Canby weather in May

In May, Canby sees average daytime highs of 67°F and overnight lows near 48°F, with 2.6 in of rain across 10.6 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 65°F in the first days to 70°F 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 hours at the start of May to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Canby's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Canby's year-round climate.

Daytime high
67°
5th warmest
Overnight low
48°
8th coldest
Rainfall
2.6 in
10.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:47 AM – 7:27 PM
Cloud cover
66%
6th clearest
Wind
5 mph
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Canby is city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.

Density
1,760/km²
people per km²
Founded
1857

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 65°F in the first days to 70°F by the end.

A typical May day in Canby reaches about 67°F in the afternoon and slips back to 48°F overnight — a 20°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 57°F and 81°F. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°F warmer than April and about 6°F cooler than June.

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Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
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How May really feels in Canby

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
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.

Canby weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan48° / 37°6.616.91.58.91.4
Feb51° / 37°5.114.31.210.12.2
Mar56° / 40°5.616.90.711.63.0
Apr60° / 43°4.315.7013.24.2
May67° / 48°2.610.6014.66.0
Jun73° / 52°1.67.1015.47.2
Jul82° / 56°0.42.4015.17.6
Aug83° / 57°0.52.1013.97.5
Sep76° / 52°1.55.5012.37.8
Oct64° / 46°4.011.6010.75.4
Nov53° / 40°6.716.90.29.32.4
Dec47° / 37°7.617.71.38.61.1

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 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23664
33763
43763
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63763
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Canby gets around 2.6 in of rain over 10.6 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 34% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
141
240
339
438
537
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736
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1134
1234
1334
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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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19820
29820
39730
49730
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79730
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109640
119640
129640
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239361
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Wind in May

Winds average 5 mph in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 mph on the calmest days to 5 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
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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 5:07 AM to 4:33 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 7:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:077:08
214.15:067:10
314.15:047:11
414.25:037:12
514.25:017:14
614.25:007:15
714.34:597:16
814.34:577:17
914.44:567:19
1014.44:547:20
1114.54:537:21
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1314.54:517:23
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3015.14:347:42
3115.24:337:43

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.06 kWh/m² to a high of 6.97 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Canby

In seasonPeak

None of Canby's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Canby's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Canby?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Canby for sightseeing.

What to pack for Canby in May

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

In May, Canby sees daytime highs around 67°F and nights near 48°F. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Canby in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Canby peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highVery highHighModerateLowJul 17UV 8Dec 17UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Canby 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 Canby is worst in September — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.1× the cleanest month (January, 7 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1531 µg/m³Jan 167 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb8Good
Mar11Good
Apr11Good
May9Good
Jun8Good
Jul7Good
Aug14Moderate
Sep34Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Canby?

Canby sits at 45.3°N, 122.7°W, 157 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Wilsonville, 5.0 mi away.

Topography around Canby

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Canby.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Canby has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 217 ft around an average of 135 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,280 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11,093 ft.

The land around Canby is covered by trees (38%), grassland (22%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 2 miles, trees (50%) and grassland (25%) within 10 miles, and trees (74%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
217 ft
10 miles
1,280 ft
50 miles
11,093 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Wilsonville 5.0 mi · Oregon City 7.5 mi · West Linn 8.1 mi · Tualatin 9.3 mi · Sherwood 9.9 mi · Oak Grove 11 mi · Lake Oswego 11 mi · Woodburn 11 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 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 Canby (45.2629°, -122.6926°, elevation 157 ft), 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).