Halifax Weather in May
Halifax in May
The short of it: Halifax in May averages a high of 15 °C (60 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 65 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 54 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 7° · rain 65 mm · daylight 15 h 54 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Halifax an average May high of 15°, a low of 7° and some 65 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the driest month of the year, only 65 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 15 h 54 min in mid-May, 118 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Halifax runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Huddersfield, 9 km to the SSE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Halifax, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h