Cold Bay, AK: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 38.8°F in Cold Bay, AK, the coldest May since 2012, tied 28th coldest of 84 (with 1987 and 1948).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 38.8°F; Coldest since 2012; 28th coldest of 84
Precipitation: 2.82 in; Wettest since 2025; 26th wettest of 82

A normal May in Cold Bay, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 40.8°F, between 37.9°F and 44.1°F in eight years of ten and 2.38 in of precipitation, between 1.23 in and 4.48 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Cold Bay, AK since 1943: 38.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 34.2°F, in 1971.

Normal range, 37.9 to 44.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Cold Bay, AK from 1943 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	38.8	55	43.9	55	33.6	61	2.82	26	0
2025	40.8	29	45.5	37	36.1	27	4.08	11	0
2024	39.5	46	44.8	44	34.2	49	2.39	39	0
2023	39.5	46	44.8	44	34.2	49	4.16	9	0
2022	40.8	29	46.7	22	34.8	41	0.84	79	0
2021	42.9	11	48.3	13	37.4	11	2.64	31	0
2020	44.2	4	50.4	4	38.1	6	1.69	58	0
2019	43.5	7	49.1	7	37.9	8	3.75	14	0
2018	41.1	27	46.3	27	35.9	30	3.23	21	0
2017	41.9	15	48.5	8	35.3	35	1.91	52	0
2016	44.4	3	50.4	4	38.5	2	1.70	57	0
2015	43.6	6	48.5	8	38.6	1	5.32	3	0
2014	44.8	1	51.5	1	38	7	0.27	82	0
2013	39.3	50	44.6	48	34.1	51	3.29	20	0
2012	36.5	80	41.6	78	31.4	82	1.51	62	0
2011	41.5	20	46.9	16	36.1	27	2.67	29	0
2010	38.7	58	44.6	48	32.8	75	1.33	64	0
2009	40.2	42	46.8	20	33.6	61	1.62	59	0
2008	39.3	50	44.7	46	33.9	55	1.95	50	0
2007	37.9	74	42.5	72	33.2	70	2.28	41	0
2006	39.9	43	46.8	20	33	74	1.26	67	0
2005	41.9	15	46.9	16	36.9	19	2.47	35	0
2004	43.2	9	47.9	15	38.4	4	4.03	12	0
2003	42.6	14	48.3	13	37	16	2.03	48	0
2002	42.9	11	48.4	10	37.5	10	6.84	1	0
2001	37	79	42.2	76	31.8	81	0.92	77	0
2000	38.6	60	43.6	59	33.6	61	4.42	7	0
1999	37.7	76	42.2	76	33.2	70	1.88	53	0
1998	40.5	37	45.6	36	35.4	34	5.01	4	0
1997	44.1	5	50.5	3	37.8	9	3.22	23	0
1996	43.2	9	50	6	36.4	23	2.81	27	0
1995	40.5	37	45.7	34	35.2	37	2.12	44	0
1994	39.1	54	43.2	64	35.1	39	4.01	13	0
1993	41.9	15	46.5	23	37.3	12	2.63	32	0
1992	40.3	40	46.9	16	33.7	60	0.54	81	0
1991	39.9	43	45.2	41	34.7	44	2.47	35	0
1990	41.3	25	45.8	32	36.9	19	3.23	21	0
1989	40.6	34	45.2	41	36	29	2.21	43	0
1988	40.3	40	45.3	39	35.3	35	2.70	28	0
1987	38.8	55	43.7	56	33.8	58	1.52	61	0
1986	38	72	43.1	66	32.8	75	2.02	49	0
1985	38.2	69	43.2	64	33.3	68	2.45	37	0
1984	37.9	74	42.8	69	33.1	73	1.20	68	0
1983	41.6	19	46.2	29	37.1	14	1.59	60	0
1982	38	72	42.6	70	33.4	67	4.13	10	0
1981	44.8	1	51	2	38.5	2	3.09	25	0
1980	41.4	22	46.2	29	36.5	22	4.22	8	0
