Albany, NY: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 57.9°F in Albany, NY, the coldest May since 2021, tied 59th coldest of 153 (with 1949, 1943 and 1900).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 57.9°F; Coldest since 2021; 59th coldest of 153
Precipitation: 3.00 in; Wettest since 2025; 75th wettest of 153

A normal May in Albany, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 59.3°F, between 55.2°F and 63.1°F in eight years of ten and 3.24 in of precipitation, between 1.37 in and 5.88 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Albany, NY since 1874: 57.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 50.4°F, in 1967.

Normal range, 55.2 to 63.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Albany, NY from 1874 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
2026	57.9	92	68.6	84	47.2	93	3.00	75
2025	59.1	68	67.8	95	50.5	26	7.43	3
2024	64.8	6	75.8	6	53.8	5	3.14	69
2023	58.8	72	72.5	36	45.2	119	1.16	145
2022	63.3	11	75.1	9	51.5	16	1.85	123
2021	55.6	124	67	109	44.3	131	3.07	73
2020	59.8	51	71.1	57	48.5	63	1.52	133
2019	58.5	80	67.9	94	49.1	49	3.08	71
2018	64.3	7	75.5	7	53	8	1.64	130
2017	57.4	100	66.7	118	48.1	73	5.98	8
2016	59.5	55	70.2	66	48.7	59	2.43	102
2015	65.6	2	78.4	1	52.8	10	1.05	147
2014	60	44	71.3	52	48.7	59	2.61	94
2013	59.9	50	71.9	43	47.8	82	6.65	4
2012	63.1	13	73.4	23	52.9	9	6.03	7
2011	62	20	72	41	52.1	11	4.68	30
2010	61.2	29	73.6	21	48.8	57	1.88	122
2009	58	90	69	79	46.9	97	4.08	43
2008	55.5	125	67.6	98	43.4	142	1.24	142
2007	60.3	41	72.6	34	48	76	3.51	53
2006	58.6	78	68.2	89	49.1	49	5.31	16
2005	54.5	141	65.1	139	44	136	1.44	135
2004	61.5	27	72.5	36	50.5	26	3.54	52
2003	56.8	111	66.5	121	47.1	95	5.08	20
2002	55	134	65.4	136	44.6	126	4.55	32
2001	58.8	72	70.3	64	47.4	89	3.21	65
2000	59.3	65	69.3	74	49.4	42	4.95	22
1999	59.4	63	71.5	47	47.3	91	2.77	87
1998	62.8	14	74.1	15	51.6	15	5.87	12
1997	53.5	147	63.5	147	43.6	141	2.60	95
1996	55.2	130	65.6	133	44.7	123	4.24	37
1995	56.9	110	68.3	87	45.6	114	1.35	139
1994	56.4	115	68.2	89	44.6	126	3.27	64
1993	59.4	63	71.3	52	47.6	87	1.37	137
1992	58.5	80	71.2	54	45.8	109	3.61	51
1991	63.2	12	76.1	5	50.3	30	2.74	89
1990	55.2	130	65.9	129	44.6	126	6.12	6
1989	59.5	55	70.1	67	48.8	57	5.92	10
1988	59.5	55	71.4	49	47.6	87	2.95	79
1987	60	44	72.3	39	47.7	85	1.57	131
1986	61.3	28	73.7	18	48.9	55	3.11	70
1985	60	44	71.4	49	48.5	63	2.71	91
1984	53.2	150	63.8	146	42.5	148	7.92	2
1983	54.9	135	64.6	143	45.2	119	6.26	5
1982	59.5	55	71.2	54	47.8	82	2.60	95
1981	58.9	71	73.8	17	43.9	137	2.44	101
1980	59.5	55	72.4	38	46.6	101	1.05	147
