Childress, TX: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 72.9°F in Childress, TX, the warmest May since 2022, 20th warmest of 103.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 72.9°F; Warmest since 2022; 20th warmest of 103
Precipitation: 2.98 in; Wettest since 2023; 54th wettest of 120

A normal May in Childress, TX (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 71.4°F, between 67.9°F and 75.6°F in eight years of ten and 2.71 in of precipitation, between 0.87 in and 6.99 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Childress, TX since 1893: 72.9°F in 2026; the highest is 78.5°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 67.9 to 75.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Childress, TX 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	72.9	20	86.9	16	58.9	33	2.98	54	0
2025	69.5	66	82.3	64	56.7	68	2.63	66	0
2024	72.6	23	86	27	59.3	26	2.84	60	0
2023	71.4	39	83.4	54	59.5	25	8.67	4	0
2022	76.2	5	91.8	2	60.7	10	3.39	48	0
2021	69.2	72	80.6	84	57.7	47	3.34	49	0
2020	72.3	26	86.1	26	58.5	38	3.13	52	0
2019	68.3	84	78.9	94	57.7	47	4.05	35	0
2018	78.5	1	92.3	1	64.6	1	5.14	25	0
2017	70.6	50	85.1	33	56.2	83	1.03	108	0
2016	69.3	70	81.9	68	56.7	68	7.84	8	0
2015	66.8	95	76.9	103	56.6	73	13.21	1	0
2014	72.5	24	86.9	16	58.1	43	3.88	39	0
2013	71.9	31	86.3	22	57.4	55	0.55	113	0
2012	76.5	4	89.9	7	63.1	4	1.36	101	0
2011	73.3	16	90.2	5	56.4	80	0.90	109	0
2010	70.9	44	83.5	53	58.3	41	1.68	91	0
2009	68.1	88	79.5	89	56.8	66	1.40	98	0
2008	72.8	21	86.5	20	59.1	28	2.35	74	0
2007	69	76	78.5	95	59.6	24	3.12	53	0
2006	74	11	87.6	12	60.5	16	2.73	62	0
2005	69.4	68	80	87	58.7	35	2.69	64	0
2004	74.1	10	88.3	10	60	21	0.01	120	0
2003	71.9	31	84.9	36	58.9	33	1.60	93	0
2002	70.4	54	84.1	41	56.7	68	1.17	107	0
2001	72	29	84	42	60	21	6.90	12	0
2000	75.4	8	89.3	8	61.5	7	0.38	115	0
1999	69.1	75	80.7	81	57.6	53	6.61	14	0
1998	75.5	7	90.2	5	60.7	10	2.21	78	0
1997	67.6	92	79	91	56.1	85	3.71	42	0
1996	77.7	2	91.2	3	64.2	2	2.97	55	0
1995	66.5	98	77.7	98	55.4	91	6.77	13	0
1994	69.4	68	80.6	84	58.2	42	2.19	79	0
1993	68.2	85	80.1	86	56.4	80	4.02	36	0
1992	67.9	90	78.5	95	57.3	57	2.18	80	0
1991	73	18	86.2	25	59.8	23	8.16	6	0
1990	70.2	57	83.9	44	56.5	77	2.93	56	0
1989	70.7	47	82.3	64	59.1	28	8.14	7	0
1988	70.1	58	83.6	51	56.6	73	0.35	116	0
1987	70	60	81.7	73	58.4	40	4.83	29	0
1986	69.9	61	83.3	57	56.5	77	2.48	70	0
1985	72.4	25	85.8	29	59	31	1.39	99	0
1984	70.9	44	86	27	55.7	90	0.73	111	0
1983	66.9	93	81	77	52.8	103	1.31	102	0
1982	68.2	85	79.7	88	56.8	66	4.84	28	0
1981	68.7	78	80.9	79	56.6	73	3.22	50	0
1980	69.5	66	81	77	58	44	5.84	20	0
1979	69	76	81.2	75	56.7	68	3.76	40	0
1978	69.3	70	81.3	74	57.3	57	5.45	23	0
1977	72	29	83.4	54	60.7	10	3.50	47	0
1976	64.8	100	77.2	101	52.5	104	1.87	86	0
1975	69.7	63	83.4	54	56	86	2.00	83	0
1974	74.3	9	87.2	14	61.4	9	4.95	27	0
1973	68.2	85	81.9	68	54.5	95	1.27	103	0
1972	68.6	80	80.7	81	56.5	77	3.75	41	0
1971	70.6	50	84.9	36	56.2	83	4.40	31	0
1970	71.7	34	85.7	30	57.7	47	4.20	34	0
1969	69.2	72	80.9	79	57.4	55	2.30	75	0
1968	66.8	95	79	91	54.7	94	3.55	46	0
1967	68	89	82.4	63	53.7	98	1.92	85	0
1966	69.7	63	83.6	51	55.9	89	0.08	119	0
1965	72.2	27	83.9	44	60.5	16	2.74	61	0