1979	43.4	8	48.4	10	38.4	4	4.92	5	0
1978	40.5	37	44.7	46	36.3	25	3.63	16	0
1977	39.3	50	45.1	43	33.5	65	1.71	56	0
1976	36.5	80	41.1	81	32	80	0.94	75	0
1975	38.4	64	43.5	60	33.3	68	0.88	78	0
1974	41.3	25	46.9	16	35.8	31	3.12	24	0
1973	35.9	83	40.7	82	31.2	83	1.06	73	0
1972	38.5	62	44.4	52	32.7	77	2.06	46	0
1971	34.2	84	38.2	84	30.3	84	3.75	14	1
1970	40.7	33	44.4	52	37.1	14	2.06	46	0
1969	41.7	18	46.2	29	37.2	13	3.44	19	0
1968	42.7	13	48.4	10	37	16	1.30	66	0
1967	41.5	20	46.4	25	36.6	21	0.62	80	0
1966	37.4	78	41.5	79	33.2	70	2.49	34	0
1965	36.3	82	39.9	83	32.6	78	2.66	30	0
1964	38.1	71	43.7	56	32.4	79	1.15	70	0
1963	40.8	29	45.7	34	35.8	31	1.32	65	0
1962	38.2	69	42.4	75	34	53	2.37	40	0
1961	41.4	22	46.4	25	36.4	23	0.95	74	0
1960	39.6	45	44.6	48	34.6	45	2.10	45	0
1959	40.9	28	46.5	23	35.2	37	2.56	33	0
1958	40.6	34	45.3	39	35.8	31	6.37	2	0
1957	40.8	29	45.4	38	36.2	26	0.93	76	0
1956	38.5	62	43.4	61	33.5	65	1.81	54	0
1955	38.4	64	43.3	63	33.6	61	4.71	6	0
1954	39.3	50	43.7	56	34.8	41	3.53	18	0
1953	39.4	48	44	54	34.8	41	1.20	68	0
1952	38.4	64	43	68	33.8	58	2.42	38	0
1951	41.4	22	45.8	32	37	16	3.54	17	0
1950	38.3	67	42.5	72	34	53	1.09	72	0
1949	38.7	58	43.1	66	34.3	48	1.10	71	0
1948	38.8	55	42.6	70	35	40	1.94	51	0
1947	39.4	48	44.5	51	34.4	47			0
1946	37.5	77	41.2	80	33.9	55	1.74	55	2
1945	40.6	34	46.3	27	34.5	46			1
1944	38.6	60	43.4	61	33.9	55	1.36	63	0
1943	38.3	67	42.5	72	34.1	51	2.28	41	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2014	44.8
1981	44.8
2016	44.4
2020	44.2
1997	44.1
2015	43.6
2019	43.5
1979	43.4
2004	43.2
1996	43.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1971	34.2
1973	35.9
1965	36.3
2012	36.5
1976	36.5
2001	37
1966	37.4
1946	37.5
1999	37.7
2007	37.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2002	6.84
1958	6.37
2015	5.32
1998	5.01
1979	4.92
1955	4.71
2000	4.42
1980	4.22
2023	4.16
1982	4.13

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2014	0.27
1992	0.54
1967	0.62
2022	0.84
1975	0.88
2001	0.92
1957	0.93
1976	0.94
1961	0.95
1973	1.06

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 54°F; 30 May 2026
Coldest night: 26°F; 7 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.64 in; 20 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 2.82 in of precipitation in Cold Bay, AK, the wettest May since 2025, 26th wettest of 82.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Cold Bay, AK: 54°F on Saturday 30 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Cold Bay, AK: a low of 26°F on Thursday 7 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Cold Bay, AK: 0.64 in on Wednesday 20 May 2026.