May Weather at Kuujjuarapik Airport Canada

Daily high temperatures increase by 10°F, from 42°F to 53°F, rarely falling below 25°F or exceeding 69°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 11°F, from 24°F to 35°F, rarely falling below 10°F or exceeding 48°F.

For reference, on August 7, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Kuujjuarapik Airport typically range from 50°F to 67°F, while on February 3, the coldest day of the year, they range from -15°F to 6°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on May. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Okha, Russia (4,571 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Kuujjuarapik Airport (view comparison).

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The month of May at Kuujjuarapik Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 67% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is May 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 35% of the time.

For reference, on January 13, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 96%, while on August 10, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 38%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Kuujjuarapik Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of May is gradually increasing, starting the month at 19% and ending it at 22%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 40% on September 14, and its lowest chance is 7% on February 19.

Over the course of May at Kuujjuarapik Airport, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 13% to 19%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 4% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 3% to 0%.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during May at Kuujjuarapik Airport is increasing, starting the month at 0.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.6 inches or falls below 0.3 inches, and ending the month at 1.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.5 inches or falls below 0.5 inches.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during May at Kuujjuarapik Airport is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 2.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.6 inches, and ending the month at 1.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.8 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

Over the course of May at Kuujjuarapik Airport, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 42 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 3 minutes, 24 seconds, and weekly increase of 23 minutes, 45 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is May 1, with 15 hours, 20 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 17 hours, 2 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Kuujjuarapik Airport is 5:28 AM on May 1 and the earliest sunrise is 50 minutes earlier at 4:38 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 8:48 PM on May 1 and the latest sunset is 51 minutes later at 9:40 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Kuujjuarapik Airport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during May, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:29 AM and sets 17 hours, 27 minutes later, at 9:56 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:36 AM and sets 7 hours, 6 minutes later, at 3:42 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for May 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Kuujjuarapik Airport is essentially constant during May, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 30, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 6% of the time, while on October 6, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Kuujjuarapik Airport is gradually decreasing during May, decreasing from 12.6 miles per hour to 11.6 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on November 10, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 15.9 miles per hour, while on July 20, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.4 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Kuujjuarapik Airport throughout May is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 36% on May 30.

Kuujjuarapik Airport is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature at Kuujjuarapik Airport is essentially constant during May, remaining within 1°F of 31°F throughout.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at Kuujjuarapik Airport typically lasts for 3.6 months (110 days), from around June 14 to around October 1, rarely starting before May 27 or after July 2, and rarely ending before September 15 or after October 18.

The month of May at Kuujjuarapik Airport is more likely than not fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season increasing from 0% to 17% over the course of the month.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Kuujjuarapik Airport are gradually increasing during May, increasing by 40°F, from 4°F to 44°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Kuujjuarapik Airport is gradually increasing during May, rising by 0.6 kWh, from 5.2 kWh to 5.8 kWh, over the course of the month.