Whitby Weather in May
Whitby in May
The short of it: Whitby in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 84 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 14 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 8° · rain 84 mm · daylight 14 h 43 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Whitby an average May high of 18°, a low of 8° and some 84 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 8°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 84 mm.
The sun is up for about 14 h 43 min in mid-May, 80 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 June and September.
Against its neighbours, Whitby runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Oshawa, 7 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Whitby, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h