Crescent City, CA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 53.6°F in Crescent City, CA, the warmest May since 2020, tied 45th warmest of 119 (with 1978 and 1915).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 53.6°F; Warmest since 2020; 45th warmest of 119
Precipitation: 0.55 in; Driest since 2021; 17th driest of 116

A normal May in Crescent City, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 52.9°F, between 50.5°F and 56.2°F in eight years of ten and 2.42 in of precipitation, between 0.31 in and 4.71 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Crescent City, CA since 1894: 53.6°F in 2026; the highest is 58.3°F, in 1934.

Normal range, 50.5 to 56.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Crescent City, CA from 1894 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	53.6	45	58.3	97	48.9	7	0.55	100	0
2025	53	61	58.7	91	47.3	23	1.01	94	0
2024	52.2	83	58.4	95	46.2	47	3.67	43	1
2023	52.5	77	56.6	112	48.3	10	1.44	86	1
2022	50.9	111	56.4	114	45.3	71	3.71	42	0
2021	51.7	97	57	107	46.4	44	0.48	103	0
2020	54.2	31	60.1	68	48.3	10	4.79	27	0
2019	52.9	67	57.7	101	48.1	13	3.29	45	0
2018	54.1	36	58.8	88	49.4	4	0.48	103	0
2017	52.3	81	57.6	102	46.9	29	1.80	75	0
2016	53.7	42	59.2	83	48.2	12	0.38	108	0
2015	52.4	80	57	107	47.8	15	0.01	116	0
2014	53.3	53	59.3	81	47.7	17	1.76	77	2
2013	53	61	59.6	77	46.3	45	2.50	57	0
2012	50.9	111	56.5	113	45.3	71	1.46	85	0
2011	50.3	114	56.1	116	44.5	85	4.67	28	0
2010	51	108	56.8	110	45.3	71	3.85	35	0
2009	51.4	101	56.3	115	46.5	41	3.73	41	0
2008	52.5	77	58.5	93	46.6	37	0.14	114	0
2007	50.6	113	55.7	118	45.5	64	1.18	93	0
2006	52.3	81	58.1	98	46.6	37	2.33	62	1
2005	56	13	60.9	51	50.9	1	6.36	15	1
2004	54.5	26	60.7	55	48.4	9	1.24	90	0
2003	52.7	72	58.8	88	46.6	37	1.28	89	0
2002	50.1	115	55.8	117	44.4	89	1.47	84	0
2001	51.8	96	58.1	98	45.4	69	2.01	69	1
2000	54.2	31	60.9	51	47.4	21	5.04	25	0
1999	50.1	115	57.2	105	43	110	4.32	30	0
1998	53.1	55	60.5	60	45.6	58	3.79	39	1
1997	56.8	8	65.5	14	48.1	13	2.65	53	0
1996					44.3	93			5
1995	54.8	19	60.4	63	49.4	4	2.62	55	1
1994	54.5	26	60.3	66	48.8	8	4.11	34	0
1993	57.2	3	63.8	22	50.6	2			3
1992	57.1	5	64.4	19	49.5	3	0.16	113	1
1991	51.3	104	56.9	109	45.6	58	3.75	40	0
1990	53.4	50	60.1	68	46.7	36			0
1989	54.3	29	61	50	47.5	20			0
1988	53.1	55	60	72	46	51			2
1987	55.5	16	62.1	30	49	6	1.22	91	1
1986	52.9	67	60.5	60	45.6	58			2
1985	53.1	55	61.6	38	44.5	85			0
1984	54.2	31	62.3	29	46	51			0
1983	54.2	31	61.1	48	47.3	23	1.62	80	0
1982	53	61	61.3	43	44.6	83	0.13	115	0
1981	53.7	42	60.6	57	46.8	30	3.81	37	0
1980	52.9	67	59.6	77	46.2	47	2.32	63	0
1979	54.8	19	62.1	30	47.6	19	2.22	66	0
1978	53.6	45	60.4	63	46.8	30	1.77	76	2
1977	51.5	99	58.5	93	44.5	85	2.98	47	0
1976	52.2	83	61.1	48	43.4	105			0
1975									11
1974							0.75	98	10
1973							1.93	73	9
1972	54.3	29	60.8	53	47.8	15			1
1971	51.5	99	57.5	103	45.6	58	1.89	74	0
1970	53.2	54	61.6	38	45.1	74	1.52	83	1
1969							0.44	105	12
1968							3.81	37	5
1967							2.49	58	7
1966	52.7	72	62	33	43.3	108	0.29	110	3
1965	51.3	104	58.9	87	43.7	101	1.32	87	1
1964	51.7	97	59	85	44.4	89	1.71	78	1
1963	53.8	40	60.5	60	47.1	27	8.81	6	0
1962	51.3	104	59.7	76	42.9	112	2.11	68	2
1961	52.6	76	59	85	46.2	47	5.95	18	1
1960	53	61	60	72	46	51	10.79	3	1
1959	53	61	61.4	42	44.5	85	2.01	69	1
1958	55.8	14	64.9	16	46.8	30	1.20	92	2
1957	54.6	22	61.7	36	47.4	21	7.33	8	1
1956	54.6	22	62.1	30	47.2	26	2.79	50	0
