Ashland, WI: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 49.5°F in Ashland, WI, the coldest May since 2019, tied 42nd coldest of 114 (with 1953).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 49.5°F; Coldest since 2019; 42nd coldest of 114

The mean temperature of every May in Ashland, WI since 1893: 49.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 42.8°F, in 1907.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Ashland, WI 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	49.5	72	62.9	68	36.2	87			0
2025	52	42	66.6	30	37.5	64	0.55	114	0
2024	52.9	31	65.7	37	40.1	26	2.74	65	0
2023	51.8	45	65.9	36	37.7	60	0.31	115	0
2022	52.9	31	65.5	40	40.2	24	2.95	54	0
2021	52.1	41	65.2	42	39.1	44	1.97	87	0
2020	50.2	64	62.5	73	37.9	56	2.92	57	0
2019	49	83	61.2	82	36.8	79	2.17	82	3
2018	56	6	72	4	40.1	26	4.01	32	0
2017	48.2	94	59.5	95	37	73	6.35	9	0
2016	51.8	45	66.7	28	37.7	60	3.21	50	1
2015	51.5	51	65.1	45	37.8	58	2.65	66	0
2014	50.5	63	62.8	69	38.1	55	3.70	40	0
2013	48.3	93	59.2	100	37.5	64	8.06	1	0
2012	56.4	5	68.4	13	44.4	2	6.73	6	0
2011	49.1	79	60.7	88	37.5	64	3.59	42	0
2010	54.7	14	68.1	16	41.3	13	1.95	88	0
2009	51	55	65.2	42	36.8	79	0.82	109	0
2008	47.8	96	61.2	82	34.4	108	2.48	71	0
2007	55	13	68.3	14	41.7	9	2.38	76	0
2006	53	30	64.5	56	41.5	11	2.13	83	0
2005	49.8	67	60.3	91	39.3	38	2.79	62	0
2004	47	101	59	101	35	103	3.86	36	0
2003	50.7	61	64.9	49	36.5	84	5.73	13	0
2002	48	95	60.7	88	35.3	99	2.87	59	0
2001	53.3	26	65.6	38	41.1	16	3.60	41	0
2000	52.9	31	66.5	31	39.3	38	2.47	74	0
1999	53.6	22	65.6	38	41.6	10	3.01	52	0
1998									11
1997									10
1996									9
1995									9
1994									11
1993	51.7	47	63.5	66	39.8	31	5.29	16	1
1992	57.4	2	72.6	2	42.1	7	2.91	58	0
1991	55.7	9	67.5	22	44.3	3	4.00	33	1
1990	49.2	77	62.6	70	35.9	92	0.62	112	1
1989	52	42	66.9	27	37	73	3.80	38	0
1988	57.4	2	74	1	40.4	23	1.69	93	1
1987	55.3	11	68.1	16	42.5	5	5.28	17	0
1986	53.6	22	67.6	20	39.6	35	2.03	86	1
1985	55.9	7	71.7	5	40.6	18	5.17	18	2
1984	49.3	75	61.8	79	37.3	68	3.48	47	1
1983	45.4	110	58.6	103	33	115	2.48	71	3
1982	52.9	31	65	46	41.3	13			2
1981	49.2	77	63.7	62	34.6	105	1.24	101	0
1980	55.8	8	71.1	6	40.5	21	1.26	100	0
1979	46.6	104	57.9	107	35.3	99	4.84	19	0
1978	53.6	22	67.4	24	39.8	31	4.18	30	0
1977	58.5	1	72.5	3	44.5	1	2.52	69	0
1976	51.1	54	66.5	31	35.7	95	0.72	110	0
1975	53.7	21	67.5	22	39.9	30	0.86	108	0
1974	48.8	86	60.9	86	36.7	82	2.82	61	0
1973	48.9	84	59.6	93	38.2	53	3.87	35	0
1972	52.4	37	65.5	40	39.2	41	2.60	67	0
1971	49.1	79	62.4	74	35.8	93	2.48	71	0
1970	48.6	88	57.8	109	39.5	36	7.50	3	0
1969	53.6	22	67.8	19	39.3	38	1.29	99	0
1968	48.5	90	59.6	93	37.3	68	4.42	25	0
1967	45.9	108	59.9	92	31.9	116	2.28	78	0
1966	48.6	88	62.6	70	35	103	1.04	106	1
1965	52.3	40	64.7	52	40	29	5.40	14	0
1964	56.5	4	71	7	41.9	8	6.83	4	0
1963	50.9	59	65	46	36.8	79	2.53	68	0
1962	52.4	37	64.6	53	40.2	24	6.04	10	0
1961	49.7	68	64.8	50	34.6	105	5.38	15	0
1960	48.5	90	59.3	99	37.8	58	2.76	63	0
1959	54.2	19	68.3	14	40.1	26	5.78	11	0
1958	52.6	35	68	18	37	73	1.82	89	1
1957	51	55	63.1	67	38.9	47	2.99	53	0
1956	49.6	71	62.4	74	36.7	82	2.40	75	1
1955	54.6	17	68.6	11	40.6	18	3.81	37	2
