Bethel, AK: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 40.2°F in Bethel, AK, the coldest May since 2024, 39th coldest of 103.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 40.2°F; Coldest since 2024; 39th coldest of 103
Precipitation: 1.09 in; Wettest since 2024; 35th wettest of 102

A normal May in Bethel, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 44.1°F, between 36.8°F and 46.9°F in eight years of ten and 1.05 in of precipitation, between 0.45 in and 2.32 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Bethel, AK since 1924: 40.2°F in 2026; the lowest is 31°F, in 1964.

Normal range, 36.8 to 46.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Bethel, AK from 1924 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
2026	40.2	65	48.3	67	32.2	57	1.09	35
2025	42.5	42	50.3	50	34.6	30	0.90	45
2024	39.5	69	47.2	72	31.7	66	1.14	33
2023	40.7	60	48.3	67	33.1	47	1.51	17
2022	44.8	19	55.1	13	34.5	31	0.36	90
2021	45.8	11	56.5	6	35	25	0.46	85
2020	48.5	2	58.9	1	38.1	7	1.16	31
2019	46.9	5	55.3	11	38.5	4	1.89	8
2018	42.6	41	49.6	54	35.5	16	1.36	23
2017	44.8	19	55.3	11	34.3	38	2.31	5
2016	49	1	58.1	2	39.9	1	1.45	20
2015	46.7	6	54.8	15	38.5	4	1.80	9
2014	43.9	29	53.3	29	34.5	31	0.64	64
2013	35.5	94	44.3	92	26.6	95	0.20	97
2012	39.1	74	48.5	64	29.6	85	0.48	80
2011	44.4	23	53.5	25	35.3	17	0.30	93
2010	43.5	33	53.7	22	33.3	46	0.50	77
2009	41.7	51	51.6	44	31.8	64	0.68	63
2008	42.3	45	50.2	52	34.4	35	1.06	38
2007	44.8	19	53.5	25	36	14	1.04	39
2006	40.9	57	49.5	55	32.3	56	1.43	21
2005	46.2	9	55.7	9	36.7	10	2.02	7
2004	47	4	54.7	18	39.4	2	2.42	4
2003	42.3	45	50.8	49	33.8	42	1.80	9
2002	45.2	17	54.3	20	36.2	11	3.63	1
2001	35.1	96	44.7	90	25.5	101	0.47	83
2000	37.7	83	45.5	84	29.9	78	0.25	94
1999	36.8	87	44.9	88	28.7	89	0.48	80
1998	39.8	66	46.8	76	32.9	50	2.61	2
1997	45.4	15	56	7	34.7	29	1.14	33
1996	44.9	18	54.8	15	35	25	0.62	66
1995	46.3	7	54.8	15	37.7	8	1.59	15
1994	44.2	28	53.2	31	35.1	23	0.49	79
1993	45.7	12	54.4	19	37.1	9	0.80	51
1992	36.3	90	46.6	78	26.1	99	0.79	53
1991	43.9	29	52.7	37	35	25	0.79	53
1990	43.5	33	51	47	36.1	13	1.08	37
1989	38.1	79	44.5	91	31.7	66	1.46	19
1988	43.8	32	51.9	41	35.6	15	1.51	17
1987	39.3	71	46.9	75	31.6	68	1.20	29
1986	39.1	74	48.5	64	29.7	82	0.78	55
1985	36.5	89	43	94	29.9	78	1.73	13
1984	38	81	47.1	74	29	87	0.39	88
1983	42.9	38	51.4	45	34.5	31	0.41	87
1982	38.6	77	45.3	86	31.9	63	0.88	47
1981	48.1	3	57.9	3	38.3	6	0.16	98
1980	42.7	40	51.3	46	34	40	0.84	50
1979	44.3	25	53.6	23	34.9	28	0.33	92
1978	43.9	29	52.7	37	35.2	20	0.74	59
1977	35.5	94	41.5	98	29.5	86	0.75	58
1976	37.6	85	45.3	86	29.9	78	0.50	77
1975	39.7	68	48.1	70	31.3	69	0.48	80
1974	45.3	16	56	7	34.5	31	0.23	95
1973	39.8	66	49.4	57	30.1	74	1.00	41
1972	37.1	86	44.1	93	30.2	72	0.53	76
1971	35.1	96	41.8	96	28.5	90	0.78	55
1970	43.2	37	53.9	21	32.6	51	1.28	27
