Penticton climate

Penticton Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Penticton, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 11°C on May 1 to 17°C on May 31, and lows from -1°C to 4°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 59 mm over about 12 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Penticton, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
15°C
Average low
2°C
Precipitation
59 mm
Reanalysis high
28°CMay 12, 1993
Reanalysis low
-5°CMay 2, 2006
Daylight
14 h 40 min to 15 h 59 min
Cloud cover
68%
Humidity
70%
Dew point
2°C
Wind
6.1 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 111°C-1°C22°C 1998-5°C 201342%
May 212°C-1°C23°C 1998-5°C 200641%
May 312°C0°C21°C 2016-5°C 200239%
May 412°C0°C23°C 1992-5°C 199940%
May 512°C0°C24°C 1992-5°C 200140%
May 613°C0°C25°C 1992-5°C 200139%
May 713°C0°C24°C 2013-4°C 200240%
May 813°C1°C24°C 1994-4°C 200640%
May 914°C1°C24°C 2013-5°C 200640%
May 1014°C1°C24°C 2013-5°C 199942%
May 1114°C1°C25°C 1993-3°C 199942%
May 1214°C2°C28°C 1993-3°C 199942%
May 1314°C2°C27°C 1993-4°C 200642%
May 1414°C2°C25°C 1993-3°C 200242%
May 1515°C2°C24°C 2018-4°C 200241%
May 1615°C2°C26°C 2008-3°C 200342%
May 1715°C2°C27°C 2006-4°C 200343%
May 1815°C3°C27°C 2006-3°C 200345%
May 1915°C3°C23°C 2006-3°C 201146%
May 2015°C3°C20°C 2015-4°C 200146%
May 2115°C3°C22°C 2015-3°C 199547%
May 2216°C3°C26°C 2001-3°C 201048%
May 2316°C3°C27°C 2001-2°C 199148%
May 2416°C3°C25°C 1999-2°C 201048%
May 2516°C3°C26°C 1992-3°C 200048%
May 2616°C3°C25°C 2001-2°C 199948%
May 2716°C4°C25°C 19930°C 201146%
May 2816°C4°C27°C 20050°C 201146%
May 2917°C4°C25°C 2017-1°C 200146%
May 3017°C4°C23°C 2007-2°C 199947%
May 3117°C4°C25°C 20071°C 201347%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Penticton, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (PDT).

May 1
sunrise 5:36 AM, sunset 8:16 PM
May 31
sunrise 4:57 AM, sunset 8:56 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

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.