Salmon Arm weather in May

In May, Salmon Arm sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 65 mm of precipitation across 11.3 wet days and about 15.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 15 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Salmon Arm's 5th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salmon Arm's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 65 mm; 11.3 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 18 min; 4:15 AM – 7:31 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 5th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 6.06 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Salmon Arm is city in British Columbia, Canada.

Density: 125/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1905

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 15°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Salmon Arm reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 24°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)	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How May really feels in Salmon Arm

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

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Salmon Arm weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-1° / -5°	65	13.9	13.5	8.3	0.0
Feb	2° / -5°	43	10.3	8.7	9.7	0.0
Mar	6° / -2°	54	12.6	7.7	11.5	0.6
Apr	11° / 2°	49	10.1	2.4	13.5	2.7
May	17° / 6°	65	11.3	0.4	15.2	5.2
Jun	20° / 10°	64	11.2	0	16.2	5.9
Jul	24° / 13°	45	7.9	0	15.8	7.4
Aug	24° / 13°	38	7	0	14.3	7.5
Sep	19° / 10°	63	10	0	12.4	6.0
Oct	11° / 4°	83	13.9	1.7	10.4	2.5
Nov	4° / -0°	90	16	10	8.7	0.1
Dec	0° / -4°	70	14.7	15.2	7.8	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

	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 (%)	36	36	37	37	38	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	39
Cloudier (%)	64	64	63	63	62	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	61

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

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Salmon Arm gets around 65 mm of rain and snow over 11.3 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 36% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 0 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 (%)	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39
Snow chance (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	3
2	35	3
3	35	3
4	35	3
5	34	3
6	34	3
7	34	3
8	34	2
9	33	2
10	33	2
11	33	2
12	33	2
13	33	1
14	33	1
15	34	1
16	34	1
17	35	1
18	35	1
19	36	0
20	37	0
21	37	0
22	38	0
23	38	0
24	38	0
25	38	0
26	38	0
27	38	0
28	38	0
29	38	0
30	38	0
31	39	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 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 4 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 15 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:41 AM to 3:58 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 7:51 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)	14.5	14.5	14.6	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	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.8	15.8	15.8	15.9
Sunrise (AM)	4:41	4:39	4:37	4:35	4:33	4:32	4:30	4:28	4:26	4:25	4:23	4:22	4:20	4:18	4:17	4:15	4:14	4:13	4:11	4:10	4:09	4:07	4:06	4:05	4:04	4:03	4:02	4:01	4:00	3:59	3:58
Sunset (PM)	7:08	7:10	7:11	7:13	7:14	7:16	7:17	7:19	7:21	7:22	7:24	7:25	7:27	7:28	7:30	7:31	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:37	7:38	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:49	7:50	7:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.5	4:41	7:08
2	14.5	4:39	7:10
3	14.6	4:37	7:11
4	14.6	4:35	7:13
5	14.7	4:33	7:14
6	14.7	4:32	7:16
7	14.8	4:30	7:17
8	14.8	4:28	7:19
9	14.9	4:26	7:21
10	15.0	4:25	7:22
11	15.0	4:23	7:24
12	15.1	4:22	7:25
13	15.1	4:20	7:27
14	15.2	4:18	7:28
15	15.2	4:17	7:30
16	15.3	4:15	7:31
17	15.3	4:14	7:33
18	15.4	4:13	7:34
19	15.4	4:11	7:35
20	15.4	4:10	7:37
21	15.5	4:09	7:38
22	15.5	4:07	7:40
23	15.6	4:06	7:41
24	15.6	4:05	7:42
25	15.7	4:04	7:44
26	15.7	4:03	7:45
27	15.7	4:02	7:46
28	15.8	4:01	7:47
29	15.8	4:00	7:49
30	15.8	3:59	7:50
31	15.9	3:58	7:51

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.79 kWh/m² to a high of 6.7 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.06 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	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3
Level	Bright	Bright	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.0	Intense
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.0	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	6.2	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 Salmon Arm?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

1.2

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Salmon Arm for sightseeing.

What to pack for Salmon Arm in May

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

In May, Salmon Arm sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Salmon Arm 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 Salmon Arm peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 15 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	1	3	4	6	6	8	6	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Salmon Arm in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Salmon Arm is worst in August — around 91 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 27.5× the cleanest month (January, 3 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	3	5	6	7	8	9	79	91	14	30	35	5
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	3	Good
Feb	5	Good
Mar	6	Good
Apr	7	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	79	Unhealthy
Aug	91	Unhealthy
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	30	Moderate
Nov	35	Poor
Dec	5	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Salmon Arm?

Salmon Arm sits at 50.7°N, 119.3°W, 427 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Vernon, 48 km away.

Topography around Salmon Arm

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salmon Arm has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 645 m around an average of 463 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,398 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,492 m.

The land around Salmon Arm is covered by trees (40%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (74%) within 16 km, and trees (78%) within 80 km.

3 km

645 m

trees 40%

16 km

1,398 m

trees 74%

80 km

2,492 m

trees 78%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen

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

May weather nearby: Vernon 48 km · Kamloops 74 km · Lake Country 77 km · Brocklehurst 81 km · Rutland 89 km · Kelowna 92 km · West Kelowna 96 km · Okanagan Mission 99 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 Salmon Arm (50.6998°, -119.2691°, elevation 427 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	14	4
2	14	4
3	15	4
4	15	4
5	15	4
6	15	5
7	15	5
8	16	5
9	16	5
10	16	5
11	16	6
12	17	6
13	17	6
14	17	6
15	17	6
16	17	6
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	18	7
20	18	7
21	18	7
22	18	7
23	18	7
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	8
30	19	8
31	19	8

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	3
2	35	3
3	35	3
4	35	3
5	34	3
6	34	3
7	34	3
8	34	2
9	33	2
10	33	2
11	33	2
12	33	2
13	33	1
14	33	1
15	34	1
16	34	1
17	35	1
18	35	1
19	36	0
20	37	0
21	37	0
22	38	0
23	38	0
24	38	0
25	38	0
26	38	0
27	38	0
28	38	0
29	38	0
30	38	0
31	39	0

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	3
2	35	3
3	35	3
4	35	3
5	34	3
6	34	3
7	34	3
8	34	2
9	33	2
10	33	2
11	33	2
12	33	2
13	33	1
14	33	1
15	34	1
16	34	1
17	35	1
18	35	1
19	36	0
20	37	0
21	37	0
22	38	0
23	38	0
24	38	0
25	38	0
26	38	0
27	38	0
28	38	0
29	38	0
30	38	0
31	39	0

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	3
2	35	3
3	35	3
4	35	3
5	34	3
6	34	3
7	34	3
8	34	2
9	33	2
10	33	2
11	33	2
12	33	2
13	33	1
14	33	1
15	34	1
16	34	1
17	35	1
18	35	1
19	36	0
20	37	0
21	37	0
22	38	0
23	38	0
24	38	0
25	38	0
26	38	0
27	38	0
28	38	0
29	38	0
30	38	0
31	39	0

	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