1954	46.9	103	56.9	112	36.9	77	6.56	7	0
1953	49.5	72	61.9	78	37.2	71	8.06	1	0
1952	50	66	62.4	74	37.6	63	2.93	55	3
1951	54	20	66.7	28	41.3	13	3.80	38	0
1950	47.2	100	58.7	102	35.6	96	3.53	45	0
1949	51.9	44	64.8	50	39.1	44	4.83	20	0
1948	49.4	74	62.6	70	35.6	96	0.69	111	2
1947	46.6	104	57.9	107	35.3	99			0
1946	47.7	98	59.5	95	35.8	93	2.50	70	0
1945	45.1	111	56.7	114	33.3	114	1.42	98	1
1944	52.4	37	63.7	62	41.4	12	4.82	21	1
1943	51	55	63.6	65	38.3	51	3.57	43	1
1942	47.8	96	58.5	104	37	73	4.71	22	0
1941	55.4	10	68.5	12	42.3	6	1.55	97	0
1940	47	101	57.5	110	36.5	84	3.38	49	0
1939	51.6	50	64	60	39.2	41	2.93	55	1
1938	49.1	79	59.5	95	38.8	48	4.27	28	0
1937	51	55	63.9	61	38.2	53	4.16	31	0
1936	53.1	28	66.3	33	39.8	31	2.84	60	1
1935	46.3	106	58.5	104	34.2	110	1.72	91	0
1934	54.5	18	70.3	8	38.8	48	1.62	95	0
1933	50.2	64	61.3	81	39.1	44	1.19	102	1
1932	52.5	36	65.2	42	39.8	31	5.78	11	0
1931			66.3	33	36.5	84	2.20	81	5
1930	51.7	47	65	46	38.3	51	3.43	48	0
1929	49.7	68	63.7	62	35.6	96	2.26	79	0
1928	51.2	52	64.6	53	37.9	56	1.70	92	1
1927	46	107	55.2	116	36.9	77	4.27	28	0
1926	51.2	52	64.4	58	37.7	60	3.51	46	1
1925	48.8	86	64.5	56	33.8	112	0.57	113	1
1924	45.5	109	57.1	111	33.9	111	4.38	26	0
1923	49.7	68	64.3	59	35.1	102	1.56	96	0
1922	54.7	14	68.7	10	40.5	21	2.22	80	1
1921	53.2	27	67.2	25	39.2	41	2.08	84	2
1920	51.7	47	67.2	25	36.1	90	2.32	77	0
1919	50.7	61	64.6	53	37.3	68	1.16	103	2
1918					36.1	90	3.99	34	5
1917	44.4	113	58.5	104	30.3	117	1.81	90	1
1916	48.9	84	61.5	80	36.2	87			0
1915	45.1	111	56	115	34.3	109	4.50	24	0
1914	55.2	12	69.6	9	40.6	18	1.14	104	1
1913	48.5	90	60.8	87	36.2	87	4.59	23	0
1912	50.8	60	62.3	77	39.4	37			1
1911	54.7	14	66.2	35	43.1	4			1
1910	49.3	75	61.1	84	37.5	64			0
1909	49.1	79	61	85	37.2	71	4.38	26	0
1908			59.5	95	41.1	16	6.54	8	4
1907	42.8	114	51.8	117	33.7	113	3.57	43	3
1906			56.8	113					4
1905							3.13	51	31
1904							1.09	105	31
1903							6.77	5	31
1902							1.66	94	31
1901							2.05	85	31
1900							0.95	107	31
1894	53.1	28	67.6	20	38.7	50			0
1893	47.5	99	60.4	90	34.6	105	2.76	63	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	58.5
1992	57.4
1988	57.4
1964	56.5
2012	56.4
2018	56
1985	55.9
1980	55.8
1991	55.7
1941	55.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	42.8
1917	44.4
1945	45.1
1915	45.1
1983	45.4
1924	45.5
1967	45.9
1927	46
1935	46.3
1979	46.6
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2013	8.06
1953	8.06
1970	7.50
1964	6.83
1903	6.77
2012	6.73
1954	6.56
1908	6.54
2017	6.35
1962	6.04

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2023	0.31
2025	0.55
1925	0.57
1990	0.62
1948	0.69
1976	0.72
2009	0.82
1975	0.86
1900	0.95
1966	1.04

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 25 May 2026
Coldest night: 24°F; 8 May 2026, 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.41 in; 19 May 2026

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The hottest day of May 2026 in Ashland, WI: 88°F on Monday 25 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Ashland, WI: a low of 24°F on Friday 8 May 2026 and Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Ashland, WI: 0.41 in on Tuesday 19 May 2026.