Dodge City, KS: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 65.8°F in Dodge City, KS, the warmest May since 2024, tied 37th warmest of 152 (with 2014 and 1912).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 65.8°F; Warmest since 2024; 37th warmest of 152
Precipitation: 1.49 in; Driest since 2022; 37th driest of 152

A normal May in Dodge City, KS (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 63.8°F, between 61.3°F and 68.6°F in eight years of ten and 2.33 in of precipitation, between 0.87 in and 5.43 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Dodge City, KS since 1875: 65.8°F in 2026; the highest is 72.2°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 61.3 to 68.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Dodge City, KS from 1875 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	65.8	37	81	19	50.6	88	1.49	115
2025	62.3	100	74.9	94	49.7	107	3.56	49
2024	66.7	29	81.3	14	52.2	60	1.50	113
2023	66.7	29	79.1	32	54.3	23	2.23	90
2022	65.3	45	79.7	29	50.9	81	1.28	124
2021	62.2	103	73.3	119	51.2	76	5.02	18
2020	63.5	83	76.8	60	50.2	95	1.84	99
2019	60.8	128	71.9	130	49.6	108	8.42	5
2018	72.2	1	87	1	57.3	4	2.30	85
2017	62.1	105	75.7	82	48.5	131	4.62	23
2016	61	126	72.9	122	49.1	117	2.41	82
2015	61.5	117	72.1	127	51	80	10.33	2
2014	65.8	37	81.6	12	50	101	1.67	105
2013	65	49	80.3	27	49.6	108	0.91	136
2012	69.1	7	85.2	2	53	45	0.61	148
2011	63.9	72	80.2	28	47.7	141	0.68	145
2010	62.1	105	74.8	96	49.4	113	4.04	32
2009	62.8	93	75.2	91	50.4	93	1.29	123
2008	63.2	86	77.2	53	49.3	114	3.88	38
2007	64.9	51	76.7	62	53.2	43	2.35	83
2006	66.5	31	79.7	29	53.3	38	3.94	35
2005	65.4	43	78.8	36	52	62	2.04	95
2004	68.5	11	83.7	4	53.3	38	0.25	152
2003	63.3	84	76.6	67	50.1	98	2.49	80
2002	64.1	67	78.3	44	49.9	105	1.35	120
2001	63.7	77	76.6	67	50.8	86	7.84	7
2000	67.2	23	80.7	21	53.6	35	1.82	101
1999	63.3	84	75.7	82	50.9	81	1.95	98
1998	68.2	14	81.7	11	54.7	19	2.66	75
1997	61.3	121	75.2	91	47.4	143	3.04	63
1996	67.4	20	81.2	15	53.7	31	3.70	43
1995	57.6	148	67.5	151	47.7	141	5.16	17
1994	65.5	41	78.5	39	52.6	57	0.89	139
1993	62.8	93	74	111	51.5	72	2.13	94
1992	62.6	97	74.6	99	50.7	87	3.06	62
1991	69.2	6	81.9	10	56.4	7	2.02	96
1990	60.1	133	71.6	133	48.5	131	4.91	20
1989	65	49	76.7	62	53.4	37	3.40	55
1988	65.4	43	77.7	49	53	45	3.56	49
1987	65.2	46	76	73	54.5	21	2.54	78
1986	64.2	65	77.9	47	50.6	88	1.31	121
1985	67.1	24	80.6	22	53.7	31	0.43	149
1984	64.4	59	75.8	79	52.9	49	1.38	118
1983	61.1	124	73	121	49.2	116	3.52	51
1982	64.7	56	75.4	89	53.9	28	2.74	74
1981	61.6	114	73.1	120	50.1	98	5.73	12
