Akron, OH: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 57.2°F in Akron, OH, the coldest May since 2008, tied 35th coldest of 137 (with 1973).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 57.2°F; Coldest since 2008; 35th coldest of 137
Precipitation: 5.46 in; Wettest since 2017; 24th wettest of 131

A normal May in Akron, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 60.1°F, between 55.1°F and 66.1°F in eight years of ten and 3.80 in of precipitation, between 1.90 in and 6.60 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Akron, OH since 1887: 57.2°F in 2026; the lowest is 52.7°F, in 1907.

Normal range, 55.1 to 66.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Akron, OH from 1887 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	57.2	102	67.1	104	47.3	95	5.46	24	0
2025	58	88	67.4	100	48.7	63	4.76	37	0
2024	63.8	16	73.9	22	53.8	13	5.02	31	0
2023	58.7	76	70.5	63	46.8	100	1.68	118	0
2022	64.6	13	74.5	18	54.6	8	4.47	46	0
2021	59.4	63	70.1	66	48.8	62	4.39	50	0
2020	59	71	68.8	86	49.1	57	3.65	64	0
2019	63.1	20	73.6	28	52.6	18	2.81	87	0
2018	68.3	2	79.3	2	57.4	2	4.17	56	0
2017	59.8	60	69.1	79	50.5	39	7.50	5	0
2016	59.7	61	70.1	66	49.2	56	2.00	113	0
2015	66	6	77.2	7	54.9	5	4.68	39	0
2014	62	33	72.1	42	51.9	26	4.30	51	0
2013	62.9	21	73.9	22	51.9	26	1.52	120	0
2012	66.5	4	78.4	3	54.7	7	1.94	114	0
2011	62.4	27	72	44	52.7	17	7.25	8	0
2010	62.6	25	72.7	36	52.5	21	3.94	61	0
2009	60.3	53	71.3	51	49.4	50	3.59	65	0
2008	55.6	118	66.1	119	45.1	118	2.84	86	0
2007	62.9	21	75.8	14	49.9	42	2.08	111	0
2006	58.2	86	68.3	88	48.1	80	5.53	22	0
2005	55.1	123	66.4	114	43.9	127	2.38	105	0
2004	62.8	23	74.3	19	51.3	30	6.52	11	0
2003	57.7	92	66.7	109	48.6	68	8.16	4	0
2002	54.9	125	66.1	119	43.6	132	5.33	27	0
2001	59.1	67	69.1	79	49.1	57	4.29	52	0
2000	61	46	71.2	54	50.8	36	6.50	12	0
1999	61.4	38	72.7	36	50	41	3.11	80	0
1998	64.1	15	73.8	25	54.4	9	2.73	89	0
1997	52.8	136	62.9	139	42.6	137	6.53	10	0
1996	56.8	108	66.2	118	47.5	91	4.68	39	0
1995	58.3	84	68.3	88	48.3	78	6.38	16	0
1994	54.8	127	65.9	121	43.7	130	3.50	67	0
1993	59.2	64	70.9	57	47.6	89	1.36	127	0
1992	57.5	95	68.9	81	46.1	111	3.02	84	0
1991	68.7	1	79.6	1	57.7	1	1.49	124	0
1990	55.9	116	65.6	125	46.1	111	7.28	7	0
1989	56.9	106	65.2	128	48.7	63	5.98	20	0
1988	60.4	52	72.1	42	48.7	63	1.88	115	0
1987	62.2	30	73.6	28	50.8	36	2.61	96	0
1986	61.1	44	71.1	55	51.2	32	2.11	110	0
1985	60.5	49	72.6	38	48.5	72	6.49	13	0
1984	54.7	128	63.5	135	45.9	113	5.44	25	0
1983	56.7	110	67.1	104	46.3	109	4.53	43	0
1982	66.1	5	77.3	6	54.9	5	3.13	79	0
1981	58.5	82	68.9	81	48	84	4.84	36	0
1980	60.5	49	71.3	51	49.7	43	5.42	26	0
1979	56.6	111	67.1	104	46.2	110	5.06	30	0
1978	58.6	80	68.2	90	48.9	61	4.41	48	0
1977	65.6	10	78.1	4	53.2	16	1.05	130	0
1976	55.2	121	66.4	114	44	126	1.15	129	0
1975	63.2	18	73.7	27	52.6	18	3.57	66	0
1974	58.1	87	68.9	81	47.3	95	4.85	35	0
1973	57.2	102	65.7	123	48.6	68	3.97	58	0
1972	59.2	64	69.7	70	48.6	68	2.88	85	0
1971	57.3	101	69.3	78	45.2	116	2.65	92	0
1970	62.1	32	73.5	30	50.6	38	3.30	72	0
1969	59	71	70.9	57	47.1	99	3.78	62	0
1968	57.1	104	66.6	111	47.6	89	6.54	9	0
1967	53.1	135	63.4	136	42.9	135	4.43	47	0
1966	53.8	132	64.9	132	42.8	136	2.30	106	0
1965	64.5	14	76.5	11	52.6	18	2.55	100	0
1964	61.3	41	73.1	32	49.5	47	3.27	73	0
1963	56.4	113	68.1	93	44.7	124	2.07	112	0
1962	65.7	9	77.1	9	54.3	10	1.84	116	0
1961	53.8	132	65	131	42.5	138	2.64	93	0
1960	57	105	66.3	116	47.8	87	3.15	78	0
1959	62.8	23	73.9	22	51.7	28	4.51	44	0
1958	56.9	106	68.9	81	44.8	121	3.24	75	0
1957	58.7	76	69.9	69	47.5	91	3.10	81	0
1956	56.2	114	67.5	98	44.8	121	9.60	1	0
1955	60.8	47	72.5	39	49	59	2.71	91	0
1954	54.9	125	65.9	121	43.8	128	1.52	120	0
1953	60.6	48	71.9	45	49.4	50	5.27	28	0
1952	56.5	112	67.6	97	45.5	114	2.43	103	0
