Edmundston weather in May

In May, Edmundston sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 98 mm of precipitation across 14.2 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Edmundston's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Edmundston's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 98 mm; 14.2 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 54 min; 5:03 AM – 7:56 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 9th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Edmundston is city in New Brunswick, Canada.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 9 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 155/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1850

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical May day in Edmundston reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	2
2	12	2
3	13	2
4	13	3
5	13	3
6	14	3
7	14	3
8	14	3
9	14	4
10	14	4
11	15	4
12	15	4
13	15	4
14	15	5
15	15	5
16	15	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
19	16	5
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7
29	17	7
30	17	7
31	18	8

How May really feels in Edmundston

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 6 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Edmundston weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-7° / -17°	77	10.3	10.3	8.7	0.0
Feb	-6° / -15°	66	9.1	9.3	9.9	0.0
Mar	-0° / -9°	81	10.5	9.3	11.6	0.0
Apr	7° / -2°	92	11.9	6.2	13.3	1.0
May	15° / 5°	98	14.2	0.7	14.9	4.1
Jun	20° / 10°	107	13	0	15.7	5.7
Jul	23° / 13°	113	14.3	0	15.3	6.0
Aug	22° / 12°	101	12.5	0	14.1	6.3
Sep	17° / 8°	99	11.1	0	12.4	5.3
Oct	10° / 2°	110	12.1	1.7	10.6	2.2
Nov	3° / -4°	95	11.2	6.6	9.1	0.1
Dec	-4° / -12°	99	11.8	10.7	8.3	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	28	28	28	29
Cloudier (%)	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	72	72	72	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	31	69
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Edmundston gets around 98 mm of rain and snow over 14.2 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 45% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	47	47	47
Snow chance (%)	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	7
2	42	6
3	42	6
4	42	5
5	42	5
6	42	4
7	43	4
8	43	4
9	43	4
10	43	4
11	44	4
12	44	4
13	44	3
14	44	3
15	44	3
16	44	3
17	44	2
18	44	2
19	44	2
20	45	2
21	45	1
22	46	1
23	46	1
24	47	1
25	47	1
26	47	1
27	48	1
28	48	0
29	47	0
30	47	0
31	47	0

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	97	97	96	96	96	94	94	93	93	92	92	92
Comfortable (%)	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	6
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	99	1	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	99	1	0
15	99	1	0
16	99	1	0
17	99	1	0
18	99	1	0
19	98	2	0
20	97	2	1
21	97	2	1
22	96	3	1
23	96	3	1
24	96	3	1
25	94	4	2
26	94	4	2
27	93	5	2
28	93	5	2
29	92	6	2
30	92	6	2
31	92	6	2

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:25 AM to 4:48 AM, and sunset from 7:36 PM to 8:13 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:25	5:24	5:22	5:20	5:19	5:17	5:16	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:10	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:01	4:59	4:58	4:57	4:56	4:55	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:51	4:51	4:50	4:49	4:48
Sunset (PM)	7:36	7:37	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:58	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.2	5:25	7:36
2	14.2	5:24	7:37
3	14.3	5:22	7:39
4	14.3	5:20	7:40
5	14.4	5:19	7:41
6	14.4	5:17	7:43
7	14.5	5:16	7:44
8	14.5	5:14	7:45
9	14.6	5:13	7:47
10	14.6	5:11	7:48
11	14.7	5:10	7:49
12	14.7	5:08	7:51
13	14.8	5:07	7:52
14	14.8	5:06	7:53
15	14.8	5:04	7:55
16	14.9	5:03	7:56
17	14.9	5:02	7:57
18	15.0	5:01	7:58
19	15.0	4:59	8:00
20	15.0	4:58	8:01
21	15.1	4:57	8:02
22	15.1	4:56	8:03
23	15.2	4:55	8:05
24	15.2	4:54	8:06
25	15.2	4:53	8:07
26	15.3	4:52	8:08
27	15.3	4:51	8:09
28	15.3	4:51	8:10
29	15.4	4:50	8:11
30	15.4	4:49	8:12
31	15.4	4:48	8:13

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.14 kWh/m² to a high of 5.62 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.18 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Edmundston?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.1

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

0.5

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Edmundston for sightseeing.

What to pack for Edmundston in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Edmundston sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 5°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain geara warm layersun protection

UV index in Edmundston in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Edmundston peaks around July 13 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	5	6	6	7	3	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Edmundston?

