Billings, MT: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 59.1°F in Billings, MT, the warmest May since 2023, tied 16th warmest of 92 (with 1949).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 59.1°F; Warmest since 2023; 16th warmest of 92
Precipitation: 1.94 in; Wettest since 2025; 45th wettest of 92

A normal May in Billings, MT (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 55.7°F, between 51.6°F and 59°F in eight years of ten and 1.84 in of precipitation, between 0.79 in and 4.34 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Billings, MT since 1935: 59.1°F in 2026; the highest is 64.7°F, in 1936.

Normal range, 51.6 to 59°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Billings, MT from 1935 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	59.1	16	72.5	14	45.7	17	1.94	45
2025	58.1	20	70	25	46.1	15	2.60	27
2024	53.5	68	64.5	69	42.5	61	3.87	13
2023	60.6	4	73.1	8	48	5	2.87	22
2022	53.2	71	63.9	70	42.6	58	2.08	38
2021	53.6	65	65.3	60	41.9	66	1.21	72
2020	55.7	42	66.9	47	44.5	34	1.21	72
2019	51.7	80	61.1	88	42.4	62	2.41	32
2018	59.7	11	70.7	21	48.6	3	5.22	4
2017	57.3	23	69.6	27	44.9	25	1.61	60
2016	56	39	67.6	42	44.4	36	2.04	42
2015	53.8	61	63.9	70	43.7	45	2.43	31
2014	55.7	42	66.6	49	44.8	28	2.25	34
2013	57.4	22	68.6	33	46.2	14	4.28	8
2012	54.9	49	67.8	36	42	65	1.96	44
2011	50	91	58.4	92	41.5	73	9.54	1
2010	51.7	80	62.5	79	41	79	1.92	46
2009	57.3	23	70.6	22	43.9	42	0.64	89
2008	54.8	51	65.4	56	44.2	38	4.83	6
2007	56.5	33	68.3	34	44.7	31	3.93	11
2006	58.1	20	71.2	19	45.1	22	1.14	74
2005	52.7	73	63.7	74	41.8	69	1.78	56
2004	53.4	69	65.4	56	41.5	73	0.81	84
2003	55.2	47	66.1	51	44.3	37	1.89	49
2002	52.2	77	64.9	64	39.5	90	1.09	76
2001	58.9	18	73	9	44.8	28	0.22	92
2000	56.3	34	67.5	43	45.1	22	1.64	59
1999	53.3	70	64.6	67	41.9	66	1.76	57
1998	57.3	23	71.1	20	43.6	47	1.26	69
1997	56	39	68.7	32	43.3	49	1.49	64
1996	50.4	89	59.5	91	41.2	78	3.85	14
1995	51.1	86	61.5	84	40.8	84	3.69	16
1994	59.9	9	73	9	46.8	8	1.53	62
1993	59.7	11	72.2	15	47.3	7	0.40	91
1992	58.4	19	72.2	15	44.6	32	1.70	58
1991	54.8	51	64.8	65	44.8	28	2.25	34
1990	53.6	65	65	63	42.2	63	2.81	23
1989	54.9	49	66.7	48	43.2	51	2.06	41
1988	59.6	13	72.8	12	46.5	11	1.84	53
1987	60.2	6	72.7	13	47.7	6	3.84	15
1986	54.4	55	67.2	45	41.6	71	1.92	46
1985	60.2	6	73.7	6	46.8	8	1.27	68
1984	55.5	44	67.7	41	43.3	49	1.12	75
1983	53.2	71	64.6	67	41.8	69	2.23	36
1982	52.3	75	63.1	78	41.6	71	2.63	26
1981	55.5	44	66.5	50	44.6	32	7.71	2
1980	61	3	73.3	7	48.7	2	4.47	7
1979	53.8	61	65.5	55	42.1	64	0.92	81
1978	53.6	65	63.4	77	43.8	43	6.97	3
1977	56.6	30	69.4	28	43.8	43	1.35	66
1976	56.2	36	69.4	28	42.9	52	1.85	52