1980	62.5	98	73.6	113	51.5	72	3.60	46
1979	60.5	130	72.4	123	48.6	129	3.48	52
1978	61.9	108	72	129	51.8	63	4.55	24
1977	68.8	10	79.1	32	58.5	1	3.60	46
1976	59.9	135	71	138	48.8	124	2.94	64
1975	64.7	56	77.6	50	51.8	63	3.94	35
1974	67.7	18	81.1	17	54.3	23	2.91	65
1973	58.8	145	71.5	134	46	149	0.73	144
1972	63	91	74.6	99	51.3	75	5.44	14
1971	61.9	108	75.8	79	48.1	135	2.81	72
1970	68.1	15	82.3	9	54	27	0.81	140
1969	65.5	41	77.1	56	53.9	28	2.83	70
1968	59.3	142	70.5	141	48.1	135	3.93	37
1967	61.5	117	74.3	104	48.6	129	2.24	89
1966	64.7	56	79	34	50.4	93	0.77	142
1965	66.4	33	78.5	39	54.2	25	5.65	13
1964	68.9	8	82.8	6	55.1	14	3.67	45
1963	67.8	16	80.5	24	55	15	2.88	67
1962	71.1	2	84.9	3	57.2	5	1.84	99
1961	62.3	100	74.4	103	50.2	95	2.82	71
1960	62.7	96	75.4	89	50	101	2.32	84
1959	65.1	47	76.4	70	53.8	30	4.36	29
1958	66.5	31	78.1	45	54.9	18	3.60	46
1957	60.8	128	70.4	143	51.1	78	3.74	42
1956	68.5	11	81.5	13	55.4	13	1.44	117
1955	65.7	40	76.8	60	54.6	20	7.99	6
1954	59	144	68.8	147	49.1	117	2.29	86
1953	63.2	86	75.9	75	50.5	91	0.68	145
1952	63.6	80	75.5	87	51.6	68	1.74	104
1951	63.2	86	74.3	104	52.1	61	8.69	4
1950	62.3	100	75.7	82	48.8	124	1.82	101
1949	64	70	74.2	107	53.7	31	4.85	21
1948	64.2	65	76.9	58	51.6	68	2.62	76
1947	59.8	137	70.5	141	49.1	117	4.01	33
1946	59.9	135	73.5	114	46.3	148	1.56	109
1945	62	107	75.9	75	48	137	1.56	109
1944	63.8	76	74.7	98	53	45	6.95	9
1943	59.8	137	72.4	123	47.3	145	1.13	130
1942	63.1	89	76.7	62	49.5	112	1.22	125
1941	66.8	28	77.3	52	56.3	8	3.76	41
1940	63.9	72	76.1	71	51.6	68	4.41	27
1939	67.8	16	80.6	22	55	15	2.29	86
1938	63.1	89	73.5	114	52.7	56	4.30	30
1937	67.1	24	79.7	29	54.5	21	1.64	106
1936	67.5	19	77.4	51	57.5	2	5.81	11
1935	57.5	149	66.1	152	48.8	124	4.40	28
1934	69.5	3	82.9	5	56.1	9	1.00	133
1933	64.1	67	76.7	62	51.6	68	3.16	61
1932	66.1	34	78.5	39	53.6	35	1.20	126
1931	59.5	140	71.2	137	47.8	139	2.14	93
1930	61.9	108	74.1	110	49.6	108	3.28	59
1929	61.1	124	71.3	135	50.9	81	2.61	77
1928	62.9	92	74.9	94	50.9	81	3.85	40
1927	66	35	78.7	38	53.3	38	0.74	143
1926	64.3	62	76	73	52.6	57	2.42	81
1925	63.9	72	76.1	71	51.7	67	2.18	92
1924	57	151	69.8	145	44.2	152	0.63	147
1923	60.9	127	72.1	127	49.6	108	7.74	8
1922	63.7	77	74.8	96	52.5	59	2.77	73
1921	64.8	54	76.6	67	52.9	49	1.36	119
1920	61.6	114	72.4	123	50.9	81	3.47	53
1919	61.2	122	71.7	131	50.6	88	1.56	109
1918	67	26	80.4	26	53.7	31	2.90	66
1917	57	151	68.4	149	45.5	150	1.60	108
1916	63.6	80	77.2	53	50	101	0.41	150
1915	59.3	142	70.2	144	48.5	131	5.43	15
1914	62.8	93	72.4	123	53.3	38	3.47	53
1913	67.3	22	80.5	24	54.1	26	0.81	140
1912	65.8	37	78.8	36	52.8	55	1.03	132
