Baton Rouge, LA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 75°F in Baton Rouge, LA, the warmest May since 2025, tied 55th warmest of 130 (with 2004 and 1966).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 75°F; Warmest since 2025; 55th warmest of 130
Precipitation: 11.60 in; Wettest since 2021; 6th wettest of 130

A normal May in Baton Rouge, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 75.1°F, between 72.9°F and 77.9°F in eight years of ten and 5.20 in of precipitation, between 0.81 in and 10.63 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Baton Rouge, LA since 1893: 75°F in 2026; the highest is 80.7°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 72.9 to 77.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Baton Rouge, LA 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	75	55	83.7	100	66.2	42	11.60	6	0
2025	76.4	34	85.8	54	67	24	8.51	20	0
2024	80.7	1	89.9	3	71.6	1	7.91	25	0
2023	78	9	88.4	15	67.5	14	4.57	57	0
2022	78.1	8	88.8	11	67.4	16	3.94	73	0
2021	73.9	90	83.1	108	64.6	59	13.23	4	0
2020	74.7	64	84.9	74	64.5	61	4.90	55	0
2019	77.8	13	87.5	21	68.1	7	9.70	12	0
2018	79	4	90.4	2	67.6	10	3.50	84	0
2017	72.7	111	83	112	62.5	101	9.08	16	0
2016	74.5	72	84.8	77	64.3	66	6.16	39	0
2015	76.4	34	86.5	35	66.3	38	11.17	7	0
2014	74	86	84.8	77	63.1	92	8.32	22	0
2013	72.4	118	82.8	116	61.9	111	7.03	33	0
2012	77.4	17	88.3	16	66.5	34	2.77	96	0
2011	75.1	54	87.1	26	63.1	92	0.59	127	0
2010	78.8	5	89.1	6	68.5	5	6.92	35	0
2009	76.2	40	85.9	52	66.6	33	2.19	105	0
2008	76.2	40	86.1	44	66.3	38	8.81	18	0
2007	74.9	58	85.2	66	64.5	61	8.23	23	0
2006	75.4	51	86.6	32	64.1	71	1.26	116	0
2005	74.1	83	85.6	59	62.6	99	3.38	85	0
2004	75	55	85.2	66	64.7	58	10.64	10	0
2003	77.9	11	88	18	67.9	8	0.45	128	0
2002	74.6	69	86.2	42	63	95	1.83	109	0
2001	74.3	78	86.1	44	62.5	101	0.83	124	0
2000	78.2	6	89	9	67.5	14	1.15	119	0
1999	74.5	72	85.4	60	63.6	84	5.49	44	0
1998	77.6	16	88.1	17	67.1	20	0.35	129	0
1997	72.9	108	82.3	124	63.4	88	7.46	27	0
1996	76.6	29	87.2	25	66	46	3.14	90	0
1995	76.9	21	86.2	42	67.6	10	10.82	8	0
1994	73.3	100	82.7	118	63.8	78	5.81	40	0
1993	71	126	81.6	128	60.3	127	2.18	106	0
1992	73.3	100	84.8	77	61.7	114	2.16	107	0
1991	77.2	20	84.8	77	69.6	3	10.63	11	0
1990	76.5	32	86.6	32	66.5	34	3.61	81	0
1989	76.5	32	86.4	38	66.5	34	14.67	3	0
1988	73.6	95	86.5	35	60.8	124	0.95	122	0
1987	76.9	21	86.4	38	67.4	16	4.23	64	0
1986	76.4	34	85.7	55	67	24	8.21	24	0
1985	74	86	84.1	87	63.9	75	2.72	97	0
1984	73.8	91	84.1	87	63.5	86	3.82	77	0
1983	72.6	114	82.8	116	62.4	106	6.17	38	0
1982	76.3	38	86.3	41	66.2	42	4.05	69	0
1981	71.8	122	81.9	125	61.8	112	4.47	60	0
1980	76.1	43	85.2	66	67.1	20	7.28	31	0
1979	72.1	121	82.4	121	61.7	114	5.37	47	0
1978	76.6	29	86.1	44	67.1	20	7.43	28	0
1977	75.6	48	86.7	30	64.5	61	3.97	71	0
1976	71.1	125	81.7	127	60.5	125	4.92	54	0
1975	75.4	51	84.6	83	66.1	45	5.49	44	0
1974	76.9	21	86.1	44	67.7	9	5.23	52	0
1973	74.1	83	84	91	64.2	69	5.60	43	0
1972	74.7	64	85.3	63	64	74	9.15	15	0
1971	72.7	111	83.9	96	61.4	120	3.71	80	0
1970	73.4	97	83.9	96	62.9	96	5.21	53	0
1969	74.6	69	84.9	74	64.3	66	2.92	93	0
1968	74.6	69	85.1	70	64.1	71	2.63	100	0
1967	72.9	108	83.2	106	62.6	99	7.73	26	0
1966	75	55	83.1	108	66.8	27	4.48	59	0
1965	75.2	53	85.4	60	65	55	3.90	74	0
1964	75.9	45	86	48	65.8	47	2.80	95	0
1963	76.7	28	89.1	6	64.4	64	0.63	126	0
1962	76.4	34	89	9	63.9	75	1.64	112	0
1961	71.7	123	82.4	121	61	122	3.80	78	0
1960	73	107	84	91	62.1	110	4.28	63	0
1959	76.8	24	87.1	26	66.5	34	8.91	17	0
1958	75.6	48	86.4	38	64.8	57	3.03	92	0
1957	76.1	43	86	48	66.3	38	2.67	99	1
1956	76.8	24	87	28	66.7	29	2.70	98	0
1955	76.8	24	87.8	19	65.7	48	4.20	66	0