1975	51.2	83	62.3	82	40.2	86	3.62	18
1974	50.5	88	60.8	90	40.1	87	2.80	24
1973	54.3	57	67.2	45	41.4	77	0.73	86
1972	53.8	61	64.8	65	42.8	54	2.51	28
1971	54.5	53	66	52	42.9	52	2.07	39
1970	54.5	53	65.3	60	43.7	45	3.48	19
1969	56.6	30	70.4	23	42.8	54	0.78	85
1968	54	59	63.8	72	44.2	38	1.79	55
1967	50.1	90	60.9	89	39.3	91	1.84	53
1966	55.4	46	69.8	26	41	79	0.84	82
1965	52.5	74	63.6	76	41.5	73	1.89	49
1964	56.7	29	67.8	36	45.5	19	3.91	12
1963	53.9	60	65.1	62	42.6	58	2.49	29
1962	55	48	65.4	56	44.5	34	3.67	17
1961	56.6	30	67.8	36	45.3	20	1.57	61
1960	56.3	34	70.1	24	42.6	58	1.31	67
1959	50.7	87	61.5	84	39.9	88	1.07	79
1958	63.4	2	77.1	2	49.7	1	0.65	88
1957	56.1	38	67.4	44	44.9	25	3.39	21
1956	56.8	28	67.8	36	45.9	16	2.47	30
1955	54.4	55	66	52	42.8	54	4.27	9
1954	53.7	64	65.6	54	41.9	66	1.90	48
1953	51.2	83	62.5	79	39.8	89	2.28	33
1952	56.2	36	68.2	35	44.2	38	3.40	20
1951	57	27	69.1	31	44.9	25	1.46	65
1950	49.9	92	61.5	84	38.3	92	2.07	39
1949	59.1	16	72.9	11	45.3	20	1.53	62
1948	57.1	26	69.2	30	45	24	1.25	70
1947	56	39	67.8	36	44.2	38	1.09	76
1946	52.2	77	63.8	72	40.7	85	1.09	76
1945	51.8	79	62.5	79	41	79	1.86	51
1944	59.2	15	71.8	18	46.6	10	0.73	86
1943	51.2	83	61.4	87	41	79	1.24	71
1942	51.5	82	61.6	83	41.5	73	4.93	5
1941	59.3	14	72.2	15	46.4	13	2.00	43
1940	59.9	9	74.1	5	45.7	17	0.84	82
1939	60.1	8	76.7	3	43.6	47	2.09	37
1938	54.1	58	65.4	56	42.8	54	4.09	10
1937	60.4	5	74.4	4	46.5	11	0.53	90
1936	64.7	1	80.9	1	48.5	4	1.07	79
1935	52.3	75	63.7	74	40.9	83	2.78	25

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	64.7
1958	63.4
1980	61
2023	60.6
1937	60.4
1987	60.2
1985	60.2
1939	60.1
1994	59.9
1940	59.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	49.9
2011	50
1967	50.1
1996	50.4
1974	50.5
1959	50.7
1995	51.1
1975	51.2
1953	51.2
1943	51.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	9.54
1981	7.71
1978	6.97
2018	5.22
1942	4.93
2008	4.83
1980	4.47
2013	4.28
1955	4.27
1938	4.09

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2001	0.22
1993	0.40
1937	0.53
2009	0.64
1958	0.65
1973	0.73
1944	0.73
1969	0.78
2004	0.81
1966	0.84
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 13 May 2026
Coldest night: 28°F; 6 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.04 in; 30 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 1.94 in of precipitation in Billings, MT, the wettest May since 2025, 45th wettest of 92.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Billings, MT: 95°F on Wednesday 13 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Billings, MT: a low of 28°F on Wednesday 6 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Billings, MT: 1.04 in on Saturday 30 May 2026.