Columbia, MO: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 64.3°F in Columbia, MO, the coldest May since 2025, tied 66th coldest of 137 (with 1980).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 64.3°F; Coldest since 2025; 66th coldest of 137
Precipitation: 8.35 in; Wettest since 2013; 10th wettest of 137

A normal May in Columbia, MO (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 64.2°F, between 62°F and 69.8°F in eight years of ten and 4.48 in of precipitation, between 1.90 in and 7.02 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Columbia, MO since 1890: 64.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 57.5°F, in 1924.

Normal range, 62 to 69.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Columbia, MO from 1890 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
2026	64.3	71	74.6	74	54	66	8.35	10
2025	63.3	86	73.1	96	53.4	81	2.46	119
2024	69	13	78.8	19	59.1	9	5.05	53
2023	68.2	19	79.5	14	56.9	23	3.94	93
2022	67.4	24	77.1	35	57.7	18	5.11	51
2021	63.9	80	72.7	99	55.1	47	6.17	29
2020	63.2	89	72.2	106	54.3	60	2.89	109
2019	65.9	39	75.3	58	56.5	29	4.68	63
2018	73.9	1	84.5	1	63.2	1	2.89	109
2017	64.8	60	75.5	56	54.2	64	6.71	18
2016	63.6	82	74	87	53.2	84	3.96	90
2015	65.6	47	74.7	70	56.5	29	5.68	37
2014	65.9	39	76.7	39	55.2	45	3.05	107
2013	64	76	74.2	83	53.8	74	9.79	8
2012	70.5	5	81.8	4	59.3	8	1.31	135
2011	62.4	105	71.9	111	52.8	92	4.60	66
2010	64.4	68	73.7	90	55.1	47	4.36	72
2009	64	76	74.5	75	53.4	81	4.27	80
2008	62.5	103	72.6	100	52.5	96	6.34	24
2007	69.3	11	78.9	18	59.6	7	2.89	109
2006	64.9	59	75	67	54.7	57	1.94	126
2005	64	76	75.9	48	52.2	97	2.01	124
2004	66.4	33	76.2	44	56.6	27	5.47	40
2003	63.1	90	73	98	53.1	87	4.93	57
2002	60.3	124	71.3	116	49.3	129	10.08	6
2001	65	55	75.2	60	54.9	52	6.37	23
2000	67	26	78.2	26	55.9	38	5.55	39
1999	63.6	82	74.4	80	52.7	93	3.88	95
1998	69.7	8	80.3	11	59.1	9	1.43	131
1997	58.7	135	69.7	128	47.7	136	5.78	34
1996	65.6	47	75.1	64	56.1	35	6.52	20
1995	60.8	119	69.5	130	52.1	100	12.31	2
1994	62.9	95	74.7	70	51.1	109	2.39	121
1993	63.4	85	73.7	90	53.1	87	4.81	62
1992	62.1	107	73.3	94	50.8	112	1.57	130
1991	70.2	6	79.6	13	60.7	3	4.17	82
1990	59.5	130	69	132	49.9	126	10.51	5
1989	61.6	109	73.1	96	50.1	121	4.84	60
1988	66.1	38	78.6	21	53.6	78	2.45	120
1987	69	13	80.5	8	57.6	19	2.78	115
1986	65.9	39	76.1	46	55.8	40	5.33	44
1985	64.5	67	75.3	58	53.7	75	5.04	54
1984	60.7	120	72.5	103	49	130	3.46	98
1983	60.3	124	69.9	127	50.8	112	4.94	56
1982	66.2	36	76.2	44	56.2	32	5.33	44
1981	59	133	68.3	135	49.8	127	7.71	13
1980	64.3	71	74.7	70	53.9	73	3.36	100
1979	64.1	74	75	67	53.2	84	3.30	103
1978	62.7	97	72.1	109	53.3	83	6.77	17
1977	68	22	77.5	32	58.5	14	4.31	77
1976	59.2	131	70.2	126	48.1	134	3.68	96
1975	65	55	75.1	64	54.8	55	4.00	89
1974	63	92	72.4	104	53.7	75	7.75	12
1973	60.9	118	71.1	120	50.7	117	4.38	71
1972	65.1	54	75.6	53	54.6	58	3.40	99
1971	61.3	115	71.6	112	51	111	4.30	78
1970	66.8	30	77	36	56.7	26	9.81	7
1969	64.7	62	74.5	75	54.8	55	4.62	65
1968	61.4	113	71.2	119	51.6	103	5.46	41
1967	60.6	121	70.3	122	50.8	112	5.32	46
1966	62.5	103	73.7	90	51.4	104	2.22	122
1965	70.7	4	81.3	6	60	4	2.12	123
1964	69.4	10	79.9	12	58.9	11	5.73	35
1963	63.9	80	74.4	80	53.5	80	4.53	67
1962	72.8	2	84.3	2	61.3	2	2.59	118
1961	60.1	126	70.3	122	50	123	6.33	26
1960	62.8	96	74.5	75	51.1	109	4.19	81
1959	68.1	20	79.1	16	57.2	20	4.35	73
1958	65.6	47	77.2	34	54	66	4.11	84
1957	64.4	68	74.7	70	54	66	4.04	86
1956	67.4	24	78.2	26	56.6	27	5.20	50
1955	65.9	39	75.7	51	56.1	35	4.12	83
1954	59.8	128	71.3	116	48.4	132	5.22	48
1953	64.7	62	74.8	69	54.6	58	2.66	117
