | 46 mm |
| StettlerAlberta | 139 km WSW | 17° | 3° | 50 mm |
| BonnyvilleAlberta | 159 km N | 18° | 3° | 40 mm |
| WetaskiwinAlberta | 169 km W | 17° | 3° | 51 mm |