Terrebonne weather in May

In May, Terrebonne sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 95 mm of precipitation across 11.5 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 21°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 hours at the start of May to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Terrebonne's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Terrebonne's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
95 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:30 AM – 7:12 PM
Cloud cover
66%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Terrebonne is city in Québec, Canada.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
724/km²
people per km²
Founded
2001

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Terrebonne reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1155
2165
3165
4165
5166
6176
7176
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10177
11187
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How May really feels in Terrebonne

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Terrebonne weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -15°7610.29.68.90.0
Feb-4° / -13°628.78.110.10.0
Mar / -7°7410.4711.60.0
Apr11° / 10311.33.213.32.5
May18° / 9511.50.214.75.6
Jun24° / 13°10111.7015.46.4
Jul26° / 16°9512.3015.16.3
Aug25° / 15°9611.6013.96.7
Sep20° / 10°9410012.36.3
Oct13° / 10711.40.910.73.2
Nov / -2°8711.14.29.30.4
Dec-2° / -10°8611.69.58.60.0

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%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23862
33862
43862
53862
63862
73862
83763
93961
103961
113961
123961
133961
144060
154159
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254159
264060
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283862
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303862
313862

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Terrebonne gets around 95 mm of rain and snow over 11.5 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.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1362
2362
3362
4352
5352
6351
7351
8351
9351
10351
11351
12341
13341
14341
15341
16351
17351
18351
19361
20360
21360
22370
23370
24380
25380
26390
27390
28390
29390
30390
31390

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 91% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
197300
297300
397300
497300
596400
696400
796400
896400
996400
1096400
1195410
1295410
1394510
1494510
1594510
1693520
1793520
1892620
1991630
2090730
2189740
2288840
2385951
2485951
25841051
26831151
27821161
28811261
29791362
30791362
31781462

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 12 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 4:50 AM to 4:16 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 7:28 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.04:506:53
214.14:496:55
314.14:476:56
414.24:466:57
514.24:446:58
614.34:437:00
714.34:417:01
814.44:407:02
914.44:387:04
1014.54:377:05
1114.54:367:06
1214.54:347:07
1314.64:337:09
1414.64:327:10
1514.74:317:11
1614.74:307:12
1714.74:287:13
1814.84:277:14
1914.84:267:16
2014.94:257:17
2114.94:247:18
2214.94:237:19
2315.04:227:20
2415.04:217:21
2515.04:207:22
2615.14:197:23
2715.14:197:24
2815.14:187:25
2915.24:177:26
3015.24:167:27
3115.24:167:28

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.23 kWh/m² to a high of 5.93 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.57 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
25.3Bright
35.3Bright
45.3Bright
55.4Bright
65.4Bright
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275.7Bright
285.7Bright
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305.7Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Terrebonne?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Terrebonne for sightseeing.

What to pack for Terrebonne in May

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

In May, Terrebonne sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Terrebonne 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 Terrebonne peaks around July 13 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul8Very high
Aug4Moderate
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Terrebonne?

Terrebonne sits at 45.7°N, 73.6°W, 18 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Mascouche, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Terrebonne

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Terrebonne has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 32 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 152 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 924 m.

The land around Terrebonne is covered by artificial surfaces (38%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, trees (33%), artificial surfaces (26%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
70 m
16 km
152 m
80 km
924 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Mascouche 7.0 km · Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles 8.0 km · Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 9.0 km · Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne 11 km · Montréal-Nord 11 km · Val-des-Arbres 12 km · Duvernay 13 km · Saint-Léonard 13 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
Christian 53%none 35%Muslim 5%Hindu 2%

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 Terrebonne (45.7°, -73.6473°, elevation 18 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).