1979	60	44	70.5	60	49.4	42	4.13	41
1978	58.3	86	70	71	46.7	99	1.96	117
1977	60.2	43	74.4	13	46	107	2.29	109
1976	54.9	135	67.3	107	42.6	147	4.89	24
1975	61.8	22	74.5	11	49.2	45	2.96	77
1974	54	145	65.1	139	43	145	3.47	56
1973	55.3	127	66.3	124	44.3	131	5.45	13
1972	59.5	55	70.7	59	48.3	69	5.98	8
1971	54.9	135	67.3	107	42.5	148	3.48	55
1970	60.5	37	72.6	34	48.4	65	1.78	124
1969	56.3	117	69.8	72	42.8	146	2.64	93
1968	54.9	135	67.6	98	42.2	151	4.79	26
1967	50.4	153	62.3	151	38.5	153	3.36	59
1966	53.9	146	65.5	134	42.3	150	2.35	104
1965	59.5	55	73.7	18	45.4	116	1.22	143
1964	61.6	25	74.9	10	48.4	65	1.31	141
1963	56.6	114	69	79	44.2	133	1.90	121
1962	59.8	51	71.6	44	48	76	1.40	136
1961	55.4	126	66.7	118	44.1	135	4.44	35
1960	60.3	41	71.6	44	49.1	49	3.33	61
1959	60.7	35	73.3	26	48	76	2.09	115
1958	54.4	143	65.5	134	43.3	144	2.11	114
1957	57	107	69.2	77	44.7	123	4.94	23
1956	53.5	147	66.3	124	40.6	152	3.08	71
1955	61.2	29	74.3	14	48.1	73	1.51	134
1954	55.3	127	65.8	130	44.7	123	5.40	15
1953	60	44	70.4	61	49.7	39	8.96	1
1952	54.4	143	65.4	136	43.4	142	4.20	38
1951	58.7	76	71.2	54	46.2	104	2.79	84
1950	57.5	98	68.2	89	46.8	98	2.89	81
1949	57.9	92	70.3	64	45.4	116	3.20	67
1948	56.1	120	65.8	130	46.5	102	4.75	28
1947	56.7	112	67.8	95	45.7	112	5.13	19
1946	55.2	130	66.2	128	44.2	133	4.55	32
1945	53.5	147	63	150	43.9	137	4.82	25
1944	64	8	76.5	3	51.5	16	1.35	139
1943	57.9	92	67.5	100	48.2	71	3.78	47
1942	61.1	32	71.6	44	50.7	25	2.46	100
1941	59.3	65	72.8	31	45.8	109	1.19	144
1940	58.4	82	68.4	85	48.3	69	3.68	48
1939	60.5	37	72.7	32	48.4	65	1.11	146
1938	57.6	97	67.4	105	47.9	79	3.42	57
1937	61.8	22	73.4	23	50.3	30	4.13	41
1936	62.1	19	73.4	23	50.8	22	4.20	38
1935	56.2	119	66.5	121	45.9	108	2.35	104
1934	61.2	29	72.7	32	49.8	37	2.56	98
1933	62	20	72.2	40	51.7	14	2.41	103
1932	60.6	36	71.5	47	49.6	40	1.69	126
1931	60.4	40	70.4	61	50.4	28	5.92	10
1930	60.5	37	70.1	67	51	20	3.02	74
1929	58.4	82	68.9	82	47.9	79	2.34	106
1928	58	90	67.5	100	48.4	65	2.50	99
1927	56.3	117	64.8	141	47.8	82	2.92	80
1926	57.1	105	68	93	46.2	104	0.80	151
1925	54.8	139	65.3	138	44.4	130	2.01	116
1924	54.5	141	63.4	148	45.6	114	2.80	83
1923	57	107	68.7	83	45.3	118	1.65	129
1922	62.2	16	73.5	22	51	20	3.68	48
1921	60.9	34	71.4	49	50.4	28	1.67	128
1920	57.3	101	66.8	114	47.7	85	0.73	152
1919	58.7	76	68.2	89	49.2	45	5.42	14
1918	63.4	10	73.7	18	53.1	7	2.78	86
1917	51	152	58.3	153	43.8	139	2.83	82
1916	58.2	88	67.5	100	49	53	2.71	91
1915	54.8	139	63.9	145	45.7	112	1.92	118
1914	61.7	24	73.3	26	50.1	33	2.30	108
1913	57.5	98	66.7	118	48.2	71	3.29	63
1912	59.5	55	69.1	78	50	35	4.48	34
