Athens, GA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 70.7°F in Athens, GA, the warmest May since 2024, 45th warmest of 123.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 70.7°F; Warmest since 2024; 45th warmest of 123
Precipitation: 9.21 in; Wettest since 2018; 7th wettest of 145

A normal May in Athens, GA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 70.4°F, between 67.4°F and 73.2°F in eight years of ten and 2.73 in of precipitation, between 1.46 in and 5.93 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Athens, GA since 1902: 70.7°F in 2026; the highest is 76.3°F, in 1933.

Normal range, 67.4 to 73.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Athens, GA from 1857 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	70.7	45	82.1	55	59.3	44	9.21	7	0
2025	69.8	67	79	100	60.6	23	6.53	18	0
2024	72.1	26	82.5	50	61.7	14	3.24	75	0
2023	68.1	97	78	107	58.2	71	3.03	83	0
2022	73.5	8	85.5	11	61.5	15	2.17	109	0
2021	69.6	73	82	59	57.2	85	4.05	54	0
2020	68.5	91	80.2	85	56.8	90	3.75	62	0
2019	75.5	2	87.3	5	63.7	3	1.62	125	0
2018	73.5	8	84.7	16	62.3	8	9.31	5	0
2017	70.4	53	82.1	55	58.7	58	6.24	21	0
2016	70.3	56	82	59	58.6	60	2.49	98	0
2015	72.4	22	85.2	14	59.6	39	2.63	96	0
2014	70.8	44	83.3	32	58.3	68	3.46	71	0
2013	67.4	106	78.5	102	56.4	96	3.63	67	0
2012	72.7	16	84.4	21	61.1	19	2.67	93	0
2011	70.4	53	84.1	23	56.7	94	0.82	136	0
2010	72.5	19	83.2	36	61.9	11	5.89	25	0
2009	70.5	48	79.9	90	61.2	17	3.58	68	0
2008	69.2	79	81.3	69	57.1	87	2.23	107	0
2007	69.8	67	83.3	32	56.3	98	1.56	127	0
2006	69	84	81.1	74	57	88	2.17	109	0
2005	66.3	116	78.1	105	54.5	117	2.67	93	0
2004	73.2	11	85	15	61.5	15	1.32	129	0
2003	68.5	91	77.3	114	59.6	39	7.98	11	0
2002	67.6	105	79.2	96	56.1	103	3.17	77	0
2001	69.7	72	81.8	63	57.5	83	3.03	83	0
2000	73.5	8	85.7	10	61.2	17	2.16	111	0
1999	68.5	91	80.2	85	56.8	90	1.16	130	0
1998	72.5	19	82.8	43	62.2	9	3.08	80	0
1997	65	123	76.7	121	53.2	122	2.79	91	0
1996	71.7	28	83.4	29	59.9	28	2.08	113	0
1995	71.2	39	82.6	48	59.8	31	4.33	45	0
1994	67.7	104	79.1	98	56.3	98	1.96	117	0
1993	69.8	67	80.9	75	58.7	58	3.24	75	0
1992	66.9	110	78.2	104	55.6	108	1.48	128	0
1991	71.8	27	80.7	77	62.8	4	5.78	30	0
1990	69.1	82	80.7	77	57.6	82	1.96	117	0
1989	67.1	108	78.5	102	55.7	107	3.99	56	0
1988	69.4	74	83.2	36	55.5	110	0.41	143	0
1987	72.7	16	83.5	28	61.8	13	2.30	103	0
1986	70.3	56	81.8	63	58.8	55	2.20	108	0
1985	70.2	59	81.3	69	59.1	50	3.81	59	0
1984	69.2	79	82.1	55	56.3	98	3.40	73	0
1983	70.1	63	81.8	63	58.5	62	2.30	103	0
1982	74.6	4	87.1	6	62.2	9	4.33	45	0
1981	67.9	100	79.9	90	55.8	106	3.67	64	0
1980	69.8	67	79.7	92	59.9	28	7.52	12	0
1979	69.8	67	80.1	89	59.6	39	3.68	63	0
1978	68.5	91	77.9	109	59.1	50	4.82	36	0
1977	71.3	37	83.4	29	59.3	44	0.88	133	0
1976	66.2	117	76.3	123	56.1	103	8.50	9	0
1975	71.7	28	80.6	81	62.8	4	7.21	15	0
1974	70.1	63	80.9	75	59.2	48	9.73	4	0
1973	65.4	120	77	117	53.7	120	8.02	10	0
1972	66.9	110	77	117	56.8	90	6.02	23	0
1971	66.8	113	78.8	101	54.7	114	3.05	82	0
1970	70.2	59	81.9	61	58.5	62	3.77	61	0
1969	69	84	79.5	93	58.5	62	4.61	40	0
1968	66.9	110	77.6	111	56.2	101	6.39	20	0
1967	66.1	118	77.5	113	54.7	114	5.69	31	0
1966	67.9	100	77.6	111	58.2	71	6.50	19	0
1965	73.6	6	87.5	3	59.8	31	0.93	132	0
1964	70.6	46	83.1	39	58.1	77	4.77	37	0
1963	69.3	76	80.5	82	58.1	77	5.83	27	0
1962	75.4	3	88.9	1	61.9	11	1.57	126	0
1961	65.5	119	76.5	122	54.5	117	3.38	74	0
1960	68	99	80.7	77	55.2	112	1.89	120	0
1959	71.1	40	81.9	61	60.3	26	11.34	1	0
1958	70.1	63	81.6	66	58.5	62	3.94	57	0
1957	70.2	59	80.7	77	59.7	34	5.94	24	0
1956	70.9	43	82.7	45	59.1	50	0.82	136	0
1955	72.5	19	84.6	19	60.4	25	4.34	44	0
1954	65.1	122	77.1	115	53	123	2.51	97	0