1964	73.1	17	87.2	14	59.1	28	2.00	83	0
1963	73.8	14	87.4	13	60.2	19	2.44	72	0
1962	77.1	3	91.2	3	62.9	5	0.47	114	0
1961	70.6	50	83.9	44	57.2	59	1.76	89	0
1960	69.2	72	83.9	44	54.5	95	4.74	30	0
1959	71.6	36	82.5	60	60.6	15	5.67	22	0
1958	71.6	36	83.1	58	60.1	20	3.96	37	0
1957	66	99	75.2	104	56.9	64	7.67	9	0
1956	76	6	88.6	9	63.4	3	2.73	62	0
1955	72.2	27	83.7	49	60.7	10	5.86	19	0
1954	64	103	74.6	105	53.4	101	5.89	18	0
1953	71	43	84.4	40	57.7	47	1.20	104	0
1952	69.8	62	82.7	59	57	62	2.13	81	0
1951	70.1	58	82.5	60	57.8	45	5.07	26	0
1950	69.6	65	82.3	64	56.9	64	2.47	71	0
1949	70.3	56	81.9	68	58.7	35	7.19	10	0
1948	71.1	42	84.9	36	57.6	53	1.78	88	2
1946	70.8	46	84.8	39	56.7	68	0.79	110	0
1945	70.7	47	87.7	11	53.5	100	0.20	117	2
1944	71.3	40	86.3	22	56.3	82	2.87	58	0
1943			81.1	76	53.6	99	5.78	21	4
1942	68.7	78	82.5	60	54.9	93	1.55	96	0
1941	70.4	54	81.9	68	59	31	8.85	3	0
1940	71.8	33	85.1	33	58.6	37	3.95	38	2
1939	73.6	15	86.7	18	60.5	16	1.60	93	0
1938	71.3	40	85.1	33	57.7	47	2.65	65	2
1937	73	18	86.6	19	59.3	26	6.40	16	0
1936	73.9	13	86.3	22	61.5	7	4.31	32	0
1935			78.4	97	54.4	97	10.28	2	5
1934	72.8	21	86.5	20	58.5	38	3.67	44	2
1933	71.7	34	85.6	32	57.7	47	2.92	57	0
1932	71.5	38	82.3	64	60.7	10	1.67	92	0
1931	64.8	100	77.3	100	52.3	105	1.38	100	0
1930	66.8	95	77.5	99	56	86	2.40	73	0
1929	66.9	93	77.2	101	56.6	73	3.18	51	0
1928	70.7	47	83.8	48	57.8	45	2.63	66	1
1927							2.53	69	31
1926							2.63	66	31
1925							3.65	45	31
1924							0.65	112	31
1919							7.00	11	31
1918							1.20	104	31
1917							2.26	77	31
1916							1.20	104	31
1915							4.25	33	31
1914							6.28	17	31
1913							1.59	95	31
1912							2.10	82	31
1911							1.50	97	31
1910							3.68	43	31
1909	68.5	81	81.8	72	55.2	92	0.14	118	0
1908							6.60	15	31
1907	64.2	102	79	91	49.4	106	1.80	87	0
1905	70.5	53	83.7	49	57.2	59	2.87	58	0
1904							2.30	75	12
1903	67.7	91	79.4	90	56	86	1.69	90	0
1902	74	11	85.7	30	62.1	6	8.56	5	3
1898									9
1897					57.1	61	5.15	24	14
1894	68.4	83	80.7	81	57	62			2
1893	68.5	81	84	42	53.1	102			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	78.5
1996	77.7
1962	77.1
2012	76.5
2022	76.2
1956	76
1998	75.5
2000	75.4
1974	74.3
2004	74.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1954	64
1907	64.2
1976	64.8
1931	64.8
1957	66
1995	66.5
2015	66.8
1968	66.8
1930	66.8
1983	66.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	13.21
1935	10.28
1941	8.85
2023	8.67
1902	8.56
1991	8.16
1989	8.14
2016	7.84
1957	7.67
1949	7.19

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	0.01
1966	0.08
1909	0.14
1945	0.20
1988	0.35
2000	0.38
1962	0.47
2013	0.55
1924	0.65
1984	0.73

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 105°F; 15 May 2026
Coldest night: 44°F; 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.05 in; 27 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 2.98 in of precipitation in Childress, TX, the wettest May since 2023, 54th wettest of 120.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Childress, TX: 105°F on Friday 15 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Childress, TX: a low of 44°F on Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Childress, TX: 1.05 in on Wednesday 27 May 2026.