Climate averages 1991–2020
Sherbrooke weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Sherbrooke: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 7.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 52 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (107 km away). In May its highs average 18.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Sherbrooke, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Sherbrooke ranks joint 42nd of 86 for the warmest May highs and joint 78th of 86 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 86 cities is 17.0°C; Sherbrooke is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 131 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Sherbrooke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.7°C-14.5°C | -14.5°C | 76 | 12.2 | 9.29 h |
| February | -3.1°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 64 | 10.5 | 10.410 h |
| March | 2.2°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 79 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 99 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 17.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 117 | 14.1 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.8°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 131 | 14.1 | 15.616 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 126 | 15.2 | 15.315 h |
| August | 23.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 123 | 13.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 19.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 106 | 11.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 119 | 13.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 91 | 13.3 | 9.610 h |
| December | -1.3°C-9.4°C | -9.4°C | 92 | 13.7 | 8.89 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in MayCanada · 107 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Trois-Rivières in MayCanada · 116 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Longueuil in MayCanada · 123 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 100 mm rain
- Repentigny in MayCanada · 127 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in MayCanada · 130 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 100 mm rain
- Montréal in MayCanada · 132 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension in MayCanada · 134 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Terrebonne in MayCanada · 140 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 95 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sherbrooke) is explained once on the Sherbrooke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.