1969	45.5	13	55.7	9	35.2	20	0.21	96
1968	41.5	52	50.9	48	32.2	57	0.99	43
1967	42.5	42	51.9	41	33	49	0.10	100
1966	33.1	100	39.8	101	26.5	96	0.45	86
1965	32.6	102	39.4	102	25.8	100	0.47	83
1964	31	103	38.1	103	23.9	103	0.71	61
1963	40.5	63	48.6	63	32.5	54	1.32	25
1962	36.2	91	42.7	95	29.7	82	1.66	14
1961	43.3	35	52.8	35	33.8	42	0.57	73
1960	43.3	35	52.2	40	34.4	35	0.88	47
1959	42.1	48	50.3	50	33.9	41	0.61	69
1958	39.2	72	48.5	64	30	76	0.93	44
1957	44.3	25	53.3	29	35.3	17	1.43	21
1956	41.1	55	48.2	69	34.1	39	0.73	60
1955	39.4	70	46.8	76	32	60	0.76	57
1954	45.9	10	56.6	5	35.2	20	0.02	102
1953	44.4	23	53.5	25	35.3	17	0.62	66
1952	34.1	98	41.6	97	26.7	94	1.76	12
1951	44.5	22	52.8	35	36.2	11	2.25	6
1950	38.2	78	46.5	79	29.9	78	0.70	62
1949	33.8	99	41.3	99	26.3	98	0.61	69
1948	40.7	60	49.5	55	32	60	0.89	46
1947	42.3	45	50.2	52	34.4	35	0.62	66
1946	39.2	72	46.3	81	32.2	57	1.09	35
1945	36.2	91	45.5	84	27	93	1.17	30
1944	40.9	57	48.7	62	33.1	47	2.50	3
1943	41.3	54	49.2	58	33.4	45	1.32	25
1942	42.5	42	52.4	39	32.6	51	1.58	16
1941	40.7	60	48.9	60	32.5	54	1.78	11
1940	46.3	7	57.5	4	35.1	23	0.85	49
1939	32.8	101	41.3	99	24.3	102	0.37	89
1938	42.8	39	53.5	25	32	60	1.28	27
1937	41	56	53.6	23	28.5	90	0.35	91
1936	45.5	13	51.9	41	39	3
1935	44.3	25	55	14	33.6	44	0.06	101
1934	40.5	63	49.2	58	31.8	64	0.16	98
1933	36.2	91	44.9	88	27.4	92	0.63	65
1932	37.9	82	45.8	83	30.1	74	0.80	51
1931	38.7	76	47.4	71	30	76	1.36	23
1930	38.1	79	46	82	30.2	72	0.54	75
1929	40.8	59	48.9	60	32.6	51	1.01	40
1928	41.9	49	53	32	30.9	70	0.57	73
1927	37.7	83	46.5	79	28.9	88	0.60	71
1926	41.8	50	53	32	30.6	71	1.16	31
1925	41.4	53	53	32	29.7	82	1.00	41
1924	36.8	87	47.2	72	26.4	97	0.58	72

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	49
2020	48.5
1981	48.1
2004	47
2019	46.9
2015	46.7
1995	46.3
1940	46.3
2005	46.2
1954	45.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1964	31
1965	32.6
1939	32.8
1966	33.1
1949	33.8
1952	34.1
2001	35.1
1971	35.1
2013	35.5
1977	35.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2002	3.63
1998	2.61
1944	2.50
2004	2.42
2017	2.31
1951	2.25
2005	2.02
2019	1.89
2015	1.80
2003	1.80

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1954	0.02
1935	0.06
1967	0.10
1981	0.16
1934	0.16
2013	0.20
1969	0.21
1974	0.23
2000	0.25
2011	0.30

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 66°F; 31 May 2026
Coldest night: 23°F; 8 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.44 in; 18 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 1.09 in of precipitation in Bethel, AK, the wettest May since 2024, tied 35th wettest of 102 (with 1946).
The hottest day of May 2026 in Bethel, AK: 66°F on Sunday 31 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Bethel, AK: a low of 23°F on Friday 8 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Bethel, AK: 0.44 in on Monday 18 May 2026.