1911	65.5	3	76.9	2	54.1	3	2.15	113
1910	58.1	89	67.5	100	48.7	59	3.49	54
1909	57.8	96	66.8	114	48.7	59	2.72	90
1908	61.1	32	70.4	61	51.8	13	4.26	36
1907	52.7	151	61.7	152	43.8	139	3.21	65
1906	58.6	78	69.3	74	47.9	79	3.90	45
1905	59	70	69	79	49.1	49	0.96	149
1904	62.6	15	73.2	29	52	12	2.16	112
1903	62.2	16	74.5	11	49.9	36	0.15	153
1902	57	107	66.9	111	47.2	93	1.91	120
1901	59.1	68	67.4	105	50.8	22	4.79	26
1900	57.9	92	70.1	67	45.8	109	1.36	138
1899	59.8	51	70.1	67	49.5	41	2.23	111
1898	58.3	86	66.3	124	50.2	32	4.07	44
1897	58.8	72	68.4	85	49.2	45	4.69	29
1896	63.7	9	74.1	15	53.2	6	1.55	132
1895	61.6	25	72	41	51.1	19	1.72	125
1894	59.7	54	69.3	74	50.1	33	4.64	31
1893	58.4	82	67.5	100	49.2	45	5.08	20
1892	56.7	112	64.5	144	48.9	55	5.30	17
1891	57.2	103	68.3	87	46.2	104	1.69	126
1890	57.1	105	66.8	114	47.4	89	5.19	18
1889	62.2	16	73	30	51.4	18	3.32	62
1888	57.3	101	66.5	121	48.1	73	2.98	76
1887	65.2	4	76.3	4	54.1	3	2.27	110
1886	59.3	65	69.6	73	49	53	3.40	58
1885	57.2	103	67.8	95	46.7	99	1.92	118
1884	58.8	72	66.9	111	50.8	22	2.79	84
1883	58.4	82	66.9	111	49.8	37	3.20	67
1882	55.2	130	63.2	149	47.3	91	4.15	40
1881	65	5	73.3	26	56.7	2	3.90	45
1880	66.1	1	75.2	8	57.1	1	3.35	60
1879	60	44	70.8	58	49.3	44	0.89	150
1878	56	121	64.8	141	47.1	95	3.65	50
1877	56.4	115	66.3	124	46.5	102	2.77	87
1876	55.3	127	65.7	132	44.8	122	2.96	77
1875	55.8	123	67	109	44.6	126	2.57	97
1874	55.9	122	66.8	114	45.1	121	2.32	107

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1880	66.1
2015	65.6
1911	65.5
1887	65.2
1881	65
2024	64.8
2018	64.3
1944	64
1896	63.7
1918	63.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	50.4
1917	51
1907	52.7
1984	53.2
1997	53.5
1956	53.5
1945	53.5
1966	53.9
1974	54
1958	54.4
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1953	8.96
1984	7.92
2025	7.43
2013	6.65
1983	6.26
1990	6.12
2012	6.03
2017	5.98
1972	5.98
1989	5.92
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1903	0.15
1920	0.73
1926	0.80
1879	0.89
1905	0.96
2015	1.05
1980	1.05
1939	1.11
2023	1.16
1941	1.19

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 92°F; 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 36°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.79 in; 6 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 3.00 in of precipitation in Albany, NY, the wettest May since 2025, 75th wettest of 153.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Albany, NY: 92°F on Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Albany, NY: a low of 36°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Albany, NY: 0.79 in on Wednesday 6 May 2026.