Edmundston sits at 47.4°N, 68.3°W, 200 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Rivière-du-Loup, 104 km away.

Topography around Edmundston

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Edmundston.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Edmundston has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 224 m around an average of 197 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 349 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 570 m.

The land around Edmundston is covered by trees (59%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (77%) within 16 km, and trees (88%) within 80 km.

3 km

224 m

trees 59%

16 km

349 m

trees 77%

80 km

570 m

trees 88%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← April Edmundston year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Rivière-du-Loup 104 km · Rimouski 120 km · Fredericton Northside 202 km · Fredericton 203 km · Baie-Comeau 205 km · Miramichi 217 km · Beauport 224 km · Lévis 225 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 83% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $55,698; 2025
Happiness: 6.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Edmundston (47.3737°, -68.3251°, elevation 200 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	2
2	12	2
3	13	2
4	13	3
5	13	3
6	14	3
7	14	3
8	14	3
9	14	4
10	14	4
11	15	4
12	15	4
13	15	4
14	15	5
15	15	5
16	15	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
19	16	5
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7
29	17	7
30	17	7
31	18	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	31	69
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	7
2	42	6
3	42	6
4	42	5
5	42	5
6	42	4
7	43	4
8	43	4
9	43	4
10	43	4
11	44	4
12	44	4
13	44	3
14	44	3
15	44	3
16	44	3
17	44	2
18	44	2
19	44	2
20	45	2
21	45	1
22	46	1
23	46	1
24	47	1
25	47	1
26	47	1
27	48	1
28	48	0
29	47	0
30	47	0
31	47	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	99	1	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	99	1	0
15	99	1	0
16	99	1	0
17	99	1	0
18	99	1	0
19	98	2	0
20	97	2	1
21	97	2	1
22	96	3	1
23	96	3	1
24	96	3	1
25	94	4	2
26	94	4	2
27	93	5	2
28	93	5	2
29	92	6	2
30	92	6	2
31	92	6	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	2
2	12	2
3	13	2
4	13	3
5	13	3
6	14	3
7	14	3
8	14	3
9	14	4
10	14	4
11	15	4
12	15	4
13	15	4
14	15	5
15	15	5
16	15	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
19	16	5
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7
29	17	7
30	17	7
31	18	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	31	69
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	7
2	42	6
3	42	6
4	42	5
5	42	5
6	42	4
7	43	4
8	43	4
9	43	4
10	43	4
11	44	4
12	44	4
13	44	3
14	44	3
15	44	3
16	44	3
17	44	2
18	44	2
19	44	2
20	45	2
21	45	1
22	46	1
23	46	1
24	47	1
25	47	1
26	47	1
27	48	1
28	48	0
29	47	0
30	47	0
31	47	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	99	1	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	99	1	0
15	99	1	0
16	99	1	0
17	99	1	0
18	99	1	0
19	98	2	0
20	97	2	1
21	97	2	1
22	96	3	1
23	96	3	1
24	96	3	1
25	94	4	2
26	94	4	2
27	93	5	2
28	93	5	2
29	92	6	2
30	92	6	2
31	92	6	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	2
2	12	2
3	13	2
4	13	3
5	13	3
6	14	3
7	14	3
8	14	3
9	14	4
10	14	4
11	15	4
12	15	4
13	15	4
14	15	5
15	15	5
16	15	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
19	16	5
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7
29	17	7
30	17	7
31	18	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	31	69
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	7
2	42	6
3	42	6
4	42	5
5	42	5
6	42	4
7	43	4
8	43	4
9	43	4
10	43	4
11	44	4
12	44	4
13	44	3
14	44	3
15	44	3
16	44	3
17	44	2
18	44	2
19	44	2
20	45	2
21	45	1
22	46	1
23	46	1
24	47	1
25	47	1
26	47	1
27	48	1
28	48	0
29	47	0
30	47	0
31	47	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	99	1	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	99	1	0
15	99	1	0
16	99	1	0
17	99	1	0
18	99	1	0
19	98	2	0
20	97	2	1
21	97	2	1
22	96	3	1
23	96	3	1
24	96	3	1
25	94	4	2
26	94	4	2
27	93	5	2
28	93	5	2
29	92	6	2
30	92	6	2
31	92	6	2