Aberdeen, SD: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 56.8°F in Aberdeen, SD, the warmest May since 2025, 67th warmest of 133.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 56.8°F; Warmest since 2025; 67th warmest of 133
Precipitation: 3.57 in; Wettest since 2025; 40th wettest of 131

A normal May in Aberdeen, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 56.2°F, between 53.5°F and 60.4°F in eight years of ten and 2.81 in of precipitation, between 0.64 in and 6.02 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Aberdeen, SD since 1893: 56.8°F in 2026; the highest is 69°F, in 1934.

Normal range, 53.5 to 60.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Aberdeen, SD from 1893 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	56.8	67	71.7	42	42	94	3.57	40	0
2025	57	63	71.5	45	42.4	88	3.70	38	0
2024	57.5	52	72	37	43	81	2.85	58	0
2023	63.6	7	78.2	7	49	13	1.53	101	0
2022	57.2	61	69.6	66	44.8	44	7.00	6	0
2021	57.6	48	71.6	43	43.5	66	1.61	98	0
2020	56	77	67.1	96	44.9	42	2.69	65	0
2019	52.8	116	64.4	121	41.1	110	4.15	28	0
2018	64.5	3	80.1	2	49	13	0.52	124	0
2017	56.9	66	71.6	43	42.1	93	0.65	121	0
2016	59.1	30	74	21	44.2	50	2.13	78	0
2015	55.3	86	67.2	94	43.4	71	6.39	8	0
2014	55.2	88	68.2	80	42.2	92	2.18	75	0
2013	56.2	73	68.8	76	43.5	66	4.32	23	0
2012	58.9	32	72.1	36	45.6	37	1.11	113	0
2011	54.7	93	65.2	114	44.2	50	2.93	54	0
2010	56.2	73	66.4	104	46	34	4.46	19	0
2009	56.1	75	70.9	51	41.3	107	0.47	127	0
2008	54.4	97	67.7	89	41	113	1.32	107	0
2007	60.4	24	72	37	48.7	15	12.23	2	0
2006	57.5	52	70.8	55	44.2	50	2.16	77	0
2005	54.4	97	67.2	94	41.7	97	2.64	68	0
2004	54.3	101	66.2	107	42.4	88	5.10	14	0
2003	54.7	93	66.7	102	42.6	85	4.33	22	0
2002	51.2	130	65.2	114	37.3	130	1.82	89	0
2001	59.1	30	70.1	61	48.1	21	2.67	67	0
2000	58.1	40	70.9	51	45.3	39	2.93	54	0
1999	57.8	43	69	73	46.6	30	2.97	53	0
1998	60	25	71.3	48	48.6	17	4.29	24	0
1997	53.2	115	65.7	110	40.6	119	1.72	91	0
1996	53.5	113	63.4	128	43.6	65	4.46	19	0
1995	53.8	110	63.6	127	44	58	5.98	11	0
1994	63.5	8	76.3	13	50.7	3	0.30	129	0
1993	57.6	48	70.7	57	44.4	47	3.11	50	0
1992	59.5	27	75.4	15	43.5	66	0.78	119	0
1991	60.8	21	70.9	51	50.6	4	7.36	5	0
1990	54.9	90	67.5	91	42.3	90	1.41	105	0
1989	57.3	59	70.4	59	44.3	49	1.20	111	0
1988	63.4	9	76.8	11	50.1	6	3.43	41	0
1987	62.3	13	74.8	18	49.8	10	2.01	83	0
1986	57.6	48	68.4	78	46.8	26	3.32	48	0
1985	61.2	20	73.7	23	48.7	15	3.41	42	0
1984	54.4	97	64.7	118	44.1	55	1.13	112	0
1983	53.5	113	66.2	107	40.9	116	1.66	94	0
1982	57.4	56	68.1	81	46.7	28	2.80	61	0
1981	56.3	72	69.2	72	43.4	71	1.60	99	0
1980	59.4	28	74.5	20	44.4	47	1.64	97	0
1979	52.5	123	64.1	124	41	113	1.93	85	0
1978	58.1	40	69.5	68	46.8	26	4.23	25	0
1977	64.9	2	77.3	9	52.4	1	2.82	59	0
1976	57	63	72.3	33	41.7	97	0.52	124	0
1975	59.7	26	72.2	35	47.3	24	2.26	73	0
1974	53.9	107	64.3	123	43.5	66	3.77	35	0
1973	57.5	52	72.4	31	42.5	86	1.00	114	0
1972	60.7	22	70.9	51	50.4	5	4.86	16	0
1971	55.6	82	69.6	66	41.6	100	1.70	92	0
1970	56.7	68	70	62	43.3	74	1.49	102	0
1969	57.5	52	70.7	57	44.2	50	3.38	45	0
1968	51.3	129	62.9	130	39.7	122	1.66	94	0
1967	52.7	120	65.9	109	39.5	123	0.58	123	0
1966	53.7	112	69.5	68	38	127	0.91	116	0
1965	56.1	75	68.9	75	43.4	71	3.01	52	0
1964	58.5	38	72.4	31	44.5	46	2.68	66	0
1963	55.6	82	68.1	81	43.2	78	3.92	30	0
1962	58.6	36	68.8	76	48.5	18	4.74	18	0
1961	52.8	116	65.5	113	40.1	121	3.61	39	0
1960	56	77	70	62	42	94	2.18	75	0
1959	55.3	86	66.9	99	43.7	64	3.40	44	0
1958	58.8	33	73.5	24	44	58	1.46	104	0
1957	54	104	65	116	43	81	4.95	15	0
1956	55.9	80	67.9	85	43.9	61	2.01	83	0
1955	61.6	14	75.8	14	47.3	24	2.81	60	0
