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Smoky Lake in May

Mild and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Smoky Lake is mild: highs near 65°F, lows near 40°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 31 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Smoky Lake is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 31 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
65°F18°Caverage
Low
40°F4°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 29% of days
Daylight
15h 59mon average

Is May a good time to visit Smoky Lake?

May sits outside Smoky Lake's best months, which run from July to August. Expect mild days and rain on about two 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 65°F in May, against 19°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in May, against -7°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

29% of days in May, against 17% to 46% through the year.

Cloud cover

59% cover in May, against 48% to 71% through the year.

Daylight

15h 59m in May, against 7h 26m to 17h 04m 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. April50°10°low 27°low -3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May65°18°low 40°low 4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June72°22°low 50°low 10°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Smoky Lake sits, in May

America/Edmonton
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:28 AMsets 9:24 PM
Above the sea
580 mlow-lying
Latitude
54.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Banff388 km south-west

The land around Smoky 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 Smoky Lake

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Smoky 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.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.