1951	59	71	71.3	51	46.8	100	3.07	82	0
1950	59.1	67	70.9	57	47.2	98	2.58	99	0
1949	60.2	54	71.8	46	48.5	72	2.40	104	0
1948	55.9	116	67.4	100	44.3	125	5.00	32	0
1947	55.1	123	65.2	128	45	120	6.47	14	0
1946	57.5	95	67	108	47.9	86	8.20	3	0
1945	54.1	130	64.5	133	43.8	128	6.11	18	0
1944	65.6	10	77.2	7	54.1	12	3.18	77	0
1943	58.3	84	67.3	103	49.3	54	5.74	21	0
1942	61.1	44	70.9	57	51.3	30	4.68	39	0
1941	59.9	59	73.2	31	46.6	104	2.27	107	0
1940	57.5	95	67.5	98	47.5	91	3.95	60	0
1939	61.8	35	74.2	20	49.4	50	1.36	127	0
1938	59.6	62	70	68	49.3	54	4.14	57	0
1937	58.7	76	70.9	57	46.5	106	3.35	70	0
1936	61.7	37	74.8	16	48.6	68	1.52	120	0
1935	53.3	134	64.5	133	42.1	140	3.25	74	0
1934	62.2	30	75.6	15	48.7	63	0.47	131	0
1933	61.3	41	70.4	65	52.2	24	2.61	96	0
1932	60.5	49	71.6	48	49.5	47	2.19	108	0
1931	58.7	76	69.4	75	48.1	80	4.24	53	0
1930	62.4	27	72.5	39	52.3	23	2.63	94	0
1929	57.7	92	67.1	104	48.3	78	4.49	45	0
1928	58.5	82	68.9	81	48.1	80	1.72	117	0
1927	58	88	66.5	112	49.5	47	4.73	38	0
1926	58.9	74	71.1	55	46.7	103	2.50	102	0
1925	54.2	129	65.5	127	43	134	2.74	88	0
1924	54.1	130	63.1	138	45.1	118	4.66	42	0
1923	57.9	90	69.4	75	46.4	107	3.72	63	0
1922	63.3	17	72.9	33	53.7	14	4.40	49	0
1921	61.4	38	71.7	47	51.1	34	4.21	54	0
1920	57.7	92	68.1	93	47.3	95	1.56	119	0
1919			68.1	93	48.4	76	7.38	6	5
1918	66	6	76.7	10	55.4	4	6.41	15	0
1917			60.2	140	43.7	130	3.05	83	4
1916	60.2	54	69.7	70	51	35	8.35	2	2
1915			67.4	100	45.5	114	2.73	89	6
1914	62.4	27	73.8	25	50.3	40	4.19	55	3
1913	59.1	67	69.7	70	48.5	72	2.61	96	0
1912	62.6	25	72.9	33	52	25	2.62	95	2
1911	66	6	77.6	5	54.3	10	2.18	109	0
1910	55.3	120	65.2	128	44.8	121	4.92	34	3
1909	57.4	99	68.2	90	46.6	104	3.22	76	0
1908	62	33	71.6	48	52.4	22	5.48	23	0
1907	52.7	137	63.2	137	42.2	139	3.36	69	0
1906	60.2	54	70.8	62	49.6	45	1.48	125	0
1905	58.8	75	69.5	73	48.1	80	5.99	19	0
1904	60.1	58	70.5	63	49.7	43	4.96	33	0
1903	63.2	18	74.7	17	51.7	28	1.38	126	0
1902	60.2	54	72.5	39	48	84	3.33	71	0
1901	57.5	95	68.2	90	46.8	100	3.45	68	0
1900	61.8	35	74.2	20	49.4	50	1.50	123	0
1899	61.4	38	71.5	50	51.2	32	6.32	17	0
1898	59.1	67	69.5	73	48.7	63	3.96	59	0
1897	55.4	119	65.7	123	45.2	116	5.13	29	0
1896	66.6	3	76.5	11	56.6	3	2.52	101	0
1895	61.2	43	72.8	35	49.6	45			0
1894	58.6	80	68.7	87	48.5	72			0
1893	56	115	65.6	125	46.4	107			0
1892	57.4	99	66.5	112	48.4	76			0
1891	55.2	121	66.7	109	43.6	132			0
1890	56.8	108	66.3	116	47.4	94			0
1889	59.2	64	69.4	75	49	59			0
1888	57.9	90	67.9	96	47.8	87			0
1887	64.9	12	76.2	13	53.6	15			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1991	68.7
2018	68.3
1896	66.6
2012	66.5
1982	66.1
2015	66
1918	66
1911	66
1962	65.7
1977	65.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	52.7
1997	52.8
1967	53.1
1935	53.3
1966	53.8
1961	53.8
1945	54.1
1924	54.1
1925	54.2
1984	54.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1956	9.60
1916	8.35
1946	8.20
2003	8.16
2017	7.50
1919	7.38
1990	7.28
2011	7.25
1968	6.54
1997	6.53

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	0.47
1977	1.05
1976	1.15
1993	1.36
1939	1.36
1903	1.38
1906	1.48
1991	1.49
1900	1.50
2013	1.52
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 19 May 2026, 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 32°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.43 in; 23 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 5.46 in of precipitation in Akron, OH, the wettest May since 2017, 24th wettest of 131.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Akron, OH: 86°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026 and Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Akron, OH: a low of 32°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Akron, OH: 1.43 in on Saturday 23 May 2026.