1954	51	131	64.1	124	38	127	1.55	100	0
1953	54.3	101	65	116	43.5	66	2.89	57	0
1952	56	77	69.8	65	42.3	90	1.49	102	0
1951	57.4	56	70.8	55	44.1	55	2.45	71	0
1950	52.6	121	64.1	124	41.1	110	5.30	13	0
1949	58.8	33	73	28	44.6	45	6.36	9	0
1948	56.7	68	71.8	41	41.5	102	0.28	130	0
1947	52.8	116	66.8	101	38.7	124	0.91	116	0
1946	54	104	66.9	99	41.1	110	1.32	107	0
1945	51.7	127	65.7	110	37.7	129	1.85	87	0
1944	62.7	12	75.2	16	50.1	6	2.76	64	0
1943	54.6	95	67.8	88	41.4	104	2.04	81	0
1942	51.9	125	62.3	132	41.4	104	2.80	61	0
1941	61.5	15	74.7	19	48.3	19	1.26	110	0
1940	56.5	71	71.3	48	41.7	97	0.59	122	0
1939	63.7	6	79.5	3	48.2	20	2.19	74	2
1938	55.1	89	67.1	96	43.2	78	2.13	78	0
1937	61.4	19	73.3	26	49.6	11	2.92	56	1
1936	64.1	5	78.3	6	50	8	2.28	72	0
1935	53.8	110	64.4	121	43.3	74	2.62	69	0
1934	69	1	85.9	1	52.2	2	0.78	119	0
1933	57.7	45	69.4	70	46.2	32	1.70	92	2
1932	61.5	15	75.1	17	47.8	22	3.03	51	0
1931	57.8	43	71.9	40	43.1	80	1.74	90	1
1930	55.5	84	67.9	85	43	81	3.24	49	0
1929	54.4	97	68	83	40.7	118	2.52	70	0
1928	62.9	11	78.1	8	47.6	23	0.49	126	1
1927	52.6	121	62.4	131	42.8	84	6.08	10	1
1926	64.3	4	78.7	5	49.9	9	1.65	96	0
1925	57.7	45	72.5	30	42.5	86			1
1924	51	131	64.7	118	37	132	2.04	81	1
1923	58.1	40	71.5	45	44.9	42	1.85	87	1
1922	61.5	15	73.8	22	49.3	12	3.36	46	0
1921	58.6	36	71	50	46.2	32	2.07	80	0
1920	57.2	61	67.5	91	46.4	31	3.80	33	1
1919	57.6	48	69.3	71	45.7	36	4.76	17	1
1918	55.7	81	70	62	41.4	104			0
1917	53.9	107	68.4	78	38.6	125	0.82	118	2
1916	54.9	90	67.9	85	41.9	96	6.48	7	0
1915	52.3	124	63.3	129	41.3	107	3.77	35	0
1914	57	63	70.3	60	43.8	62	2.80	61	0
1913	54	104	66.4	104	41.6	100	4.05	29	0
1912	58.7	35	72.3	33	45.2	40	3.34	47	0
1911	58.5	38	72.8	29	44.2	50	4.23	25	0
1910	51.9	125	66.7	102	37.1	131	1.40	106	0
1909	51.6	128	65.7	110	38.3	126	4.43	21	3
1908	54.2	103	67.6	90	40.8	117	7.51	4	0
1907	46.1	133	58.7	133	34.2	133	3.89	31	2
1906	54.9	90	66.4	104	43.8	62	12.39	1	1
1905	52.8	116	64.5	120	41	113	8.00	3	0
1904	57.4	56	71.5	45	43.3	74	3.79	34	0
1903	60.7	22	76.4	12	45	41	1.28	109	0
1902	59.4	28	73.3	26	45.6	37	3.88	32	0
1901	61.5	15	77.1	10	45.9	35	1.00	114	0
1900	63.1	10	79.5	3	46.7	28	0.25	131	0
1899	55.5	84	67	98	44	58	5.35	12	0
1898	54.6	95	68	83	41.2	109	3.41	42	0
1897	57.3	59	73.4	25	41.5	102	0.33	128	3
1896	56.6	70	69	73	44.1	55	3.76	37	0
1895	57.7	45	72	37	43.3	74	4.17	27	0
1893	53.9	107	67.5	91	40.3	120	1.89	86	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1934	69
1977	64.9
2018	64.5
1926	64.3
1936	64.1
1939	63.7
2023	63.6
1994	63.5
1988	63.4
1900	63.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	46.1
1954	51
1924	51
2002	51.2
1968	51.3
1909	51.6
1945	51.7
1942	51.9
1910	51.9
1915	52.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1906	12.39
2007	12.23
1905	8.00
1908	7.51
1991	7.36
2022	7.00
1916	6.48
2015	6.39
1949	6.36
1927	6.08

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1900	0.25
1948	0.28
1994	0.30
1897	0.33
2009	0.47
1928	0.49
2018	0.52
1976	0.52
1967	0.58
1940	0.59

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 25 May 2026
Coldest night: 22°F; 1 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.09 in; 31 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 3.57 in of precipitation in Aberdeen, SD, the wettest May since 2025, 40th wettest of 131.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Aberdeen, SD: 94°F on Monday 25 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Aberdeen, SD: a low of 22°F on Friday 1 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Aberdeen, SD: 1.09 in on Sunday 31 May 2026.