1952	64.2	73	75.2	60	53.2	84	3.31	102
1951	65.3	52	77	36	53.6	78	3.02	108
1950	65.3	52	75.6	53	54.9	52	3.95	91
1949	67	26	77	36	57.1	21	5.69	36
1948	63.1	90	73.9	88	52.2	97	4.42	70
1947	62	108	73.3	94	50.8	112	3.24	105
1946	61.4	113	71.5	114	51.3	105	6.34	24
1945	59.7	129	69.3	131	50	123	5.80	33
1944	69.2	12	78.6	21	59.7	6	4.02	87
1943	63	92	72.1	109	54	66	13.34	1
1942	64	76	74.1	84	54	66	4.84	60
1941	70	7	81.3	6	58.7	13	5.35	43
1940	62.4	105	73.6	93	51.2	106	3.32	101
1939	68.1	20	78.3	25	57.9	17	5.00	55
1938	64.7	62	73.8	89	55.5	43	7.14	15
1937	66.4	33	75.9	48	56.9	23	4.67	64
1936	69.7	8	80.5	8	58.9	11	2.88	112
1935	59.9	127	67.7	137	52.1	100	8.19	11
1934	68.8	15	81.6	5	56	37	1.35	134
1933	65.4	50	74.5	75	56.2	32	7.30	14
1932	66.3	35	77.6	30	55	50	1.67	129
1931	60.4	123	70.6	121	50.3	119	6.45	21
1930	64.1	74	74.3	82	54	66	2.88	112
1929	61	117	70.3	122	51.7	102	11.98	3
1928	65.7	45	77.7	29	53.7	75	1.74	128
1927	63.3	86	72.3	105	54.2	64	6.68	19
1926	67	26	78.7	20	55.2	45	2.87	114
1925	60.6	121	71.3	116	50	123	3.56	97
1924	57.5	137	67.8	136	47.1	137	5.11	51
1923	62.7	97	72.2	106	53.1	87	1.97	125
1922	66.2	36	76	47	56.4	31	4.34	74
1921	65.8	43	75.5	56	56.2	32	4.01	88
1920	63	92	71.6	112	54.3	60	4.48	69
1919	61.5	110	70.3	122	52.7	93	6.21	28
1918	68.8	15	79.2	15	58.5	14	3.95	91
1917	58.5	136	68.4	134	48.7	131	4.89	58
1916	65	55	74.5	75	55.5	43	5.21	49
1915	62.6	101	72.2	106	53	90	6.32	27
1914	66.9	29	78.2	26	55.6	41	1.37	133
1913	65.7	45	76.4	43	55	50	1.43	131
1912	67.8	23	78.5	24	57.1	21	3.25	104
1911	68.6	18	80.5	8	56.8	25	1.27	136
1910	59.1	132	68.7	133	49.6	128	6.82	16
1909	61.5	110	72.6	100	50.5	118	6.44	22
1908	65.4	50	75.6	53	55.1	47	6.17	29
1907	59	133	69.7	128	48.4	132	4.05	85
1906	65.8	43	77.3	33	54.3	60	2.73	116
1905	64.8	60	75.7	51	54	66	4.53	67
1904	62.7	97	72.6	100	52.7	93	5.39	42
1903	65	55	74.1	84	55.9	38	5.26	47
1902	68.8	15	79.1	16	58.5	14	4.33	75
1901	63.5	84	75.8	50	51.2	106	0.35	137
1900	66.7	31	78.6	21	54.9	52	1.75	127
1899	66.6	32	77.6	30	55.6	41	4.89	58
1898	64.7	62	75.1	64	54.3	60	8.39	9
1897	62.7	97	75.2	60	50.2	120	3.19	106
1896	71.1	3	82.3	3	60	4	5.61	38
1895	64.7	62	76.5	41	53	90	6.09	31
1894	64.4	68	76.7	39	52.2	97	4.33	75
1893	62.6	101	74.1	84	51.2	106	6.00	32
1892	61.1	116	71.5	114	50.8	112	10.58	4
1891	61.5	110	75.2	60	47.8	135	4.29	79
1890	63.3	86	76.5	41	50.1	121	3.92	94

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	73.9
1962	72.8
1896	71.1
1965	70.7
2012	70.5
1991	70.2
1941	70
1998	69.7
1936	69.7
1964	69.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1924	57.5
1917	58.5
1997	58.7
1981	59
1907	59
1910	59.1
1976	59.2
1990	59.5
1945	59.7
1954	59.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1943	13.34
1995	12.31
1929	11.98
1892	10.58
1990	10.51
2002	10.08
1970	9.81
2013	9.79
1898	8.39
2026	8.35

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1901	0.35
1911	1.27
2012	1.31
1934	1.35
1914	1.37
1998	1.43
1913	1.43
1992	1.57
1932	1.67
1928	1.74

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 85°F; 27 May 2026
Coldest night: 38°F; 1 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.98 in; 18 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 8.35 in of precipitation in Columbia, MO, the wettest May since 2013, 10th wettest of 137.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Columbia, MO: 85°F on Wednesday 27 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Columbia, MO: a low of 38°F on Friday 1 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Columbia, MO: 1.98 in on Monday 18 May 2026.