Atlantic City, NJ: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 62.8°F in Atlantic City, NJ, the warmest May since 2025, tied 23rd warmest of 82 (with 1998 and 1979).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 62.8°F; Warmest since 2025; 23rd warmest of 82
Precipitation: 1.65 in; Driest since 2023; 15th driest of 82

A normal May in Atlantic City, NJ (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 61.6°F, between 57.3°F and 66.1°F in eight years of ten and 3.26 in of precipitation, between 1.38 in and 6.68 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Atlantic City, NJ since 1944: 62.8°F in 2026; the highest is 67°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 57.3 to 66.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Atlantic City, NJ from 1944 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	62.8	23	73.2	23	52.5	22	1.65	68	0
2025	63.4	17	72.7	27	54	11	7.37	4	0
2024	64.2	10	73.3	21	55.1	7	2.78	49	0
2023	58.6	69	70	55	47.3	74	1.30	74	0
2022	63.5	16	72.7	27	54.2	9	4.57	20	0
2021	61.7	33	73.4	20	50	54	2.59	54	0
2020	60.5	47	69.9	56	51.1	36	1.62	69	0
2019	64.4	9	73.3	21	55.5	5	3.80	23	0
2018	67	1	76.6	4	57.4	1	6.97	5	0
2017	61.5	37	70.6	48	52.3	26	7.52	3	0
2016	60.5	47	68.9	63	52.1	28	6.68	7	0
2015	66.5	3	77.5	2	55.5	5	0.71	79	0
2014	62.1	30	72.4	31	51.9	30	2.26	60	0
2013	61.1	42	71.1	45	51.2	35	2.70	51	0
2012	65	5	73.9	17	56	3	3.56	27	0
2011	65	5	74.1	15	55.8	4	3.33	34	0
2010	64.5	7	74.9	12	54.1	10	3.22	36	0
2009	62.7	26	72.1	36	53.2	17	3.43	33	0
2008	59.7	58	70.7	47	48.7	65	4.59	19	0
2007	63	22	75.3	10	50.7	42	1.39	73	0
2006	61.6	35	72.8	25	50.5	46	3.58	26	0
2005	55.8	81	66.7	78	44.9	81	3.53	28	0
2004	66.9	2	76.8	3	57	2	3.29	35	0
2003	56.2	80	64.9	81	47.5	73	2.58	56	0
2002	60.4	50	71.6	40	49.1	62	2.74	50	0
2001	61.9	31	73	24	50.7	42	1.24	75	0
2000	62.3	28	72.3	34	52.4	23	2.16	63	0
1999	60.5	47	71.4	42	49.7	55	1.45	71	0
1998	62.8	23	72.4	31	53.1	18	6.68	7	0
1997	57.5	74	69	62	46	77	2.69	52	0
1996	59	65	68.6	69	49.3	60	4.51	21	0
1995	59.7	58	71.3	44	48	70	4.82	17	0
1994	57.3	76	69.7	58	45	80	3.48	31	0
1993	61.2	41	74	16	48.4	67	2.24	61	0
1992	57	78	68.5	71	45.4	79	2.34	59	0
1991	66	4	79.5	1	52.4	23	0.85	77	0
1990	59.2	63	69.1	61	49.3	60	5.71	11	0
1989	59.9	56	70.2	53	49.6	57	4.64	18	0
1988	59.5	60	69.9	56	49	63	3.20	37	0
1987	61.3	40	72.1	36	50.5	46	2.96	44	0
1986	63.1	20	75.7	7	50.5	46	0.54	81	0
1985	64.5	7	75.6	8	53.4	15	5.04	15	0
1984	60.6	46	70.2	53	51.1	36	6.58	10	0
1983	60.3	51	70.5	50	50.1	52	5.21	14	0
1982	64	14	74.6	14	53.5	14	2.42	58	0
1981	57.7	71	68.9	63	46.6	75	3.18	38	0
1980	61.6	35	72.6	30	50.6	44	1.61	70	0
1979	62.8	23	72.3	34	53.4	15	2.80	48	0
1978	57.1	77	66	80	48.3	68	6.71	6	0
1977	61.7	33	73.7	18	49.7	55	0.64	80	0
1976	57.4	75	68.2	72	46.6	75	3.61	25	0
1975	63.3	18	72.7	27	53.8	12	5.44	13	0
1974	60.3	51	70.4	51	50.2	51	2.61	53	0
1973	58.7	68	67.2	76	50.3	49	3.08	41	0
1972	59	65	68.6	69	49.5	58	3.51	29	0
1971	57.6	73	66.6	79	48.6	66	1.88	64	0
1970	61.4	39	71.9	38	51	38	1.81	65	0
1969	61.9	31	75.8	6	48.1	69	1.68	67	0
1968	58.9	67	69.7	58	48	70	5.55	12	0
1967	54	82	64	82	44.1	82	3.68	24	0
1966	56.6	79	67.5	75	45.7	78	3.17	39	0
1965	64.1	12	75.9	5	52.3	26	2.59	54	0
1964	64	14	75.5	9	52.4	23	1.44	72	0
1963	60.3	51	71.6	40	48.9	64	2.95	45	0
1962	63.1	20	73.7	18	52.6	20	1.77	66	0
1961	59.1	64	68.9	63	49.4	59	3.17	39	0
1960	60.9	45	71	46	50.9	40	2.21	62	0
1959	64.1	12	75.2	11	52.9	19	5.03	16	0
1958	59.4	62	68.7	67	50.1	52	4.38	22	0
1957	62.2	29	72.8	25	51.6	33	0.40	82	0
1956	57.7	71	67.6	74	47.8	72	2.50	57	0
1955	62.5	27	72.4	31	52.6	20	0.74	78	0
1954	59.5	60	67.9	73	51	38	2.82	46	0
1953	63.2	19	71.9	38	54.5	8	7.89	2	0
1952	60	55	69.4	60	50.6	44	6.63	9	0
1951	61.5	37	71.4	42	51.7	31	3.50	30	0
1950	58.6	69	66.9	77	50.3	49	3.08	41	0
1949	61	43	70.6	48	51.4	34	3.08	41	0
1948	59.9	56	68.9	63	50.8	41	11.51	1	0
1947	61	43	70.4	51	51.7	31	3.48	31	0
1946									27
1945	60.3	51	68.7	67	52	29	2.82	46	0
1944	64.2	10	74.7	13	53.7	13	0.98	76	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	67
2004	66.9
2015	66.5
1991	66
2012	65
2011	65
2010	64.5
1985	64.5
2019	64.4
2024	64.2
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	54
2005	55.8
2003	56.2
1966	56.6
1992	57
1978	57.1
1994	57.3
1976	57.4
1997	57.5
1971	57.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1948	11.51
1953	7.89
2017	7.52
2025	7.37
2018	6.97
1978	6.71
2016	6.68
1998	6.68
1952	6.63
1984	6.58

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1957	0.40
1986	0.54
1977	0.64
2015	0.71
1955	0.74
1991	0.85
1944	0.98
2001	1.24
2023	1.30
2007	1.39

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 20 May 2026
Coldest night: 39°F; 12 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.45 in; 24 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 1.65 in of precipitation in Atlantic City, NJ, the driest May since 2023, 15th driest of 82.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Atlantic City, NJ: 97°F on Wednesday 20 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Atlantic City, NJ: a low of 39°F on Tuesday 12 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Atlantic City, NJ: 0.45 in on Sunday 24 May 2026.