Red Deer weather in May

In May, Red Deer sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 63 mm of precipitation across 10.3 wet days and about 15.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Red Deer's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Red Deer's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 63 mm; 10.3 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 30 min; 4:48 AM – 8:15 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 8th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Red Deer is city in Alberta, Canada.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 7 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 963/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1882

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 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Red Deer reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 3°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)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7

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

How May really feels in Red Deer

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 12 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.

Red Deer weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-6° / -15°	17	4.9	5.8	8	0.0
Feb	-3° / -13°	11	3.3	4.2	9.5	0.0
Mar	2° / -9°	20	5.8	5.5	11.5	0.0
Apr	9° / -2°	33	7.2	3.9	13.6	2.1
May	16° / 4°	63	10.3	1.8	15.4	4.7
Jun	19° / 8°	91	14.2	0	16.4	5.4
Jul	22° / 10°	83	12.9	0	16	6.3
Aug	21° / 9°	67	10	0	14.5	6.6
Sep	17° / 5°	41	8	0.7	12.4	5.5
Oct	9° / -1°	24	5.8	2.6	10.3	2.1
Nov	1° / -8°	21	5.3	5.2	8.5	0.0
Dec	-5° / -13°	15	4.6	5.3	7.6	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

	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 (%)	37	37	38	39	39	40	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	38	38	38	38	37	37	36	37	37	38	38	39	40	41	41	42	41
Cloudier (%)	63	63	62	61	61	60	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	62	62	62	62	63	63	64	63	63	62	62	61	60	59	59	58	59

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	38	62
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	41	59

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Red Deer gets around 63 mm of rain and snow over 10.3 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 34% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	33	33	34	35	36	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39
Snow chance (%)	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	11
2	29	11
3	29	10
4	29	10
5	29	10
6	28	10
7	29	9
8	29	9
9	29	8
10	30	8
11	30	7
12	31	7
13	31	6
14	32	6
15	33	6
16	33	5
17	34	5
18	35	5
19	36	5
20	37	4
21	38	4
22	38	4
23	39	4
24	39	3
25	39	3
26	39	3
27	39	2
28	39	2
29	39	1
30	39	1
31	39	1

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 100% 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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	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	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
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	12	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 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:14 AM to 4:29 AM, and sunset from 7:51 PM to 8:36 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)	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.7	15.8	15.8	15.8	15.9	15.9	16.0	16.0	16.1	16.1	16.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:14	5:12	5:10	5:08	5:07	5:05	5:03	5:01	4:59	4:57	4:56	4:54	4:52	4:51	4:49	4:48	4:46	4:45	4:43	4:42	4:40	4:39	4:38	4:36	4:35	4:34	4:33	4:32	4:31	4:30	4:29
Sunset (PM)	7:51	7:52	7:54	7:56	7:57	7:59	8:01	8:02	8:04	8:06	8:07	8:09	8:11	8:12	8:14	8:15	8:17	8:18	8:20	8:21	8:23	8:24	8:26	8:27	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:33	8:34	8:35	8:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.6	5:14	7:51
2	14.7	5:12	7:52
3	14.7	5:10	7:54
4	14.8	5:08	7:56
5	14.8	5:07	7:57
6	14.9	5:05	7:59
7	15.0	5:03	8:01
8	15.0	5:01	8:02
9	15.1	4:59	8:04
10	15.1	4:57	8:06
11	15.2	4:56	8:07
12	15.2	4:54	8:09
13	15.3	4:52	8:11
14	15.4	4:51	8:12
15	15.4	4:49	8:14
16	15.5	4:48	8:15
17	15.5	4:46	8:17
18	15.6	4:45	8:18
19	15.6	4:43	8:20
20	15.7	4:42	8:21
21	15.7	4:40	8:23
22	15.8	4:39	8:24
23	15.8	4:38	8:26
24	15.8	4:36	8:27
25	15.9	4:35	8:29
26	15.9	4:34	8:30
27	16.0	4:33	8:31
28	16.0	4:32	8:33
29	16.1	4:31	8:34
30	16.1	4:30	8:35
31	16.1	4:29	8:36

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.08 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)	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Intense
11	6.0	Intense
12	6.1	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.1	Intense
17	6.1	Intense
18	6.1	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense
31	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Red Deer?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

0.7

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Red Deer for sightseeing.

What to pack for Red Deer in May

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

In May, Red Deer sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 4°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Red Deer in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Red Deer peaks around July 15 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	4	5	6	7	5	3	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Red Deer?

Red Deer sits at 52.3°N, 113.8°W, 856 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Sylvan Lake, 20 km away.

Topography around Red Deer

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Red Deer has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 877 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 546 m.

The land around Red Deer is covered by artificial surfaces (50%), trees (26%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%) and grassland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

60 m

artificial surfaces 50%

16 km

247 m

cropland 48%

80 km

546 m

cropland 44%

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

May weather nearby: Sylvan Lake 20 km · Camrose 106 km · Airdrie 109 km · Leduc 112 km · Coventry Hills 123 km · Evanston 125 km · Panorama Hills 125 km · Saddle Ridge 127 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 Red Deer (52.2668°, -113.802°, elevation 856 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	13	1
2	13	1
3	13	1
4	14	1
5	14	2
6	14	2
7	14	2
8	14	2
9	15	2
10	15	3
11	15	3
12	15	3
13	15	3
14	16	3
15	16	4
16	16	4
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	4
20	16	5
21	17	5
22	17	5
23	17	5
24	17	5
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	18	6
29	18	6
30	18	6
31	18	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	38	62
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	41	59

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	11
2	29	11
3	29	10
4	29	10
5	29	10
6	28	10
7	29	9
8	29	9
9	29	8
10	30	8
11	30	7
12	31	7
13	31	6
14	32	6
15	33	6
16	33	5
17	34	5
18	35	5
19	36	5
20	37	4
21	38	4
22	38	4
23	39	4
24	39	3
25	39	3
26	39	3
27	39	2
28	39	2
29	39	1
30	39	1
31	39	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	38	62
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	41	59

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	11
2	29	11
3	29	10
4	29	10
5	29	10
6	28	10
7	29	9
8	29	9
9	29	8
10	30	8
11	30	7
12	31	7
13	31	6
14	32	6
15	33	6
16	33	5
17	34	5
18	35	5
19	36	5
20	37	4
21	38	4
22	38	4
23	39	4
24	39	3
25	39	3
26	39	3
27	39	2
28	39	2
29	39	1
30	39	1
31	39	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	38	62
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	41	59

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	11
2	29	11
3	29	10
4	29	10
5	29	10
6	28	10
7	29	9
8	29	9
9	29	8
10	30	8
11	30	7
12	31	7
13	31	6
14	32	6
15	33	6
16	33	5
17	34	5
18	35	5
19	36	5
20	37	4
21	38	4
22	38	4
23	39	4
24	39	3
25	39	3
26	39	3
27	39	2
28	39	2
29	39	1
30	39	1
31	39	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100