1954	70.7	127	81.6	128	59.8	129	5.81	40	0
1953	76.8	24	86	48	67.6	10	10.70	9	0
1952	74	86	85.4	60	62.5	101	7.42	29	0
1951	74.4	76	85.7	55	63.2	91	1.07	120	0
1950	75.8	46	84.9	74	66.7	29	3.32	86	0
1949	75.7	47	86	48	65.3	53	2.56	103	1
1948	74.8	61	85.3	63	64.3	66	3.84	76	0
1947	73.8	91	84	91	63.5	86	3.96	72	0
1946	74.8	61	84.1	87	65.5	49	12.34	5	0
1945	72.6	114	83.4	102	61.5	117	3.52	83	1
1944	73.8	91	83.5	101	63.8	78	4.22	65	2
1943	77.7	14	88.6	12	66.8	27	3.24	88	0
1942	74.7	64	85	72	64.4	64	1.76	110	0
1941	74.2	80	84.6	83	63.8	78	4.78	56	1
1940					60.2	128	0.69	125	8
1939	72.7	111	83.1	108	62.4	106	9.19	14	1
1938					64.2	69	1.03	121	6
1937	74.3	78	86.7	30	61.8	112	3.54	82	0
1936	73.7	94	84	91	63.4	88	5.33	48	1
1935	74.8	61	84.8	77	65.1	54	4.34	62	1
1934	73.4	97	82.6	119	64.1	71	5.27	50	0
1933	79.4	2	87.6	20	71.1	2	4.41	61	0
1932	73.3	100	81.9	125	64.6	59	8.39	21	0
1931	71.6	124	81.5	130	61.6	116	5.41	46	1
1930					69	4	6.23	37	31
1929	74.2	80	82.9	114	65.5	49	9.30	13	1
1928	73.3	100	83.4	102	63.1	92			1
1927	76.3	38	84.1	87	68.4	6	5.73	42	0
1926	73.5	96	83.4	102	63.7	81	7.33	30	0
1925	74	86	85.9	52	62.2	109	3.20	89	0
1924	72.6	114	82.4	121	62.8	97	2.91	94	0
1923	73.2	104	82.6	119	63.7	81	6.25	36	0
1922	79.2	3	92.2	1	66.3	38	5.33	48	0
1921	76.2	40	89.6	4	62.8	97	3.99	70	0
1920	77.7	14	87.3	23	67.6	10	3.78	79	3
1919	73.2	104	83.8	99	62.5	101	6.94	34	0
1918	74.5	72	86.6	32	62.4	106	1.29	115	0
1917	69.8	130	80.7	131	58.9	131	1.23	117	1
1916	76.6	29	86.5	35	66.7	29	8.54	19	0
1915	77.4	17	87.5	21	67.4	16	5.27	50	0
1914	74.9	58	84.5	86	65.4	52	1.72	111	0
1913	74.1	83	84.8	77	63.4	88			0
1912	74.5	72	83.9	96	65	55			0
1911			85	72			3.06	91	5
1910	74.9	58	83.1	108	66.7	29	4.13	67	0
1909	70.7	127	84	91	57.4	133	3.90	74	0
1908	72.5	117	85.7	55	59.7	130	15.62	2	2
1907	70.6	129	82.9	114	58.3	132	23.73	1	0
1906	73.4	97	85.2	66	61.5	117	0.90	123	0
1905	77.9	11	88.6	12	67.2	19	7.04	32	0
1904	72.9	108	85.3	63	60.4	126	3.28	87	0
1903	72.3	120	83	112	61.5	117	2.53	104	0
1902	77.4	17	88.6	12	66.2	42	2.60	102	0
1901	73.1	106	85.1	70	60.9	123	1.97	108	1
1900	74.7	64	85.7	55	63.6	84	2.62	101	0
1899	78.2	6	89.3	5	67.1	20	1.61	113	0
1898	75.6	48	87.3	23	63.9	75	0.04	130	0
1897	72.4	118	83.4	102	61.4	120	4.57	57	0
1896	78	9	89.1	6	66.9	26	1.18	118	0
1895	74.2	80	84.6	83	63.7	81	4.11	68	1
1894	74.7	64	87	28	62.5	101	1.50	114	0
1893	74.4	76	83.2	106	65.5	49			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	80.7
1933	79.4
1922	79.2
2018	79
2010	78.8
2000	78.2
1899	78.2
2022	78.1
2023	78
1896	78

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	69.8
1907	70.6
1954	70.7
1909	70.7
1993	71
1976	71.1
1931	71.6
1961	71.7
1981	71.8
1979	72.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1907	23.73
1908	15.62
1989	14.67
2021	13.23
1946	12.34
2026	11.60
2015	11.17
1995	10.82
1953	10.70
2004	10.64

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1898	0.04
1998	0.35
2003	0.45
2011	0.59
1963	0.63
1940	0.69
2001	0.83
1906	0.90
1988	0.95
1938	1.03

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 31 May 2026, 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 47°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 3.25 in; 8 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 11.60 in of precipitation in Baton Rouge, LA, the wettest May since 2021, 6th wettest of 130.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Baton Rouge, LA: 93°F on Sunday 31 May 2026 and Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Baton Rouge, LA: a low of 47°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Baton Rouge, LA: 3.25 in on Friday 8 May 2026.