Fort McMurray Weather in May
Average highs run from 12°C on May 1 to 19°C on May 31, and lows from -1°C to 6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 56 mm over about 12 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 15°C
- Average low
- 3°C
- Precipitation
- 56 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 30°CMay 28, 1995
- Reanalysis low
- -10°CMay 1, 2005
- Daylight
- 15 h 31 min to 17 h 21 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 69%
- Dew point
- 3°C
- Wind
- 7.2 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 12°C | -1°C | 22°C 2016 | -10°C 2005 | 35% |
| May 2 | 12°C | 0°C | 26°C 2016 | -7°C 2005 | 34% |
| May 3 | 12°C | 0°C | 29°C 2016 | -8°C 2002 | 34% |
| May 4 | 12°C | 0°C | 27°C 2016 | -10°C 2002 | 34% |
| May 5 | 13°C | 0°C | 22°C 1993 | -9°C 2002 | 34% |
| May 6 | 13°C | 0°C | 24°C 1993 | -9°C 2002 | 35% |
| May 7 | 13°C | 0°C | 22°C 2016 | -8°C 1996 | 36% |
| May 8 | 13°C | 1°C | 20°C 2012 | -8°C 1996 | 35% |
| May 9 | 14°C | 1°C | 23°C 1995 | -9°C 1996 | 36% |
| May 10 | 14°C | 1°C | 20°C 1995 | -8°C 2004 | 34% |
| May 11 | 14°C | 1°C | 28°C 1993 | -4°C 2005 | 36% |
| May 12 | 14°C | 2°C | 27°C 1991 | -4°C 2004 | 35% |
| May 13 | 14°C | 2°C | 22°C 2012 | -5°C 2009 | 35% |
| May 14 | 15°C | 2°C | 21°C 2011 | -5°C 2009 | 36% |
| May 15 | 15°C | 2°C | 23°C 2008 | -5°C 2020 | 37% |
| May 16 | 15°C | 2°C | 24°C 2011 | -5°C 2019 | 35% |
| May 17 | 15°C | 3°C | 24°C 2011 | -6°C 2009 | 35% |
| May 18 | 16°C | 3°C | 23°C 2010 | -7°C 2009 | 35% |
| May 19 | 16°C | 3°C | 27°C 1991 | -4°C 2003 | 36% |
| May 20 | 16°C | 3°C | 27°C 1991 | -6°C 2004 | 36% |
| May 21 | 16°C | 4°C | 25°C 1998 | -3°C 2009 | 36% |
| May 22 | 17°C | 4°C | 28°C 2018 | -4°C 2002 | 36% |
| May 23 | 17°C | 4°C | 29°C 2018 | -4°C 2002 | 36% |
| May 24 | 17°C | 5°C | 28°C 2018 | -3°C 1993 | 37% |
| May 25 | 17°C | 5°C | 28°C 1998 | -5°C 1993 | 37% |
| May 26 | 18°C | 5°C | 26°C 1994 | -3°C 1995 | 36% |
| May 27 | 18°C | 5°C | 26°C 1995 | 0°C 2005 | 36% |
| May 28 | 18°C | 6°C | 30°C 1995 | 0°C 2015 | 37% |
| May 29 | 18°C | 6°C | 28°C 1995 | -2°C 2015 | 38% |
| May 30 | 18°C | 6°C | 25°C 1991 | 0°C 2000 | 38% |
| May 31 | 19°C | 6°C | 28°C 2017 | 0°C 2000 | 38% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:38 AM, sunset 9:09 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 4:43 AM, sunset 10:04 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.