Danville, VA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 64.9°F in Danville, VA, the coldest May since 2023, 25th coldest of 99.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 64.9°F; Coldest since 2023; 25th coldest of 99
Precipitation: 2.93 in; Driest since 2021; 36th driest of 106

A normal May in Danville, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 66.2°F, between 62.9°F and 70.3°F in eight years of ten and 4.39 in of precipitation, between 1.45 in and 6.65 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Danville, VA since 1916: 64.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 61.3°F, in 1992.

Normal range, 62.9 to 70.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Danville, VA from 1916 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	64.9	75	78.2	68	51.5	86	2.93	71	0
2025	65.4	68	76	94	54.9	46	8.39	2	0
2024	68.4	30	79.8	39	56.9	22	9.41	1	0
2023	63.5	89	74.5	105	52.5	76	5.00	28	0
2022	67.1	38	78	70	56.1	25	6.12	14	1
2021	65	72	78.4	62	51.6	84	0.63	106	0
2020	62.9	93	73.5	107	52.4	78	5.53	23	0
2019	71.6	6	83.7	9	59.5	6	2.68	78	0
2018	71.9	5	82.9	13	60.8	2	6.60	12	0
2017	66.1	58	77.1	82	55.1	41	6.04	15	0
2016	65.2	69	75.5	100	54.9	46	7.57	4	0
2015	70.2	12	82.4	17	57.9	16	1.12	103	0
2014	68.3	32	80.6	32	56	26	4.48	37	0
2013	65	72	75.9	96	54	58	4.81	31	0
2012	69.4	20	81	29	57.7	18	2.12	85	0
2011	66.2	57	77.6	75	54.7	50	5.31	24	0
2010	70	17	80.8	31	59.1	7	4.00	47	0
2009	67.5	36	78.4	62	56.7	24	6.55	13	0
2008	64.2	81	76.6	89	51.7	83	3.67	54	0
2007	65.9	62	78.7	56	53	71	1.38	100	0
2006	63.5	89	77.3	78	49.8	96	1.66	96	0
2005	62.5	96	75	102	49.9	95	2.04	88	0
2004	70.2	12	81.3	24	59	8	3.04	69	0
2003	63.5	89	72.5	108	54.4	53	8.23	3	0
2002	65	72	77.2	81	52.7	74	6.02	16	0
2001	65.2	69	77	85	53.4	65	5.88	18	0
2000	68.8	25	82.9	13	55.1	41	2.88	72	1
1999	65.6	65	79.1	51	52.1	79	1.13	102	2
1998	68.5	29	78.9	53	58.2	15	7.06	10	0
1997	62.3	98	77	85	48	99	1.46	99	1
1996	66.4	53	79.4	47	53.9	60	5.64	20	1
1995	66.3	55	78.5	59	54.5	52	4.29	41	2
1994	63	92	76.1	92	49.8	96	1.91	91	0
1993	67.9	33	80.1	37	55.6	33	2.77	77	1
1992	61.3	99	72.2	109	50.7	92	4.62	33	1
1991	70.9	10	81.8	21	60	5	4.59	34	0
1990			79.4	47			7.44	7	8
1989			77.3	78			7.31	8	8
1988			79.6	42			4.25	43	12
1987			83.1	12			2.80	76	11
1986			79.5	43			3.09	68	12
1985			82.1	19			1.80	92	8
1984			79.5	43			3.90	49	8
1983			79.1	51			2.66	79	4
1982	70.2	12	85	6	55.6	33	3.86	50	2
1981	63.7	87	77.1	82	50.3	94	2.53	81	0
1980	66.9	43	80.4	35	53.4	65	3.36	65	0
1979	65.8	63	78.3	65	53.3	67	3.49	61	0
1978	64	84	75.9	96	52	81	5.27	26	1
1977	68.9	22	82.1	19	55.7	31	2.31	83	0
1976	64.3	77	77.3	78	51.3	89	3.41	64	0
1975	67.7	34	79.7	41	55.7	31	3.94	48	0
1974	66.7	48	78.5	59	55	44	4.30	40	0
1973	64.3	77	77.5	76	51.2	91	3.46	62	1
1972	64.5	76	76.1	92	52.8	72	5.79	19	0
1971	63.9	85	76	94	51.9	82	7.54	5	0
1970	68.7	27	81.3	24	55.4	37	3.59	59	1
1969	65.8	63	79.5	43	52.1	79	2.48	82	0
1968	63.7	87	75.9	96	51.5	86	3.29	66	0
1967	62.5	96	75.7	99	49.3	98	5.55	22	0
1966	66.1	58	78.2	68	53.9	60	3.61	58	1
1965	72.8	1	86.9	1	58.8	10	1.77	94	1
1964	68.9	22	82.3	18	55.6	33	2.12	85	0
