Cedar Rapids, IA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 61.3°F in Cedar Rapids, IA, the warmest May since 2025, tied 56th warmest of 134 (with 2025, 1937 and 1930).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 61.3°F; Warmest since 2025; 56th warmest of 134
Precipitation: 1.86 in; Driest since 2006; 19th driest of 131

A normal May in Cedar Rapids, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 60.6°F, between 57°F and 64.8°F in eight years of ten and 3.96 in of precipitation, between 1.94 in and 7.36 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Cedar Rapids, IA since 1893: 61.3°F in 2026; the highest is 69.7°F, in 1896.

Normal range, 57 to 64.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Cedar Rapids, IA 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	61.3	56	74	41	48.6	84	1.86	112	0
2025	61.3	56	73.8	44	48.9	78	2.29	101	0
2024	63.1	33	75.1	30	51.1	40	5.44	24	0
2023	63.4	29	76.9	18	49.9	57	2.29	101	0
2022	61.8	48	72.4	59	51.2	37	2.04	109	1
2021	58.2	97	68.1	108	48.4	89	2.70	90	0
2020	57.1	113	66.6	121	47.5	102	2.49	95	0
2019	57.3	109	67.4	116	47.2	105	7.99	5	0
2018	68.5	2	79.8	3	57.1	2	4.55	41	0
2017	58.5	92	69.8	95	47.3	104	3.66	59	0
2016	60.5	71	72	63	49	75	3.30	73	0
2015	61.6	52	71.5	66	51.7	32	3.63	61	3
2014	61	61	72.2	62	49.8	60	2.23	104	0
2013	60.8	65	71	73	50.7	46	7.35	10	0
2012	65.2	16	77.4	14	53	24	1.96	110	0
2011	59.7	83	70.8	77	48.6	84	3.62	63	0
2010	60.7	69	71	73	50.4	52	3.19	75	0
2009	59.4	88	70.4	84	48.4	89	3.58	66	0
2008	57	114	68	109	45.9	113	6.42	16	0
2007	64.7	20	76.1	21	53.3	21	3.44	69	0
2006	59.8	81	70.4	84	49.1	73	1.67	118	0
2005	57.8	104	69.3	100	46.3	110	3.08	81	0
2004	61.9	47	73.1	52	50.8	44	7.44	7	0
2003	57.6	106	68.5	105	46.8	107	4.34	42	0
2002	57	114	68.6	102	45.5	120	4.02	48	0
2001	60.9	63	70.4	84	51.3	34	6.91	12	0
2000	62.1	42	73.2	50	51	43	4.78	36	0
1999	60.5	71	70.3	88	50.8	44	4.30	43	0
1998	64.5	24	74.5	35	54.4	11	4.66	38	0
1997	54.2	132	65.9	126	42.6	131	4.08	46	0
1996	56.2	122	64.6	134	47.8	99	10.07	1	0
1995	59.4	88	69.4	99	49.4	68	5.15	31	0
1994	61.1	60	73.9	43	48.4	89	1.77	115	0
1993	60.8	65	71	73	50.6	48	5.43	25	0
1992	61.4	54	74.2	38	48.6	84	0.72	128	0
1991	66.2	8	76.1	21	56.4	4	3.89	55	0
1990	56.6	120	66.3	125	46.9	106	7.43	8	0
1989	59.4	88	70.8	77	48	97	2.30	100	0
1988	64.6	22	78.6	5	50.5	49	1.07	126	0
1987	65.2	16	77.1	16	53.3	21	3.56	67	0
1986	62.1	42	71.5	66	52.6	27	7.88	6	0
1985	62.4	39	74.3	37	50.5	49	1.70	117	0
1984	56.6	120	67.5	114	45.8	115	3.67	58	0
1983	58	100	67.6	113	48.4	89	3.54	68	0
1982	64.1	26	74	41	54.3	13	4.00	49	0
1981	59.5	87	70.8	77	48.2	94	0.34	130	0
1980	62	46	74.2	38	49.9	57	1.85	114	0
1979	60.8	65	72.5	56	49	75	3.16	76	0
1978	60.5	71	70.3	88	50.7	46	2.80	88	0
1977	66.9	4	78.6	5	55.2	6	2.29	101	0
1976	56.9	116	68.2	106	45.6	119	2.95	84	0
1975	62.3	41	74.2	38	50.4	52	3.75	56	0
1974	57.2	111	65.5	131	48.9	78	8.68	3	0
1973	58.1	99	66.9	120	49.3	71	6.06	19	0
1972	63.9	28	73.7	45	54	14	4.60	40	0
1971	58	100	69.7	96	46.4	109	2.54	92	0
1970	64.6	22	76	23	53.3	21	6.59	13	0
1969	61.8	48	72.5	56	51.1	40	3.74	57	0
1968	55.9	124	67.2	118	44.6	124	3.32	72	0
1967	56.7	119	67.8	111	45.7	117	1.44	122	0
1966	54.2	132	65.4	132	42.9	130	4.88	35	0
1965	64.9	18	75.5	26	54.4	11	5.29	26	0
1964	65.9	12	77.9	12	53.9	16	2.06	108	0
1963	60.1	77	71.1	72	49.1	73	1.64	120	0
1962	66.3	6	75.9	24	56.6	3	7.36	9	0
1961	56	123	68.2	106	43.9	128	0.90	127	0
1960	58.3	94	68.6	102	48.1	95	4.74	37	0
1959	63	34	72.5	56	53.4	20	7.02	11	0
1958	62.1	42	74.6	33	49.7	61	2.21	105	0
1957	58.3	94	67.2	118	49.4	68	5.16	29	0
1956	61.4	54	72.6	55	50.1	55	3.95	52	0
1955	62.4	39	73.5	46	51.3	34	3.62	63	0
