Average Precipitation for Ontario in May

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The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during May at cities, towns and parks in Ontario. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least 0.2 millimetres (0.008 inches). The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1971 to 2000.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the province: Eastern, Central, Southwestern, Northeastern and Northwestern Ontario.

Eastern Ontario

Average monthly precipitation in May
Days Place Inches Millimetres
12 Belleville 2.9 74
10 Bloomfield 2.9 74
13 Cornwall 3.3 83
13 Kingston 3.0 75
13 Ottawa 3.1 79
12 Pembroke 2.7 69

Central Ontario

May averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Millimetres
12 Barrie 3.0 77
11 French River, Chaudiere Dam 3.2 81
12 Hamilton 3.0 76
12 Huntsville 3.1 80
12 Midland 3.3 83
13 Niagara Falls 3.0 77
13 Oshawa 2.9 75
12 Peterborough 2.9 73
12 St Catharines 2.9 75
12 Toronto 2.9 73

Southwestern Ontario

Average amount of rain and snow in May
Days Place Inches Millimetres
13 Chatham-Kent 2.9 75
12 London 3.3 83
12 Owen Sound 2.8 72
13 Point Pelee National Park 3.1 79
12 Sarnia 2.8 70
12 Waterloo 3.1 78
12 Windsor 3.2 81

Northeastern Ontario

Precipitation totals for May
Days Place Inches Millimetres
13 Chapleau 2.9 73
11 Gore Bay 2.6 67
13 Kapuskasing 2.6 66
12 Moosonee 2.1 54
13 North Bay 3.4 88
11 Sault Ste Marie 2.5 63
10 South Baymouth 2.8 70
12 Sudbury 3.1 78
12 Timmins 2.7 69
12 Wawa 2.9 74

Northwestern Ontario

Total precipitation during May
Days Place Inches Millimetres
13 Atikokan 2.8 71
10 Big Trout Lake 1.5 38
12 Dryden 2.6 67
13 Fort Frances 3.0 76
11 Kenora 2.5 64
12 Lansdowne House 2.0 51
11 Thunder Bay 2.6 67
Reference

Environment Canada. National Climate Data and Information Archive. Canadian Climate Normals or Averages 1971-2000.

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