Cleveland, OH: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 58°F in Cleveland, OH, the coldest May since 2025, tied 67th coldest of 153 (with 1952, 1916, 1906 and 2 other years).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 58°F; Coldest since 2025; 67th coldest of 153
Precipitation: 3.96 in; Wettest since 2025; 52nd wettest of 156

A normal May in Cleveland, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 60.4°F, between 55.5°F and 64.8°F in eight years of ten and 4.00 in of precipitation, between 1.53 in and 6.13 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Cleveland, OH since 1871: 58°F in 2026; the lowest is 51.1°F, in 1907.

Normal range, 55.5 to 64.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Cleveland, OH from 1871 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	58	82	67.5	81	48.6	93	3.96	52	0
2025	57.9	88	66.1	99	49.7	69	5.30	19	0
2024	65.1	6	75	7	55.2	7	2.03	125	0
2023	58.5	74	69.4	53	47.5	116	2.55	102	0
2022	63.9	16	72.9	24	54.8	9	4.36	33	0
2021	58.3	80	68.9	58	47.7	112	3.12	80	0
2020	57.9	88	67.2	86	48.6	93	6.93	4	0
2019	61.5	36	71.5	34	51.6	40	4.14	42	0
2018	66.9	1	77.3	1	56.5	2	5.72	16	0
2017	60.3	51	68.8	61	51.9	35	6.09	10	0
2016	60.5	48	70.5	43	50.6	58	3.31	72	0
2015	64.1	15	74.6	10	53.6	18	4.09	44	0
2014	60.9	41	70.5	43	51.3	45	4.08	46	0
2013	63.3	17	73.5	20	53.2	23	2.37	111	0
2012	65	7	75.9	6	54.1	14	1.44	144	0
2011	61.8	29	70.8	40	52.7	28	7.74	2	0
2010	64.8	10	73.9	15	55.7	5	4.04	48	0
2009	60	52	70.4	46	49.7	69	2.35	113	0
2008	56.3	116	65.5	110	47.1	120	4.17	38	0
2007	61.9	28	72.8	25	51	50	0.66	155	0
2006	58.8	68	67.9	74	49.6	73	4.54	30	0
2005	55.2	133	65.3	117	45.1	141	1.43	145	0
2004	62.1	26	73.1	22	51.2	46	5.90	13	0
2003	57.8	92	66.7	90	48.9	87	6.49	7	0
2002	55.5	130	65.8	105	45.2	139	5.77	14	0
2001	60	52	69.5	51	50.5	60	3.84	55	0
2000	61.5	36	71.1	38	51.9	35	5.46	18	0
1999	61	40	71.9	31	50	64	1.54	138	0
1998	64.4	11	74	14	54.7	10	1.92	128	0
1997	52.9	148	62.3	147	43.5	153	4.21	36	0
1996	56.7	108	65.2	119	48.1	106	2.08	120	0
1995	59.3	64	69	56	49.6	73	3.96	52	0
1994	54.7	135	66.1	99	43.3	154	1.67	136	0
1993	59.1	66	70.3	47	48	109	1.56	137	0
1992	57.9	88	68.7	62	47	124	3.01	86	0
1991	66.8	2	77.3	1	56.4	3	3.24	75	0
1990	56.3	116	66.1	99	46.5	130	6.10	9	0
1989	57.5	98	66.5	91	48.6	93	9.14	1	0
1988	59.6	59	71.2	37	48.1	106	1.33	146	0
1987	62.9	19	74.2	12	51.7	39	2.40	109	0
1986	60.7	45	70.5	43	51	50	4.34	34	0
1985	60.4	49	72	30	48.7	92	3.45	68	0
1984	54	144	63.2	137	44.8	146	5.95	12	0
1983	55.7	127	65.9	104	45.4	137	4.17	38	0
1982	64.9	8	76.2	4	53.6	18	2.65	98	0
1981	55.6	129	65.4	113	45.9	133	2.19	118	0
1980	58.5	74	69.4	53	47.5	116	3.13	78	0
1979	56.8	106	68	72	45.7	134	4.77	26	0