1955	51.9	90	60	72	43.9	97	0.23	111	0
1954	53.1	55	61.3	43	44.9	78	0.43	106	0
1953	52.7	72	60.4	63	45	76	8.99	5	0
1952	53.1	55	61.2	46	45.1	74	2.20	67	0
1951	53.8	40	61.8	35	45.7	56	2.56	56	0
1950	51.4	101	61.5	41	41.3	120	1.59	81	0
1949	54.7	21	62.8	26	46.6	37	7.18	9	0
1948	52.7	72	59.6	77	45.8	55	5.07	23	0
1947	54.6	22	63.7	23	45.5	64	0.22	112	0
1946	51.9	90	59.1	84	44.7	82	1.96	71	0
1945	53	61	62.5	28	43.5	104	6.45	14	0
1944	54.6	22	65.6	13	43.6	103	6.85	10	0
1943	54	37	66.3	11	42.2	116	6.74	13	1
1942	54.2	31	64	21	44.4	89	9.45	4	0
1941	57.4	2	68.5	3	46.3	45	5.74	20	1
1940	57.2	3	69.8	1	44.6	83	4.18	32	0
1939	55.7	15	67.4	7	44.3	93	2.69	52	1
1938	54.5	26	66.3	11	42.8	113	0.36	109	0
1937	54	37	64.3	20	43.7	101	5.78	19	0
1936	56.6	9	67.9	4	45.4	69	5.42	22	0
1935	53.7	42	64.7	17	42.7	114	0.60	99	0
1934	58.3	1	69.5	2	47.1	27	2.44	59	0
1933	51.4	101	59.4	80	43.4	105	12.44	1	0
1932	56.5	10	67.5	5	45.6	58	5.44	21	0
1931					45.9	54	0.42	107	4
1930	53.4	50	65	15	42.1	118	2.63	54	2
1929	56.2	12	64.6	18	47.7	17	0.49	102	0
1928	57	6	66.8	10	47.3	23	0.50	101	0
1927	51.9	90	61.7	36	42.2	116	2.32	63	0
1926	56.5	10	67.5	5	45.5	64	6.85	10	0
1925	56.9	7	67	8	46.8	30	3.42	44	0
1924	55.4	17	67	8	43.8	99	1.59	81	0
1923	52.5	77	61.6	38	43.4	105	4.12	33	0
1922	52	89	60	72	44.2	95	2.41	60	1
1921	53.9	39	62	33	45.5	64	4.30	31	2
1920	49.9	118	60.8	53	39	121			0
1919	53.5	48	63.1	25	43.9	97	3.04	46	0
1918	52.2	83	62.8	26	41.7	119	0.90	95	0
1917							2.83	49	31
1916	51.9	90	61.2	46	42.7	114	4.88	26	0
1915	53.6	45	60.6	57	46.5	41	11.43	2	0
1914	55.3	18	63.7	23	46.8	30	2.28	65	0
1908	50	117	56.8	110	43.2	109	2.79	50	0
1907	52.9	67	59.3	81	46.5	41	2.94	48	0
1906	51.9	90	58.8	88	45	76	6.29	16	0
1905	51.2	107	58.4	95	44	96	1.63	79	0
1904	53.1	55	61.3	43	44.9	78	1.96	71	0
1903	52.2	83	60.6	57	43.8	99	1.32	87	0
1902	53.5	48	60.1	68	46.8	30	6.29	16	0
1901	51.9	90	58	100	45.7	56	2.40	61	0
1900	52.1	88	58.7	91	45.6	58	5.06	24	0
1899	49.3	119	55.7	118	43	110	4.40	29	0
1898	51	108	57.3	104	44.8	81	3.83	36	0
1897	53.4	50	60.7	55	46.1	50	0.85	96	0
1896	51	108	57.1	106	44.9	78	8.35	7	0
1895	52.9	67	60.3	66	45.5	64	6.79	12	0
1894	52.2	83	60.1	68	44.4	89	0.82	97	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1934	58.3
1941	57.4
1993	57.2
1940	57.2
1992	57.1
1928	57
1925	56.9
1997	56.8
1936	56.6
1932	56.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1899	49.3
1920	49.9
1908	50
2002	50.1
1999	50.1
2011	50.3
2007	50.6
2022	50.9
2012	50.9
2010	51
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1933	12.44
1915	11.43
1960	10.79
1942	9.45
1953	8.99
1963	8.81
1896	8.35
1957	7.33
1949	7.18
1944	6.85
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	0.01
1982	0.13
2008	0.14
1992	0.16
1947	0.22
1955	0.23
1966	0.29
1938	0.36
2016	0.38
1931	0.42

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 62°F; 14 May 2026, 13 May 2026
Coldest night: 40°F; 31 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.22 in; 25 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 0.55 in of precipitation in Crescent City, CA, the driest May since 2021, 17th driest of 116.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Crescent City, CA: 62°F on Thursday 14 May 2026 and Wednesday 13 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Crescent City, CA: a low of 40°F on Sunday 31 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Crescent City, CA: 0.22 in on Monday 25 May 2026.