Witless Bay Weather in May
Witless Bay in May
The short of it: Witless Bay in May averages a high of 11 °C (52 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 118 mm (4.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 2° · rain 118 mm · daylight 15 h 4 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
May in Witless Bay brings afternoons near 11° and nights around 2°, with about 118 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 11°, with nights near 2°. Wet spells are common — about 118 mm, the 8th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 4 min in mid-May, 91 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Witless Bay runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Bay Bulls, 4 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Witless Bay, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 22 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay BullsNewfoundland and Labrador | 4 km NNE | 11° | 2° | 117 mm |
| GouldsNewfoundland and Labrador | 20 km NNE | 11° | 2° | 111 mm |
| Petty Harbour-Maddox CoveNewfoundland and Labrador | 23 km NNE | 11° | 2° | 110 mm |
| SouthlandsNewfoundland and Labrador | 23 km N | 11° | 2° | 109 mm |
| PearlgateNewfoundland and Labrador | 24 km N | 11° | 2° | 109 mm |
| HolyroodNewfoundland and Labrador | 25 km WNW | 11° | 2° | 100 mm |
| KilbrideNewfoundland and Labrador | 25 km NNE | 11° | 2° | 108 mm |
| GlendaleNewfoundland and Labrador | 26 km N | 11° | 2° | 109 mm |