Kitchener climate

Kitchener Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 15°C on May 1 to 21°C on May 31, and lows from 3°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 71 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 Kitchener, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
18°C
Average low
6°C
Precipitation
71 mm
Reanalysis high
32°CMay 29, 2006
Reanalysis low
-4°CMay 12, 2020
Daylight
14 h 09 min to 15 h 10 min
Cloud cover
64%
Humidity
75%
Dew point
8°C
Wind
16.9 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 115°C3°C24°C 2001-2°C 200236%
May 215°C3°C25°C 2018-3°C 199737%
May 316°C3°C25°C 2001-3°C 200436%
May 416°C3°C23°C 2018-4°C 200436%
May 516°C4°C25°C 2000-2°C 202037%
May 616°C4°C25°C 2000-2°C 199736%
May 716°C4°C25°C 2015-3°C 199738%
May 817°C4°C27°C 2015-4°C 202037%
May 917°C5°C26°C 2015-4°C 202036%
May 1017°C5°C27°C 1993-3°C 202036%
May 1117°C5°C25°C 2015-3°C 202037%
May 1217°C5°C25°C 1992-4°C 202038%
May 1317°C5°C25°C 2004-4°C 202037%
May 1418°C5°C27°C 1998-1°C 199637%
May 1518°C5°C29°C 1998-1°C 201638%
May 1618°C6°C27°C 1991-1°C 201639%
May 1718°C6°C27°C 2017-1°C 200938%
May 1818°C6°C28°C 1998-3°C 200939%
May 1918°C6°C29°C 1998-3°C 200238%
May 2019°C6°C29°C 2012-3°C 200238%
May 2119°C7°C28°C 2012-2°C 200239%
May 2219°C7°C28°C 19940°C 200239%
May 2320°C7°C28°C 2007-1°C 201539%
May 2420°C8°C29°C 20071°C 201340%
May 2520°C8°C29°C 20200°C 201339%
May 2620°C8°C30°C 20101°C 201340%
May 2721°C8°C30°C 20100°C 199440%
May 2821°C8°C32°C 20120°C 200841%
May 2921°C9°C32°C 20061°C 200443%
May 3021°C9°C30°C 20102°C 199643%
May 3121°C9°C30°C 20101°C 200942%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EDT).

May 1
sunrise 6:15 AM, sunset 8:24 PM
May 31
sunrise 5:45 AM, sunset 8:55 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.