Wetaskiwin Weather in May
Wetaskiwin in May
The short of it: Wetaskiwin in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 51 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 48 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 17° · low 3° · rain 51 mm · daylight 15 h 48 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Wetaskiwin an average May high of 17°, a low of 3° and some 51 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 7° from April to about 17°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 51 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 48 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Wetaskiwin runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Ponoka, 35 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Wetaskiwin, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 15 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PonokaAlberta | 35 km SSW | 17° | 3° | 48 mm |
| LeducAlberta | 36 km NNW | 17° | 3° | 50 mm |
| CamroseAlberta | 36 km E | 17° | 4° | 46 mm |
| BeaumontAlberta | 43 km N | 17° | 3° | 50 mm |
| AllardAlberta | 49 km NNW | 17° | 3° | 49 mm |
| SummersideAlberta | 50 km N | 17° | 4° | 48 mm |
| DevonAlberta | 51 km NNW | 17° | 3° | 49 mm |
| RutherfordAlberta | 51 km NNW | 17° | 4° | 48 mm |