Charleston, WV: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 62.9°F in Charleston, WV, the coldest May since 2023, tied 35th coldest of 121 (with 2016 and 1990).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 62.9°F; Coldest since 2023; 35th coldest of 121
Precipitation: 2.64 in; Driest since 2015; 30th driest of 125

A normal May in Charleston, WV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 64.5°F, between 60.4°F and 69°F in eight years of ten and 4.93 in of precipitation, between 1.94 in and 8.15 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Charleston, WV since 1892: 62.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 58.3°F, in 1967.

Normal range, 60.4 to 69°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Charleston, WV from 1892 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	62.9	85	74.5	87	51.3	68	2.64	96	0
2025	63.5	74	73.5	97	53.5	40	5.62	27	0
2024	68.4	17	79.2	34	57.7	7	4.49	54	0
2023	62.1	92	73.7	96	50.6	79	3.56	74	0
2022	67	25	78.7	37	55.3	17	5.35	33	0
2021	61.7	97	74	92	49.4	98	3.00	87	0
2020	61.4	100	71.8	112	51	74	8.93	1	0
2019	68.5	14	79.1	35	58	4	8.72	3	0
2018	72	1	83.8	6	60.3	1	5.33	34	0
2017	64.3	60	74.1	91	54.5	22	5.46	30	0
2016	62.9	85	73.1	101	52.7	50	5.09	38	0
2015	68.6	12	81.8	14	55.4	16	1.94	110	0
2014	65.2	46	77.8	50	52.5	54	2.37	102	0
2013	65	49	76.2	67	53.7	38	4.56	49	0
2012	69.5	8	80.6	18	58.3	3	3.29	80	0
2011	65.1	47	75.6	75	54.7	20	5.54	29	0
2010	67.5	22	78.7	37	56.3	12	8.01	5	0
2009	64.3	60	75	86	53.5	40	7.92	6	0
2008	61.3	101	72.5	106	50	90	6.12	19	0
2007	67.1	24	80.3	21	53.9	33	2.12	106	0
2006	61.7	97	73.5	97	49.8	93	1.68	117	0
2005	59.7	114	72.5	106	47	116	3.01	85	0
2004	68.9	10	80	25	57.9	5	8.09	4	0
2003	62.2	91	70.5	120	53.8	36	4.99	39	0
2002	60.5	109	72.8	105	48.1	109	4.86	43	0
2001	64	66	75.3	82	52.6	52	8.76	2	0
2000	66	40	78.1	46	53.9	33	4.75	45	0
1999	64	66	78.1	46	49.8	93	1.90	111	0
1998	65.8	41	76.1	69	55.5	15	5.27	35	0
1997	58.6	120	70.7	119	46.6	118	3.60	73	0
1996	64.7	57	75.4	80	54	31	7.40	7	0
1995	61.9	94	72.5	106	51.3	68	6.16	18	0
1994	59.6	116	71.3	117	48	111	3.98	62	0
1993	64.9	52	77.4	57	52.4	56	1.98	108	0
1992	61.2	104	72	110	50.3	86	4.66	46	0
1991	71.7	2	83.2	10	60.2	2	1.47	119	0
1990	62.9	85	73.1	101	52.7	50	4.87	42	0
1989	59.4	118	69.5	121	49.3	99	6.79	10	0
1988	63.2	79	75.9	72	50.5	81	2.59	98	0
1987	68.4	17	81.6	15	55.1	18	2.49	100	0
1986	65.3	44	76.3	64	54.3	26	4.86	43	0
1985	66.3	35	78	49	54.6	21	5.88	22	0
1984	61.3	101	73.2	99	49.5	96	3.71	69	0
1983	61.1	105	73	103	49.2	100	5.98	21	0
1982	68.5	14	83.3	9	53.8	36	6.19	17	0
1981	60.4	111	72.1	109	48.7	103	3.78	68	0
1980	63.6	73	76	71	51.2	70	2.67	94	0
1979	63	84	75.4	80	50.6	79	3.87	66	0
1978	63.1	81	73.8	93	52.4	56	3.99	61	0
1977	66.9	26	79.7	29	54.2	27	0.84	124	0
1976	61.9	94	74.3	90	49.5	96	3.66	70	0
1975	66.1	38	77.7	53	54.5	22	6.44	15	0
1974	64.1	63	75.5	77	52.8	47	6.06	20	0
1973	60.8	108	71.7	113	49.9	91	5.36	32	0
1972	63.7	71	76.3	64	51.1	71	2.55	99	0
1971	59.9	113	71.5	115	48.3	108	5.17	36	0
1970	66.8	29	80.2	23	53.5	40	1.13	121	0
1969	64.1	63	77.8	50	50.4	85	1.95	109	0
1968	61	106	71.5	115	50.5	81	6.59	13	0
1967	58.3	121	68.9	122	47.7	113	6.45	14	0
1966	62	93	75.6	75	48.5	105	1.52	118	0
1965	69.2	9	81.9	13	56.5	10	1.90	111	0
1964	66.9	26	80.5	19	53.4	43	0.95	123	0
1963	61.3	101	73.8	93	48.8	102	3.48	77	0
1962	69.8	6	83.1	11	56.4	11	2.22	105	0
1961	59.3	119	71.6	114	47.1	115	4.23	58	0
