Crest Weather in May
Crest in May
The short of it: Crest in May averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 77 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 14 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 10° · rain 77 mm · daylight 14 h 48 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Crest an average May high of 22°, a low of 10° and some 77 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 22°, with nights near 10°. Wet spells are common — about 77 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 48 min in mid-May, 83 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and July.
Against its neighbours, Crest runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Livron-sur-Drôme, 15 km to the WNW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Crest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livron-sur-DrômeAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 15 km WNW | 23° | 11° | 75 mm |
| Portes-lès-ValenceAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 20 km NW | 22° | 11° | 75 mm |
| ValenceAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 24 km NNW | 23° | 11° | 77 mm |
| Guilherand-GrangesAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 26 km NNW | 22° | 11° | 75 mm |
| Bourg-lès-ValenceAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 26 km NNW | 23° | 11° | 77 mm |
| MontélimarAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 28 km SW | 23° | 11° | 73 mm |
| Saint-PérayAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 28 km NNW | 22° | 11° | 75 mm |
| PrivasAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 33 km W | 21° | 10° | 76 mm |