1911	64.3	62	75.7	82	52.9	49	3.95	34
1910	59.5	140	71	138	47.9	138	1.17	128
1909	61.5	117	75.5	87	47.4	143	2.53	79
1908	64	70	77.8	48	50.1	98	0.90	137
1907	57.1	150	69.5	146	44.7	151	2.01	97
1906	64.1	67	77.2	53	51.1	78	1.63	107
1905	61.2	122	73.5	114	48.9	123	5.88	10
1904	62.5	98	75	93	50	101	4.42	26
1903	60.4	131	71.7	131	49.1	117	2.88	67
1902	67.4	20	78.4	43	56.5	6	3.35	57
1901	62.2	103	75.6	86	48.8	124	1.75	103
1900	64.3	62	75.8	79	52.9	49	2.20	91
1899	66.9	27	80.8	20	52.9	49	1.50	113
1898	61.8	112	73.4	117	50.2	95	10.31	3
1897	64.4	59	75.9	75	52.9	49	1.49	115
1896	68.4	13	81.2	15	55.5	11	1.13	130
1895	64.8	54	78.5	39	51.2	76	0.97	134
1894	64.9	51	78	46	51.8	63	0.95	135
1893	60.4	131	73.8	112	47	146	1.31	121
1892	57.7	147	68.5	148	47	146	3.23	60
1891	61.7	113	73.4	117	49.9	105	3.36	56
1890	63.6	80	76.7	62	50.5	91	1.19	127
1889	63.7	77	75.9	75	51.5	72	1.54	112
1888	61.5	117	74.2	107	48.8	124	2.86	69
1887	66	35	78.9	35	53	45	3.69	44
1886	68.9	8	82.8	6	55	15	0.40	151
1885	60	134	70.9	140	49.1	117	4.07	31
1884	59.7	139	71.3	135	48.2	134	4.47	25
1883	61.9	108	74.5	101	49.3	114	5.41	16
1882	58	146	68.2	150	47.8	139	3.87	39
1881	64.9	51	74.3	104	55.5	11	12.82	1
1880	69.3	4	82.8	6	55.8	10	3.33	58
1879	69.3	4	81.1	17	57.4	3	0.90	137
1878	61.6	114	74.2	107	49	122	4.63	22
1877	63.9	72	74.5	101	53.3	38	4.96	19
1876	64.4	59	77.1	56	51.8	63	1.15	129
1875	65.1	47	76.9	58	53.2	43	2.26	88

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	72.2
1962	71.1
1934	69.5
1880	69.3
1879	69.3
1991	69.2
2012	69.1
1964	68.9
1886	68.9
1977	68.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1924	57
1917	57
1907	57.1
1935	57.5
1995	57.6
1892	57.7
1882	58
1973	58.8
1954	59
1968	59.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1881	12.82
2015	10.33
1898	10.31
1951	8.69
2019	8.42
1955	7.99
2001	7.84
1923	7.74
1944	6.95
1905	5.88

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	0.25
1886	0.40
1916	0.41
1985	0.43
2012	0.61
1924	0.63
2011	0.68
1953	0.68
1973	0.73
1927	0.74

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 17 May 2026
Coldest night: 35°F; 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.78 in; 27 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 1.49 in of precipitation in Dodge City, KS, the driest May since 2022, tied 37th driest of 152 (with 1897).
The hottest day of May 2026 in Dodge City, KS: 99°F on Sunday 17 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Dodge City, KS: a low of 35°F on Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Dodge City, KS: 0.78 in on Wednesday 27 May 2026.