Bristol-Johnson City, TN: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 64.5°F in Bristol-Johnson City, TN, the warmest May since 2024, tied 44th warmest of 88 (with 1948).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 64.5°F; Warmest since 2024; 44th warmest of 88
Precipitation: 2.86 in; Driest since 2021; 40th driest of 89

A normal May in Bristol-Johnson City, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 64.7°F, between 61.1°F and 68.6°F in eight years of ten and 3.91 in of precipitation, between 2.01 in and 6.25 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Bristol-Johnson City, TN since 1938: 64.5°F in 2026; the highest is 71.2°F, in 1962.

Normal range, 61.1 to 68.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Bristol-Johnson City, TN from 1938 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	64.5	44	78.5	26	50.5	62	2.86	50	0
2025	64	50	74.6	63	53.5	32	4.51	26	0
2024	67.2	18	78.1	30	56.3	9	4.93	20	0
2023	64	50	75.9	51	52.2	48	3.75	44	0
2022	67.5	17	80.2	15	54.8	18	6.14	12	0
2021	63.4	56	76.3	47	50.5	62	2.24	70	0
2020	61.5	71	73.2	73	49.8	71	4.38	29	0
2019	69.3	4	81.9	4	56.7	8	2.80	52	0
2018	69.7	2	81.4	6	58.1	2	7.85	3	0
2017	65	36	75.6	53	54.4	23	7.78	4	0
2016	64	50	75.5	56	52.6	41	3.98	38	0
2015	68.5	9	82.8	3	54.1	27	0.70	89	0
2014	65.9	29	79.6	20	52.1	50	2.20	71	0
2013	63.2	57	74.8	62	51.5	57	4.09	35	0
2012	68.5	9	80.9	9	56	10	2.07	75	0
2011	65	36	76.9	38	53.1	34	5.93	13	0
2010	67.6	15	80.1	17	55.2	14	2.58	56	0
2009	64.7	39	75.6	53	53.9	29	4.58	25	0
2008	62.6	66	75.3	58	50	65	1.50	85	0
2007	66	27	80.8	11	51.2	59	0.76	88	0
2006	61.4	72	73.6	69	49.3	75	2.29	67	0
2005	60.7	80	73.5	71	48	86	2.26	69	0
2004	68.1	12	80.4	13	55.8	12	3.91	40	0
2003	64.2	47	74.1	68	54.3	25	5.32	16	0
2002	62.4	68	75.4	57	49.5	72	2.39	61	0
2001	65.1	35	77.9	31	52.4	44	4.05	36	0
2000	66.2	24	79.5	21	53	37	3.19	48	0
1999	63.2	57	77.4	33	49.1	77	2.37	63	0
1998	66	27	77.1	35	54.8	18	4.94	19	0
1997	58.2	88	71.3	85	45.2	89	4.80	23	0
1996	64.7	39	76.4	46	53.1	34	6.76	7	0
1995	64.7	39	76.5	41	52.9	38	6.19	11	0
1994	60.7	80	73.1	74	48.4	82	3.90	41	0
1993	64.7	39	76.5	41	52.9	38	3.42	45	0
1992	61.1	77	71.8	82	50.5	62	5.46	15	0
1991	69.5	3	80.9	9	58.2	1	2.10	74	0
1990	63.7	54	74.3	65	53.1	34	6.57	8	0
1989	59.8	84	70.5	87	49	79	4.10	34	0
1988	62.2	70	76.2	48	48.3	83	2.48	58	0
1987	69.3	4	81.6	5	56.9	7	1.62	81	0
1986	64.7	39	75.7	52	53.8	30	4.16	33	0
1985	63.7	54	75	60	52.5	43	2.85	51	0
1984	59.4	86	71.5	83	47.3	88	7.42	5	0
1983	60.8	79	72.5	79	49.2	76	4.83	21	0
1982	68.2	11	81.1	7	55.2	14	2.55	57	0
1981	61.3	74	72.7	78	49.9	68	4.51	26	0
1980	64.2	47	76.5	41	51.9	53	2.69	54	0
1979	63.8	53	75.1	59	52.4	44	3.35	46	0
1978	62.3	69	73.3	72	51.3	58	4.50	28	0