1963	66	60	78.5	59	53.5	64	3.66	55	0
1962	71.5	7	82.9	13	60.2	3	4.25	43	0
1961	64.1	83	75	102	53.2	69	4.09	46	0
1960	66.3	55	77.7	73	55	44	4.85	30	0
1959	70.6	11	81.1	27	60.1	4	1.48	98	0
1958	66.6	49	77.1	82	56	26	4.50	36	0
1957	68.8	25	79.8	39	57.8	17	1.96	90	0
1956	66.8	45	78.3	65	55.3	39	3.64	56	0
1955	68.9	22	80.5	33	57.2	21	3.73	51	0
1954	62.9	93	74.3	106	51.4	88	3.50	60	0
1953	72.8	1	84.6	7	60.9	1	1.61	97	0
1952	67.1	38	78.6	57	55.6	33	4.34	39	0
1951	66	60	78.4	62	53.7	63	1.98	89	0
1950	66.9	43	77.9	72	55.9	28	6.95	11	0
1949	68.4	30	81	29	55.9	28	5.28	25	0
1948	67.1	38	78.8	55	55.4	37	5.22	27	0
1946	65.5	66	76.2	90	54.9	46			0
1945	64.3	77	77	85	51.6	84	3.72	52	0
1944	72.2	4	85.7	4	58.6	11	2.83	74	0
1943	70.1	15	81.8	21	58.4	12	2.64	80	0
1942	69.7	18	81.8	21	57.7	18	7.48	6	0
1941	69.7	18	85.2	5	54.3	55	0.80	105	0
1940	67	42	80.1	37	53.8	62	4.69	32	0
1939	67.6	35	80.5	33	54.8	49	3.64	56	0
1938	67.5	36	79.2	50	55.8	30	4.52	35	0
1937	66.4	53	81.1	27	52.5	76	3.04	69	2
1936	70.1	15	85.8	2	54.4	53	0.86	104	0
1935	65.5	66	77.7	73	53.3	67	2.81	75	0
1934	66.6	49	78	70	55.3	39			2
1933	71.5	7	84.5	8	58.4	12			0
1932	66.6	49	78.9	53	54.3	55	3.22	67	0
1931	67.1	38	78.6	57	55.1	41	5.93	17	1
1930			83.3	11					4
1929	68.6	28	80.4	35	56.8	23	2.21	84	0
1928	66.8	45	79.3	49	54.2	57	2.10	87	2
1927							1.67	95	10
1926	66.8	45	79.5	43	54	58	1.79	93	1
1925	63.8	86	76.7	88	51.3	89	3.44	63	2
1924	64.2	81	74.7	104	53.2	69	5.56	21	2
1923	66.5	52	78.3	65	54.6	51	1.24	101	1
1922			82.6	16			3.71	53	7
1921	64.3	77	76.2	90	52.8	72	4.41	38	3
1920	65.1	71	77.5	76	52.6	75	2.88	72	0
1919	69.3	21	81.3	24	57.4	20	4.95	29	0
1918	72.4	3	85.8	2	59	8	4.26	42	0
1917	62.9	93	75.2	101	50.5	93	4.11	45	0
1916	71	9	83.5	10	58.4	12	7.15	9	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1965	72.8
1953	72.8
1918	72.4
1944	72.2
2018	71.9
2019	71.6
1962	71.5
1933	71.5
1916	71
1991	70.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1992	61.3
1997	62.3
2005	62.5
1967	62.5
2020	62.9
1954	62.9
1917	62.9
1994	63
2023	63.5
2006	63.5
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2024	9.41
2025	8.39
2003	8.23
2016	7.57
1971	7.54
1942	7.48
1990	7.44
1989	7.31
1916	7.15
1998	7.06

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2021	0.63
1941	0.80
1936	0.86
2015	1.12
1999	1.13
1923	1.24
2007	1.38
1997	1.46
1959	1.48
1953	1.61

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 20 May 2026, 19 May 2026, 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 32°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.26 in; 25 May 2026

Every month, season and year

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Danville, VA the day's answers

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 2.93 in of precipitation in Danville, VA, the driest May since 2021, 36th driest of 106.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Danville, VA: 95°F on Wednesday 20 May 2026, Tuesday 19 May 2026 and Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Danville, VA: a low of 32°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Danville, VA: 1.26 in on Monday 25 May 2026.