Beckley, WV: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 60.4°F in Beckley, WV, the warmest May since 2024, tied 52nd warmest of 115 (with 1993 and 1912).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 60.4°F; Warmest since 2024; 52nd warmest of 115
Precipitation: 4.05 in; Wettest since 2025; 59th wettest of 117

A normal May in Beckley, WV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 60.6°F, between 56.5°F and 65.6°F in eight years of ten and 4.28 in of precipitation, between 2.33 in and 7.48 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Beckley, WV since 1896: 60.4°F in 2026; the highest is 67.7°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 56.5 to 65.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Beckley, WV from 1896 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	60.4	52	71.3	65	49.5	48	4.05	59	0
2025	59.7	65	69.3	85	50	40	5.11	32	0
2024	64.2	13	73.9	37	54.5	6	3.45	73	0
2023	59	75	68.8	91	49.3	51	4.00	60	0
2022	63.8	15	74	34	53.6	8	4.76	38	0
2021	59	75	69.7	83	48.2	64	2.12	103	0
2020	57.9	88	67.3	106	48.5	59	5.24	28	0
2019	66	3	75.6	17	56.5	2	5.31	26	0
2018	67.7	1	77.5	6	57.9	1	5.32	25	0
2017	60.5	48	69.1	88	51.9	21	6.70	12	0
2016	59.3	72	69	90	49.6	47	6.59	13	0
2015	65.2	7	76.2	11	54.2	7	1.14	115	0
2014	63.5	16	74.4	31	51.9	21	3.87	64	2
2013	60.7	45	70.2	79	51.2	28	4.31	47	0
2012	65.5	5	75.3	23	55.7	4	3.90	62	0
2011	61.8	29	71.9	57	51.7	24	4.26	50	0
2010	63.5	16	73.6	40	53.4	9	7.47	6	0
2009	60.6	47	70	80	51.2	28	7.19	7	0
2008	57.6	91	67.6	102	47.5	68	3.12	82	0
2007	62.3	26	73	44	51.5	26	2.35	98	0
2006	56.6	103	67.5	104	45.7	89	2.42	94	0
2005	55.6	109	66.5	112	44.7	99	3.04	83	0
2004	64.7	8	74.6	28	54.8	5	7.11	9	0
2003	58.8	78	66.7	109	50.8	32	5.49	22	0
2002	57.7	90	68.7	92	46.6	78	4.29	49	0
2001	60.2	57	70.6	73	49.8	43	7.65	3	0
2000	62.9	19	74	34	51.7	24	3.43	74	0
1999	60.5	48	72.3	55	48.8	55	1.36	112	0
1998	61.8	29	71.7	61	51.9	21	7.58	4	0
1997	54.2	115	64.9	117	43.4	110	4.25	51	0
1996	62.8	21	73.1	43	52.4	15	7.52	5	0
1995	59.2	73	68.5	95	49.8	43	5.62	19	0
1994	54.7	113	65.2	116	44.3	105	4.23	52	0
1993	60.4	52	71.4	63	49.4	50	4.10	57	0
1992	58.2	87	67.6	102	48.7	57	3.35	75	0
1991	66.6	2	77.1	8	56.1	3	2.16	101	0
1990	59.4	69	68.5	95	50.4	35	3.53	70	0
1989	56.1	106	65.7	115	46.4	80	4.55	45	0
1988	59.6	66	70.8	70	48.4	63	2.98	84	0
1987	64.3	12	75.7	15	52.9	11	2.47	92	0
1986	60	61	69.9	81	50.1	38	4.59	44	0
1985	60.5	48	70.7	71	50.3	36	7.13	8	0
1984	57	97	67.9	99	46.1	84	5.27	27	0
1983	57.8	89	68.5	95	47.1	70	3.98	61	0
1982	64.4	11	76.2	11	52.6	14	6.22	16	0
1981	56.5	104	67.4	105	45.7	89	5.16	30	0
1980	59.5	67	70.4	75	48.5	59	2.38	95	0
1979	60	61	71.2	67	48.9	54	4.99	35	0
1978	58.7	80	68.6	94	48.8	55	4.16	55	0
1977	63	18	73.8	38	52.2	18	1.03	116	0
1976	57.2	95	68.2	98	46.2	83	3.79	66	0
1975	62.6	23	71.9	57	53.3	10	5.65	18	0
1974	59.5	67	69.3	85	49.7	46	4.67	40	0
1973	56.8	101	66.7	109	46.8	74	4.63	42	0
1972	58.3	86	68.7	92	47.8	65	4.73	39	0
1971	56.2	105	66.5	112	45.9	87	6.24	15	0
1970	61.5	33	73.3	42	49.8	43	1.36	112	0
1969	61.3	35	72.7	50	49.9	41	2.81	86	0
1968	56.8	101	66.3	114	47.4	69	4.62	43	0
1967	55.1	111	64.8	118	45.5	91	6.25	14	0
1966	59.1	74	70.4	75	47.8	65	1.45	111	0
1965	64.6	9	76.3	10	52.9	11	1.71	105	0
1964	61.1	39	72.7	50	49.5	48	1.31	114	0