1960	61	106	72	110	49.9	91	2.74	91	0
1959	68.3	19	79.9	27	56.7	9	2.40	101	0
1958	63.3	76	75.2	83	51.5	65	5.88	22	0
1957	65.3	44	77.8	50	52.8	47	2.83	89	0
1956	64.4	59	76.5	61	52.2	61	4.36	56	0
1955	65.6	42	78.3	43	52.9	45	4.51	51	0
1954	59.7	114	70.9	118	48.5	105	2.67	94	0
1953	68.9	10	80	25	57.8	6	3.63	72	0
1952	63.3	76	75.2	83	51.4	66	5.85	24	0
1951	64.3	60	77.7	53	50.9	77	4.64	48	0
1950	65	49	75.8	74	54.2	27	4.65	47	0
1949	64.8	55	78.5	40	51	74	3.03	84	0
1948	61.9	94	73.2	99	50.5	81	3.39	79	0
1947	61.6	99	75.5	77	47.6	114	3.23	81	0
1946	62.8	88	74.5	87	51	74	6.61	12	0
1945	59.6	116	73	103	46.1	121	6.84	9	0
1944	69.7	7	84.9	3	54.5	22	3.93	64	0
1943	65.1	47	78.8	36	51.4	66	5.57	28	0
1942	64.9	52	78.7	37	51.1	71	3.95	63	0
1941	63.9	68	80.9	17	46.9	117	3.88	65	0
1940	62.7	89	77.4	57	48.1	109	2.63	97	0
1939	66.6	32	80.1	24	53	44	0.61	125	0
1938	63.8	69	75.9	72	51.6	64	6.89	8	0
1937	63.5	74	76.3	64	50.5	81			1
1936	68.6	12	84.6	4	52.6	52	1.19	120	0
1935	64.1	63	76.4	62	51.8	63	6.75	11	0
1934	67.3	23	83.6	7	50.9	77	1.90	111	0
1933							5.70	25	6
1932	66.7	31	81	16	52.3	58	1.84	114	0
1931	63.2	79	77.7	53	48.7	103	3.10	83	0
1930	68.2	20	83.5	8	52.8	47	2.04	107	0
1929	64.8	55	78.5	40	51.1	71	6.36	16	0
1928	62.7	89	76.4	62	49.1	101	1.82	116	0
1927	63.7	71	75.5	77	51.9	62	3.50	76	0
1926	63.8	69	79.6	30	48	111	3.01	85	0
1925	60.5	109	74.4	89	46.5	119	3.85	67	1
1924							4.89	41	31
1923	64.5	58	79.5	32	49.6	95	2.93	88	0
1922	68	21	82.1	12	53.9	33	3.48	77	0
1921	65.4	43	80.5	19	50.2	87	4.50	52	0
1920	63.3	76	76.2	67	50.2	87	2.71	93	3
1919	63.1	81	78.1	46	48.5	105			3
1918	70	4	86	2	54.1	30	4.12	59	0
1917	60.2	112	75.2	83	46.3	120			3
1916	69.9	5	87	1	52.9	45	4.54	50	0
1915	66.5	33	79.4	33	53.6	39	4.09	60	0
1914	66.3	35	80.3	21	52.3	58	2.27	103	0
1913	65	49	77.5	56	52.5	54	3.56	74	0
1912	66.3	35	78.4	42	54.2	27	2.76	90	0
1911	70.1	3	84.3	5	55.9	13	1.05	122	0
1910			73.8	93			4.93	40	8
1909	64.9	52	77.4	57	52.3	58	4.42	55	1
1908	66.9	26	78.2	45	55.6	14	4.50	52	0
1907	63.1	81	76.1	69	50.2	87	3.66	70	1
1906	66.8	29	79.6	30	54	31	2.25	104	0
1905	68.5	14	79.9	27	57.1	8	5.69	26	0
1904	66.4	34	78.3	43	54.5	22	2.72	92	0
1903							1.83	115	31
1902							4.26	57	31
1901							5.40	31	31
1900							3.11	82	31
1892	66.1	38	77.1	60	55	19	5.10	37	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	72
1991	71.7
1911	70.1
1918	70
1916	69.9
1962	69.8
1944	69.7
2012	69.5
1965	69.2
2004	68.9
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	58.3
1997	58.6
1961	59.3
1989	59.4
1994	59.6
1945	59.6
2005	59.7
1954	59.7
1971	59.9
1917	60.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2020	8.93
2001	8.76
2019	8.72
2004	8.09
2010	8.01
2009	7.92
1996	7.40
1938	6.89
1945	6.84
1989	6.79

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1939	0.61
1977	0.84
1964	0.95
1911	1.05
1970	1.13
1936	1.19
1991	1.47
1966	1.52
2006	1.68
1928	1.82

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 32°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.58 in; 6 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 2.64 in of precipitation in Charleston, WV, the driest May since 2015, 30th driest of 125.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Charleston, WV: 93°F on Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Charleston, WV: a low of 32°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Charleston, WV: 0.58 in on Wednesday 6 May 2026.