1978	59.4	62	69.6	50	49.2	81	3.01	86	0
1977	61.8	29	74.7	9	48.9	87	1.02	151	0
1976	55.3	132	65.4	113	45.1	141	2.94	89	0
1975	62.3	24	72.7	27	51.8	38	3.23	76	0
1974	56.4	115	66	102	46.7	127	4.78	25	0
1973	56.7	108	65	120	48.4	99	4.79	24	0
1972	58.6	71	68.4	67	48.8	90	3.74	57	0
1971	56.5	112	67.6	79	45.4	137	3.29	73	0
1970	62.7	20	73.8	16	51.6	40	2.95	88	0
1969	58.6	71	69	56	48.1	106	5.73	15	0
1968	54.3	139	63.1	139	45.6	135	4.08	46	0
1967	52.3	150	60.9	150	43.6	152	3.82	56	0
1966	54.2	141	64.5	126	43.9	150	2.21	117	0
1965	63.2	18	74.2	12	52.1	34	2.29	114	0
1964	60.7	45	70.7	42	50.7	56	3.02	85	0
1963	54.7	135	65.7	107	43.7	151	1.00	152	0
1962	64.9	8	76.1	5	53.8	16	1.91	129	0
1961	54.3	139	65.5	110	43.1	156	1.31	147	0
1960	56.8	106	66.2	95	47.4	118	3.56	67	0
1959	64.3	14	75	7	53.6	18	4.71	27	0
1958	58.7	69	69.5	51	47.9	110	2.14	119	0
1957	59	67	68.9	58	49.2	81	4.60	29	0
1956	57.8	92	67.9	74	47.6	114	5.49	17	0
1955	62.7	20	73.7	18	51.6	40	5.00	22	0
1954	57.4	100	68	72	46.7	127	1.04	150	0
1953	61.8	29	72.8	25	50.9	53	4.00	50	0
1952	58	82	68.3	68	47.6	114	2.74	96	0
1951	60.8	42	72.7	27	48.9	87	2.60	100	0
1950	60.6	47	72.6	29	48.6	93	3.22	77	0
1949	61.8	29	73	23	50.6	58	4.18	37	0
1948	56.6	110	68.1	70	45.2	139	4.39	32	0
1947	56.1	121	66.2	95	46.1	132	6.04	11	0
1946	57.7	95	66.9	88	48.5	97	5.06	21	0
1945	54.1	143	63.7	133	44.5	148	3.61	63	0
1944	65.5	4	76.6	3	54.5	11	3.26	74	0
1943	58.1	81	66.9	88	49.3	78	4.64	28	0
1942	62	27	71.6	33	52.3	32	3.70	60	0
1941	62.3	24	71	39	53.6	18	2.41	108	0
1940	56	122	63.7	133	48.4	99	3.60	64	0
1939	61.5	36	69.9	49	53.2	23	1.48	141	0
1938	59.7	58	67.8	76	51.2	46	2.69	97	2
1937	59.4	62	67.5	81	51.4	44	2.27	115	0
1936	62.6	22	71.5	34	53.8	16	2.05	122	0
1935	53.4	147	60	152	46.8	126	1.87	130	0
1934	62.5	23	71.7	32	53.4	22	0.58	156	0
1933	60.8	42	68.5	65	53.1	26	2.86	92	0
1932	58.7	69	67.4	83	50	64	3.71	59	0
1931	57.5	98	65.4	113	49.6	73	2.36	112	0
1930	61.8	29	69.1	55	54.5	11	1.87	130	0
1929	56.5	112	64.5	126	48.4	99	3.41	71	0
1928	57	103	64.6	124	49.3	78	2.04	123	0
1927	57.3	102	63.7	133	50.8	55	3.44	70	0
1926	56.9	104	65.4	113	48.4	99	1.48	141	0
1925	53.6	146	62.2	148	45	143	2.24	116	0
1924	52.4	149	59.7	153	45	143	2.62	99	0
1923	54.5	138	62.5	144	46.5	130	2.91	90	0
1922	61.3	39	68.1	70	54.5	11	2.42	107	0
1921	59.9	57	67	87	52.7	28	1.51	140	0
1920	55.7	127	62.5	144	48.8	90	1.12	149	0
1919	56.5	112	62.9	141	50	64	4.15	41	0
1918	64.4	11	73.8	16	55	8	4.02	49	0
1917	51.3	152	57.6	156	45	143	2.89	91	0
1916	58	82	65.6	108	50.4	61	2.04	123	0
1915	54.2	141	61.4	149	47.1	120	3.13	78	0
1914	60	52	68.2	69	51.9	35	4.09	44	0
1913	57.8	92	64.8	122	50.9	53	2.84	93	0
1912	60	52	68.9	58	51.1	49	2.55	102	0
1911	64.4	11	73.4	21	55.4	6	1.97	127	0
