Cape Hatteras, NC: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 69.6°F in Cape Hatteras, NC, the warmest May since 2025, tied 27th warmest of 133 (with 2009 and 1977).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 69.6°F; Warmest since 2025; 27th warmest of 133
Precipitation: 4.23 in; Wettest since 2025; 51st wettest of 132

A normal May in Cape Hatteras, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 68.8°F, between 65.7°F and 73°F in eight years of ten and 3.19 in of precipitation, between 1.18 in and 9.54 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Cape Hatteras, NC since 1893: 69.6°F in 2026; the highest is 74.1°F, in 2019.

Normal range, 65.7 to 73°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Cape Hatteras, NC 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	69.6	27	75.9	29	63.4	30	4.23	51	0
2025	72.1	8	77.3	15	66.9	4	8.45	9	0
2024	69.1	36	76	27	62.3	53	1.74	105	0
2023	66.6	99	72.6	101	60.6	84	4.13	55	1
2022	70.8	15	76.5	22	65.2	15	5.68	24	0
2021	69.2	34	76.2	25	62.3	53	3.44	68	0
2020	68.8	49	75	52	62.5	49	8.77	8	0
2019	74.1	1	81.1	2	67	3	6.04	19	1
2018	73	4	78.6	4	67.3	2	12.14	2	0
2017	72.4	5	78.5	5	66.3	9	7.11	15	0
2016	69.1	36	75.1	47	63	35	12.67	1	0
2015	67.7	73	75.3	43	60.1	92	3.21	71	0
2014	71.2	12	77.4	14	65	17	1.42	112	0
2013	68.9	41	75.5	38	62.2	57	3.37	69	0
2012	73.1	3	78.7	3	67.4	1	4.87	35	0
2011	71.8	11	78.5	5	65.1	16	0.53	130	0
2010	68.8	49	74.8	57	62.7	41	3.10	74	0
2009	69.6	27	75	52	64.3	21	4.68	39	0
2008	64.8	123	72.2	112	57.5	124	1.85	100	0
2007	67.7	73	74.5	62	60.8	82	2.52	85	0
2006	66	109	71.9	116	60.1	92	1.52	109	0
2005	63	130	69.8	131	56.2	129	9.30	7	0
2004	72.3	7	78	7	66.6	6	1.67	106	0
2003	68	67	73.4	86	62.6	44	11.70	3	0
2002	68.9	41	75.4	40	62.3	53	2.55	83	0
2001	67	93	74.5	62	59.5	105	1.24	115	0
2000	69.5	30	75.2	44	63.9	25	2.40	87	0
1999	66.2	107	72.4	108	59.9	99	5.46	29	0
1998	66.3	103	72.6	101	59.9	99	5.60	26	0
1997	65.8	113	71.6	117	59.9	99	3.17	73	0
1996	67.5	78	73.5	83	61.6	71	2.43	86	0
1995	69	39	77.8	9	60.1	92	1.85	100	0
1994	67.1	89	74.7	58	59.6	104	4.66	40	0
1993	68.2	60	77	18	59.5	105	0.63	126	0
1992	64.3	126	72.1	113	56.5	127	4.17	53	0
1991	73.4	2	81.5	1	65.3	13	0.49	131	0
1990	68	67	75.9	29	60	96	5.75	23	0
1989	67.2	86	74.6	60	59.7	103	5.36	30	0
1988	66.7	97	74.6	60	58.8	117	3.62	66	0
1987	67.8	70	76.7	21	58.8	117	0.35	132	0
1986	68.1	63	75.7	35	60.5	87	3.19	72	0
1985	69.8	23	77.6	11	62	62	3.77	63	0
1984	68.1	63	74.4	67	61.9	63	7.27	14	0
1983	66.7	97	74.2	70	59.3	112	0.81	122	0
1982	68.7	51	77.5	12	60	96	0.90	118	0
1981	65.4	116	72.6	101	58.2	121	4.90	34	0
1980	68.6	52	75.8	32	61.3	76	0.87	119	0
1979	67.6	75	74.5	62	60.6	84	6.66	16	0
1978	65	120	72.4	108	57.7	123	6.04	19	0
1977	69.6	27	77	18	62.2	57	1.81	102	0
1976	67.2	86	73.6	80	60.7	83	5.20	32	0
1975	69.1	36	76	27	62.2	57	4.05	58	0
1974	68.5	54	75.4	40	61.6	71	4.31	49	0
1973	67.3	85	75.1	47	59.4	110	4.79	37	0
1972	65.9	111	72.5	105	59.4	110	11.44	5	0
1971	64.9	121	73.4	86	56.3	128	5.52	27	0
1970	67.5	78	74.3	68	60.6	84	2.86	79	0
1969	66.3	103	73.6	80	59	116	0.87	119	0
1968	64.8	123	73	94	56.6	126	3.63	65	0
1967	62.8	132	70.7	126	54.9	133	5.48	28	0
1966	63.9	128	70.8	124	57	125	7.51	12	0
1965	68.9	41	75.9	29	61.9	63	0.92	117	0
1964	66.5	100	73.9	76	59.2	113	2.63	81	0
1963	63.3	129	70.9	123	55.8	130	4.42	46	0
1962	68.4	57	76.5	22	60.3	89	0.61	127	0
1961	63	130	70.6	128	55.4	131	4.36	47	0
1960	68.2	60	75.1	47	61.3	76	5.61	25	0
1959	70	20	77.2	16	62.8	40	1.28	114	0
1958	65.7	114	73.3	88	58.1	122	4.19	52	0
1957	69	39	75.8	32	62.3	53	5.81	21	0
1956	66.4	102	72.6	101	60.2	91	2.04	93	0
1955	68.5	54	74	72	62.9	38	1.55	108	0