1953	73.6	6	84.7	16	62.5	7	6.04	22	0
1952	70.3	56	82.4	52	58.3	68	3.15	79	0
1951	69	84	82.5	50	55.5	110	0.55	142	0
1950	72.2	25	83.3	32	61	21	4.65	39	0
1949	70.5	48	82.8	43	58.2	71	4.32	47	0
1948	70.5	48	82.9	42	58.2	71	4.46	41	0
1947	69.3	76	81.4	68	57.2	85	4.77	37	0
1946			79.3	95			4.36	43	4
1945	66.5	114	78	107	54.9	113			0
1944	71.4	34	84.1	23	58.8	55	2.64	95	0
1943	71.4	34	83	41	59.7	34	1.87	121	0
1942	69.4	74	80.5	82	58.2	71	7.23	13	0
1941	73.1	13	87.5	3	58.6	60	0.65	140	0
1940	68.7	90	82.7	45	54.6	116	2.33	101	0
1939	69.2	79	80.2	85	58.1	77	4.25	50	0
1938	71.7	28	83.7	27	59.7	34	3.57	70	0
1937	71.6	31	84.4	21	58.8	55	2.33	101	0
1936	73.1	13	86.7	7	59.5	42	0.21	144	0
1935	71.3	37	83.3	32	59.3	44	3.58	68	0
1934	70.2	59	81.3	69	59.2	48	4.32	47	0
1933	76.3	1	88.6	2	63.9	2	2.87	88	0
1932	70.5	48	82.6	48	58.4	67	4.20	52	0
1931	69.1	82	81.3	69	57	88	3.66	65	0
1930	72.6	18	84	25	61.1	19	4.38	42	0
1929	70.1	63	81.2	73	59	53	8.93	8	0
1928	69	84	80.5	82	56.8	90	5.79	28	2
1927	71.6	31	84	25	59.3	44	2.25	106	0
1926	70.4	53	84.6	19	56.2	101	0.97	131	0
1925	68.5	91	83.1	39	54	119	2.06	114	0
1924	66.5	114	79.4	94	53.7	120	3.64	66	2
1923	69.3	76	82.1	55	56.4	96	11.32	2	0
1922					59.5	42	5.35	33	16
1921	68.9	88	81.6	66	56.1	103	2.09	112	0
1920	67.4	106	79.1	98	55.6	108	4.86	35	0
1919	70.5	48	82.7	45	58.3	68	3.94	57	0
1918	72.8	15	85.5	11	60	27	2.29	105	0
1917	65.3	121	79.2	96	51.5	124	2.46	100	0
1916	73.2	11	86.6	8	59.9	28	1.95	119	0
1915	72.3	23	83.2	36	60.8	22	6.76	17	2
1914	71	41	85.5	11	56.5	95	0.11	145	0
1913	71.4	34	84.7	16	58.1	77	2.92	87	0
1912	70.6	46	82.4	52	58.9	54	4.27	49	0
1911	72.3	23	86.1	9	58.5	62	0.73	139	0
1910	67.1	108	76.8	120	57.5	83	3.81	59	0
1909	67.9	100	77.9	109	57.8	81	5.56	32	0
1908	71	41	82.3	54	59.7	34	1.97	116	0
1907	68.4	96	76.9	119	59.8	31	2.87	88	0
1906	67.9	100	76.1	124	59.7	34	3.06	81	2
1905	71.5	33	80.2	85	62.7	6	5.79	28	0
1904	68.1	97	78.1	105	58.2	71	1.76	123	0
1903	68.8	89	77.1	115	60.5	24	2.78	92	0
1902	73.7	5	83.4	29	64.1	1	0.86	134	0
1901							4.90	34	31
1900							2.97	86	31
1899							0.83	135	31
1898							2.48	99	31
1897							0.61	141	31
1896							1.78	122	31
1894							2.06	114	31
1893							4.05	54	31
1892							1.75	124	31
1891							2.84	90	31
1890							9.27	6	31
1889							3.16	78	31
1888							5.85	26	31
1887							3.46	71	31
1886							6.84	16	31
1885							7.22	14	31
1884							0.82	136	31
1873							9.80	3	31
1859							4.21	51	31
1858							3.02	85	31
1857							4.17	53	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1933	76.3
2019	75.5
1962	75.4
1982	74.6
1902	73.7
1965	73.6
1953	73.6
2022	73.5
2018	73.5
2000	73.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1997	65
1954	65.1
1917	65.3
1973	65.4
1961	65.5
1967	66.1
1976	66.2
2005	66.3
1945	66.5
1924	66.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1959	11.34
1923	11.32
1873	9.80
1974	9.73
2018	9.31
1890	9.27
2026	9.21
1929	8.93
1976	8.50
1973	8.02

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1914	0.11
1936	0.21
1988	0.41
1951	0.55
1897	0.61
1941	0.65
1911	0.73
2011	0.82
1956	0.82
1884	0.82

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 20 May 2026
Coldest night: 42°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 2.96 in; 30 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 9.21 in of precipitation in Athens, GA, the wettest May since 2018, 7th wettest of 145.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Athens, GA: 93°F on Wednesday 20 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Athens, GA: a low of 42°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Athens, GA: 2.96 in on Saturday 30 May 2026.