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Chilko Lake in May

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Chilko Lake is cool: highs near 55°F, lows near 31°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 22 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Chilko Lake is cool: highs near 13°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 22 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
55°F13°Caverage
Low
31°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 38% of days
Daylight
15h 37mon average

Is May a good time to visit Chilko Lake?

May sits outside Chilko Lake's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cool days and rain or snow on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 55°F in May, against 27°F to 73°F through the year.Highs near 13°C in May, against -3°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

38% of days in May, against 33% to 50% through the year.

Cloud cover

63% cover in May, against 48% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

15h 37m in May, against 7h 53m to 16h 35m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April46°8°low 23°low -5°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May55°13°low 31°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June64°18°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Chilko Lake sits, in May

America/Vancouver
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:25 AMsets 9:00 PM
Above the sea
1,230 mupland
Latitude
51.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Desolation Sound159 km south

The land around Chilko Lake, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Canada in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Chilko Lake

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Chilko Lake. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,230 m) against the climate model's (1,360 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,230 m) against the climate model's (1,360 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.