Average Wind Speed in May at Canadian Cities

The amount of wind that Canada's major cities usually get in May is listed below.

The tables give the month's normal wind speed, in miles per hour (mph) and kilometres per hour (kph). There's also information on how many days May usually has with strong winds, when it blows at least 52 kph (32.3 mph).

The numbers are averages of weather data collected during 1981 to 2010.

Average wind in May
Days City MPH KPH
0.1 Abbotsford, British Columbia 5.2 8.4
2.6 Calgary, Alberta 10.0 16.1
0.5 Edmonton, Alberta 8.6 13.8
0.6 Halifax, Nova Scotia 8.7 14.0
2.0 Hamilton, Ontario 9.9 15.9
0.0 Kelowna, British Columbia 4.1 6.7
0.1 Kingston, Ontario 8.5 13.6
0.9 Kitchener - Waterloo, Ontario 7.6 12.3
0.6 London, Ontario 8.7 14.0
Days City MPH KPH
1.4 Moncton, New Brunswick 10.4 16.7
0.9 Montréal, Quebec 9.0 14.6
0.5 Ottawa, Ontario 8.1 13.1
0.5 Peterborough, Ontario 6.8 11.0
0.5 Québec City, Quebec 8.8 14.2
3.9 Regina, Saskatchewan 12.7 20.4
1.2 Saguenay, Quebec 9.6 15.4
1.4 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 10.7 17.2
0.2 Sherbrooke, Quebec 6.0 9.7
Days City MPH KPH
0.9 St. Catharines - Niagara, Ontario 9.0 14.5
1.1 Saint John, New Brunswick 9.6 15.4
1.3 St. John's, Newfoundland 12.3 19.7
0.7 Sudbury, Ontario 8.9 14.4
0.4 Thunder Bay, Ontario 8.0 12.8
1.4 Toronto, Ontario 9.0 14.4
0.4 Vancouver, British Columbia 7.8 12.5
0.0 Victoria, British Columbia 5.8 9.3
1.2 Windsor, Ontario 9.6 15.4
2.3 Winnipeg, Manitoba 11.4 18.4
Reference

Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Canadian Climate Normals. 1981-2010 Climate Normals & Averages.

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