1954	55.2	129	65.7	129	44.7	123	3.10	80	0
1953	60.5	71	71.5	66	49.4	68	2.85	86	0
1952	59.6	85	70.4	84	48.9	78	3.90	53	0
1951	63	34	74.8	31	51.3	34	5.17	28	0
1950	61	61	72.4	59	49.6	63	3.63	61	0
1949	63.3	31	75.4	27	51.2	37	2.40	99	0
1948	57.9	103	69.1	101	46.6	108			0
1947	55.5	127	66.5	123	44.5	125			0
1946	56.9	116	67.5	114	46.2	111			0
1945	54.7	131	65.9	126	43.6	129	5.04	33	0
1944	64.8	19	74.8	31	54.8	9	5.89	22	0
1943	57.4	108	67.3	117	47.6	101	4.03	47	0
1942	60.2	76	70.7	80	49.7	61	2.93	85	0
1941	66.1	9	78.2	10	53.9	16	2.55	91	0
1940	58.2	97	70.7	80	45.7	117	2.46	97	0
1939	65.3	15	78.5	7	52.1	28	3.61	65	0
1938	59.7	83	69.9	93	49.5	66	5.00	34	0
1937	61.3	56	72.4	59	50.3	54	4.15	45	0
1936	66.1	9	78.3	9	53.9	16	2.13	106	0
1935	55.7	125	65.7	129	45.8	115	4.25	44	0
1934	67.6	3	82.6	1	52.7	26	0.64	129	0
1933	60.3	75	71.2	71	49.3	71	6.54	14	0
1932	62.9	36	77.1	16	48.7	83	1.66	119	0
1931	57.3	109	70.3	88	44.3	126	1.74	116	0
1930	61.3	56	73.5	46	49	75	5.28	27	0
1929	58	100	69.7	96	46.1	112	1.32	123	1
1928	62.1	42	76.4	20	47.7	100	2.54	92	0
1927	58.3	94	68.6	102	48.1	95	5.76	23	0
1926	64.4	25	78.9	4	50	56	1.55	121	0
1925	57.6	106	75.3	28	40	134	1.15	125	0
1924	55.1	130	69.6	98	40.7	133	1.26	124	0
1923	59.9	79	71.3	70	48.5	87	0.05	131	0
1922	66.3	6	76.7	19	55.9	5	5.08	32	0
1921	66.7	5	78.5	7	54.9	8	2.48	96	0
1920	60.7	69	72.8	53	48.5	87	1.90	111	0
1919	59.2	91	70.2	92	48.3	93	3.90	53	0
1918	64.7	20	77.6	13	51.9	30	6.04	20	0
1917	55.3	128	66.4	124	44.3	126	3.96	51	0
1916	59.8	81	69.9	93	49.6	63	5.16	29	0
1915	55.7	125	65.9	126	45.5	120	6.51	15	0
1914	62.9	36	74.6	33	51.2	37	2.43	98	0
1913	60.1	77	70.6	82	49.6	63	6.03	21	0
1912	63.2	32	74.4	36	52	29	3.14	77	0
1911	66	11	78.2	10	53.8	19	3.64	60	2
1910	56.9	116	67.8	111	45.9	113	2.51	94	0
1909	57.7	105	67.9	110	47.5	102	3.05	83	0
1908	59.6	85	70.3	88	48.9	78	6.11	17	0
1907	52.8	134	64.7	133	40.9	132	3.12	79	0
1906	61.5	53	73.5	46	49.5	66	3.28	74	0
1905	59.9	79	70.9	76	48.8	82	8.31	4	0
1904	60.9	63	71.8	64	49.9	57	3.36	71	0
1903	64.1	26	73.4	49	54.8	9	6.11	17	0
1902	65.4	14	75.7	25	55	7	4.61	39	0
1901	61.8	48	73.2	50	50.5	49	1.86	112	0
1900	65.7	13	77.3	15	54	14	3.13	78	0
1899	63.4	29	75.2	29	51.5	33	9.21	2	0
1898	60.8	65	70.6	82	51.1	40	3.41	70	0
1897	58.5	92	71.5	66	45.5	120	2.10	107	0
1896	69.7	1	82.1	2	57.4	1	3.99	50	0
1895	62.5	38	72.7	54	52.8	25	2.84	87	1
1894	61.8	48	71.8	64	51.9	30	3.08	81	2
1893	57.2	111	66.6	121	47.9	98	2.79	89	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1896	69.7
2018	68.5
1934	67.6
1977	66.9
1921	66.7
1962	66.3
1922	66.3
1991	66.2
1941	66.1
1936	66.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	52.8
1997	54.2
1966	54.2
1945	54.7
1924	55.1
1954	55.2
1917	55.3
1947	55.5
1935	55.7
1915	55.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1996	10.07
1899	9.21
1974	8.68
1905	8.31
2019	7.99
1986	7.88
2004	7.44
1990	7.43
1962	7.36
2013	7.35

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1923	0.05
1981	0.34
1934	0.64
1992	0.72
1961	0.90
1988	1.07
1925	1.15
1924	1.26
1929	1.32
1967	1.44

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 27 May 2026
Coldest night: 31°F; 7 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.08 in; 18 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 1.86 in of precipitation in Cedar Rapids, IA, the driest May since 2006, tied 19th driest of 131 (with 1901).
The hottest day of May 2026 in Cedar Rapids, IA: 88°F on Wednesday 27 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Cedar Rapids, IA: a low of 31°F on Thursday 7 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Cedar Rapids, IA: 1.08 in on Monday 18 May 2026.