1977	66.8	20	79.5	21	54.1	27	1.91	79	0
1976	61.2	75	72.9	77	49.5	72	3.31	47	0
1975	67.1	19	77	37	57.2	6	4.29	31	0
1974	64.3	46	74.3	65	54.3	25	8.66	2	0
1973	60.7	80	71.4	84	49.9	68	6.46	9	0
1972	62.7	65	73.6	69	51.8	54	5.92	14	0
1971	61.4	72	73	75	49.9	68	4.38	29	0
1970	66.1	25	79.2	23	52.9	38	1.60	82	0
1969	63	59	76.9	38	49.1	77	2.06	76	0
1968	61.2	75	72.5	79	50	65	3.83	43	0
1967	58.7	87	69.4	88	48	86	6.29	10	0
1966	62.9	61	74.5	64	51.2	59	1.31	86	0
1965	68.1	12	80.3	14	55.9	11	2.75	53	0
1964	65.9	29	78.3	28	53.4	33	2.27	68	0
1963	64.2	47	76.5	41	51.8	54	4.64	24	0
1962	71.2	1	84.8	1	57.6	4	1.69	80	0
1961	61	78	73	75	49	79	2.31	65	0
1960	62.9	61	75	60	50.8	61	2.06	76	0
1959	68.7	8	79.7	19	57.6	4	2.33	64	0
1958	65.5	31	77.1	35	53.8	30	7.34	6	0
1957	67.7	14	81	8	54.5	21	2.39	61	0
1956	66.7	21	78.6	25	54.9	17	3.18	49	0
1955	67.6	15	79.9	18	55.2	14	2.14	73	0
1954	59.7	85	71.3	85	48.1	85	2.62	55	0
1953	69.3	4	80.8	11	57.8	3	5.02	18	0
1952	64.9	38	77.5	32	52.3	46	2.03	78	0
1951	62.8	63	75.6	53	50	65	4.81	22	0
1950	66.5	23	77.2	34	55.7	13	9.71	1	0
1949	65.4	34	78.5	26	52.2	48	2.31	65	0
1948	64.5	44	76.8	40	52.1	50	2.47	59	0
1947	62.8	63	76.2	48	49.5	72	2.43	60	0
1946	63	59	74.2	67	51.7	56	4.22	32	0
1945	60.1	83	71.9	81	48.3	83	3.95	39	0
1944	69.1	7	83.4	2	54.8	18	1.54	84	0
1943	66.7	21	78.9	24	54.5	21	3.84	42	0
1942	65.5	31	78.3	28	52.6	41	3.99	37	0
1941	66.1	25	80.2	15	52.1	50	1.58	83	0
1940	62.6	66	76.1	50	48.7	81	2.16	72	2
1939					52.3	46	0.95	87	10
1938	65.5	31	76.5	41	54.4	23	5.25	17	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1962	71.2
2018	69.7
1991	69.5
2019	69.3
1987	69.3
1953	69.3
1944	69.1
1959	68.7
2015	68.5
2012	68.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1997	58.2
1967	58.7
1984	59.4
1954	59.7
1989	59.8
1945	60.1
2005	60.7
1994	60.7
1973	60.7
1983	60.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	9.71
1974	8.66
2018	7.85
2017	7.78
1984	7.42
1958	7.34
1996	6.76
1990	6.57
1973	6.46
1967	6.29

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	0.70
2007	0.76
1939	0.95
1966	1.31
2008	1.50
1944	1.54
1941	1.58
1970	1.60
1987	1.62
1962	1.69

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 32°F; 15 May 2026, 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.57 in; 24 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 2.86 in of precipitation in Bristol-Johnson City, TN, the driest May since 2021, 40th driest of 89.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Bristol-Johnson City, TN: 93°F on Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Bristol-Johnson City, TN: a low of 32°F on Friday 15 May 2026 and Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Bristol-Johnson City, TN: 0.57 in on Sunday 24 May 2026.