1910	54	144	60.6	151	47.3	119	4.22	35	0
1909	56.3	116	64.5	126	47.7	112	2.50	104	1
1908	60.4	49	68.5	65	52.3	32	2.38	110	0
1907	51.1	153	59	154	43.2	155	2.46	105	0
1906	58	82	65.8	105	50.2	62	1.81	134	0
1905	57.4	100	65.5	110	49.4	77	3.69	62	0
1904	58.6	71	66	102	51.2	46	3.70	60	0
1903	60.8	42	68.7	62	52.8	27	1.46	143	0
1902	57.7	95	66.2	95	49.1	84	3.60	64	0
1901	55.8	124	62.6	143	49	86	2.78	95	0
1900	59.6	59	67.6	79	51.5	43	1.26	148	0
1899	60	52	67.3	84	52.7	28	3.11	82	0
1898	57.9	88	64.7	123	51	50	2.07	121	0
1897	54.7	135	62.4	146	47.1	120	3.73	58	0
1896	65.8	3	73.7	18	57.9	1	1.53	139	0
1895			71.3	36	50	64	1.84	132	6
1894	58	82	66.3	93	49.7	69	4.83	23	0
1893			63	140	47.1	120	7.41	3	4
1892	55.8	124	63.4	136	48.3	104	6.81	5	0
1891			63.2	137	44.2	149	2.59	101	4
1890	55.8	124	63.8	132	47.8	111	6.16	8	0
1889	58.5	74	67.8	76	49.9	68	4.13	43	2
1888	56.9	104	65.3	117	48.5	97	2.84	93	0
1887	61.6	35	70.8	40	52.5	31	3.45	68	0
1886	58	82	66.2	95	49.7	69	1.68	135	0
1885	56.6	110	64.9	121	48.2	105	3.88	54	0
1884	57.7	95	66.3	93	49.1	84	3.60	64	0
1883	54.9	134	64.3	130	45.5	136	6.50	6	0
1882	51.8	151	58.9	155	44.7	147	5.27	20	0
1881	61.7	34	70.2	48	53.2	23	0.74	153	0
1880	65.2	5	74.5	11	55.9	4	3.12	80	0
1879	58.5	74	67.7	78	49.3	78	2.43	106	0
1878	56	122	62.8	142	49.2	81	3.03	84	0
1877	56.3	116	64.3	130	48.4	99	0.67	154	0
1876	55.5	130	64.5	126	46.9	125	4.43	31	2
1875	56.2	120	65.6	108	46.7	127	4.17	38	0
1874	59.5	61	68.7	62	50.2	62	1.83	133	0
1873	58.5	74	66.4	92	50.7	56	3.11	82	0
1872	58.5	74	67.3	84	49.6	73	3.99	51	0
1871	59.3	64	64.6	124	54	15	1.99	126	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	66.9
1991	66.8
1896	65.8
1944	65.5
1880	65.2
2024	65.1
2012	65
1982	64.9
1962	64.9
2010	64.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	51.1
1917	51.3
1882	51.8
1967	52.3
1924	52.4
1997	52.9
1935	53.4
1925	53.6
1984	54
1910	54

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1989	9.14
2011	7.74
1893	7.41
2020	6.93
1892	6.81
1883	6.50
2003	6.49
1890	6.16
1990	6.10
2017	6.09

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	0.58
2007	0.66
1877	0.67
1881	0.74
1963	1.00
1977	1.02
1954	1.04
1920	1.12
1900	1.26
1961	1.31

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 19 May 2026
Coldest night: 34°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.36 in; 23 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 3.96 in of precipitation in Cleveland, OH, the wettest May since 2025, tied 52nd wettest of 156 (with 1995).
The hottest day of May 2026 in Cleveland, OH: 89°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Cleveland, OH: a low of 34°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Cleveland, OH: 1.36 in on Saturday 23 May 2026.