1963									14
1962	65.3	6	79.9	1	50.8	32	2.24	100	0
1961	55.7	108	69.2	87	42.1	114	3.20	80	0
1960	57.4	93	70.4	75	44.5	104	3.28	79	0
1959	62.9	19	75.1	25	50.6	34	2.81	86	0
1958	58.8	78	72.5	52	45.1	95	5.61	20	0
1957	61.6	32	76.2	11	47.1	70	2.58	90	0
1956	60.9	43	75.1	25	46.7	77	3.76	67	0
1955	60.2	57	75.6	17	44.7	99	2.67	89	0
1954	54.7	113	67	108	42.4	113	4.92	36	0
1953	64.6	9	76.9	9	52.4	15	4.15	56	0
1952	58.9	77	72.9	46	44.8	97	4.78	37	0
1951	58.5	83	71.8	60	45.2	94	4.07	58	0
1950	62.5	24	73.8	38	51.2	28	3.89	63	1
1949	61	42	75.6	17	46.5	79	5.14	31	0
1948	59.8	64	71.1	69	48.5	59	3.35	75	0
1946	60.8	44	70.4	75	51.2	28			1
1943	61.9	28	74	34	49.9	41	3.30	77	0
1942	61.7	31	74.9	27	48.5	59	3.62	69	0
1941	60.5	48	75.6	17	45.3	93	1.46	110	0
1940	56.1	106	71.4	63	40.7	115	4.32	46	0
1939	60	61	75.2	24	44.8	97	2.29	99	0
1938	58.6	82	72.4	53	44.9	96	6.18	17	0
1937	59.4	69	72.8	47	46	86	2.47	92	0
1936			78.4	4			2.08	104	7
1935	57.5	92	69.5	84	45.5	91	8.27	2	0
1934	61.2	37	76.1	14	46.3	82	2.38	95	0
1933	62.2	27	72.4	53	52.1	20	6.96	11	0
1932	60.2	57	72.8	47	47.6	67	5.35	24	0
1931	60.3	55	73.6	40	47	72	4.30	48	0
1927							5.24	28	9
1926	64.1	14	75.5	21	52.8	13	4.65	41	0
1925	57	97	67.1	107	46.8	74	1.53	108	0
1924	55	112	66.7	109	43.2	111	9.56	1	0
1923	55.5	110	71.2	67	39.7	116	3.30	77	0
1922	61.3	35	70.5	74	52.2	18	2.87	85	0
1921	58.5	83	67.7	101	49	53	4.17	54	1
1919	61.5	33	74.4	31	48.6	58	6.98	10	0
1918	65.6	4	79.7	2	51.5	26			0
1917	57.3	94	70.7	71	43.8	107	5.09	34	0
1916	62.8	21	79.7	2	45.8	88	3.85	65	0
1915	61.1	39	75.5	21	46.8	74	5.55	21	0
1914	60.1	60	75.7	15	44.6	101	2.38	95	0
1913	58.7	80	72.8	47	44.6	101	5.11	32	0
1912	60.4	52	74.5	30	46.4	80	5.44	23	1
1911	62.4	25	77.9	5	46.9	73	1.70	106	0
1910	56.9	100	69.9	81	43.9	106	2.49	91	0
1909	59.4	69	74.2	33	44.6	101	2.76	88	0
1908	61.1	39	73	44	49.2	52	3.51	72	0
1907	57.2	95	71.9	57	42.5	112	3.13	81	0
1902			74.6	28			1.63	107	5
1901	60.7	45	69.1	88	52.4	15	4.19	53	0
1900	57	97	67.8	100	46.1	84	2.16	101	0
1899	61.2	37	72.3	55	50.2	37	3.53	70	0
1898			71.3	65	50.1	38	3.70	68	4
1897	58.4	85	71.7	61	43.6	108	1.52	109	3
1896	60.3	55	77.2	7	43.5	109	0.65	117	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	67.7
1991	66.6
2019	66
1918	65.6
2012	65.5
1962	65.3
2015	65.2
2004	64.7
1965	64.6
1953	64.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1997	54.2
1994	54.7
1954	54.7
1924	55
1967	55.1
1923	55.5
2005	55.6
1961	55.7
1989	56.1
1940	56.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1924	9.56
1935	8.27
2001	7.65
1998	7.58
1996	7.52
2010	7.47
2009	7.19
1985	7.13
2004	7.11
1919	6.98

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1896	0.65
1977	1.03
2015	1.14
1964	1.31
1999	1.36
1970	1.36
1966	1.45
1941	1.46
1897	1.52
1925	1.53

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 31°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.60 in; 24 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 4.05 in of precipitation in Beckley, WV, the wettest May since 2025, 59th wettest of 117.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Beckley, WV: 88°F on Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Beckley, WV: a low of 31°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Beckley, WV: 1.60 in on Sunday 24 May 2026.