1954	67.5	78	73	94	61.9	63	3.54	67	0
1953	71.9	10	77.5	12	66.4	8	3.77	63	0
1952	70	20	75.8	32	64.1	23	3.27	70	0
1951	67.5	78	73.2	91	61.7	68	5.27	31	0
1950	68	67	73.5	83	62.4	51	1.90	98	0
1949	68.1	63	73.6	80	62.6	44	5.79	22	0
1948	70.1	19	75.2	44	65	17	4.14	54	0
1947	67.8	70	72.5	105	63.1	33	1.66	107	0
1946	68.9	41	73.9	76	63.9	25	4.63	41	0
1945	67.4	84	73.2	91	61.6	71	1.79	103	0
1944	72.1	8	77.7	10	66.5	7	2.00	94	0
1943	69.8	23	75	52	64.5	20	3.78	62	0
1942	71.2	12	77.1	17	65.3	13	1.17	116	0
1941	66.5	100	73	94	60	96	1.89	99	0
1940	65.1	118	70.8	124	59.5	105	11.69	4	0
1939	66.9	95	72.1	113	61.7	68	2.95	78	0
1938	69.7	25	75.7	35	63.7	28	6.20	18	0
1937	67.6	75	73.1	93	62.2	57	2.36	88	0
1936	68.3	58	73.7	79	62.9	38	2.22	91	0
1935	67.1	89	72.9	97	61.3	76	2.56	82	0
1934	67.5	78	72.4	108	62.6	44	10.37	6	0
1933	72.4	5	77.9	8	66.8	5	6.52	17	0
1932	67.5	78	73.3	88	61.6	71	4.74	38	0
1931	67.1	89	73.8	78	60.4	88	4.35	48	0
1930	70.4	17	76.9	20	63.9	25	1.96	96	0
1929	69.7	25	75.1	47	64.2	22	4.86	36	0
1928	65.5	115	71.5	118	59.5	105	2.34	89	0
1927	69.2	34	75.4	40	63	35	2.26	90	0
1926	66.3	103	72.5	105	60.1	92	1.91	97	0
1925	67.2	86	73.5	83	61	81	0.72	123	0
1924	66.3	103	72.8	98	59.8	102	4.95	33	0
1923	67.6	75	73.3	88	61.9	63	4.13	55	0
1922	68.5	54	74.3	68	62.7	41	8.32	10	0
1921	64.9	121	70.7	126	59.1	114	3.80	61	0
1920	61	133	66.9	133	55.1	132	0.58	128	0
1919	68.9	41	74.5	62	63.4	30	2.12	92	0
1918	69.9	22	75.6	37	64.1	23	1.48	111	0
1917	64.5	125	70.5	130	58.6	119	0.85	121	0
1916	69.3	32	75.1	47	63.6	29	1.98	95	0
1915	68.3	58	74	72	62.6	44	4.51	43	0
1914	69.3	32	75.5	38	63	35	0.67	125	0
1913	68.9	41	75.2	44	62.6	44	3.08	76	0
1912	68.9	41	74.5	62	63.3	32	4.04	59	0
1911	68.1	63	74	72	62.1	61	0.70	124	0
1910	67	93	72.8	98	61.2	79	3.02	77	0
1909	68.2	60	74	72	62.5	49	1.42	112	0
1908	69.4	31	74.1	71	64.7	19	7.34	13	0
1907	65.1	118	71.2	121	59.1	114	3.10	74	0
1906	68.6	52	74.9	55	62.4	51	0.55	129	0
1905	71.2	12	76.3	24	66.2	10			0
1904	68.9	41	74.7	58	63.1	33	2.80	80	0
1903	67.8	70	72.8	98	62.7	41	4.43	45	0
1901	65.4	116	71.3	119	59.5	105	3.99	60	0
1900	67.1	89	72.4	108	61.8	67	4.24	50	0
1899	66.8	96	72	115	61.7	68	2.55	83	0
1898	66.1	108	71.1	122	61.1	80	1.79	103	0
1897	66	109	70.6	128	61.4	75	4.08	57	2
1896	70.8	15	76.1	26	65.5	12	1.50	110	0
1895	64.2	127	69.7	132	58.3	120	7.61	11	3
1894	70.3	18	74.9	55	65.7	11	4.52	42	0
1893	65.9	111	71.3	119	60.3	89	4.51	43	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	74.1
1991	73.4
2012	73.1
2018	73
2017	72.4
1933	72.4
2004	72.3
2025	72.1
1944	72.1
1953	71.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1920	61
1967	62.8
2005	63
1961	63
1963	63.3
1966	63.9
1895	64.2
1992	64.3
1917	64.5
2008	64.8
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2016	12.67
2018	12.14
2003	11.70
1940	11.69
1972	11.44
1934	10.37
2005	9.30
2020	8.77
2025	8.45
1922	8.32

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1987	0.35
1991	0.49
2011	0.53
1906	0.55
1920	0.58
1962	0.61
1993	0.63
1914	0.67
1911	0.70
1925	0.72

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 85°F; 28 May 2026
Coldest night: 48°F; 1 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.10 in; 24 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 4.23 in of precipitation in Cape Hatteras, NC, the wettest May since 2025, 51st wettest of 132.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Cape Hatteras, NC: 85°F on Thursday 28 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Cape Hatteras, NC: a low of 48°F on Friday 1 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Cape Hatteras, NC: 1.10 in on Sunday 24 May 2026.