Dubuque, IA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 60°F in Dubuque, IA, the warmest May since 2024, tied 65th warmest of 152 (with 2015).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 60°F; Warmest since 2024; 65th warmest of 152
Precipitation: 1.34 in; Driest since 2007; 9th driest of 153

A normal May in Dubuque, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 59.1°F, between 55.6°F and 63.7°F in eight years of ten and 4.36 in of precipitation, between 2.41 in and 7.07 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Dubuque, IA since 1875: 60°F in 2026; the highest is 69°F, in 1934.

Normal range, 55.6 to 63.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Dubuque, IA from 1874 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	60	65	72.2	43	47.9	92	1.34	145	0
2025	58.7	88	69.8	71	47.7	99	3.67	83	0
2024	61.9	37	72.6	37	51.1	40	6.17	24	0
2023	61.8	40	73.8	21	49.8	65	2.19	127	0
2022	62	35	71.7	50	52.2	25	2.72	109	0
2021	58.1	93	67.5	107	48.7	82	2.72	109	0
2020	56.6	117	65.9	124	47.3	102	4.91	47	0
2019	56.9	112	66.5	116	47.3	102	5.23	45	0
2018	66.2	6	76.6	7	55.7	7	5.45	38	0
2017	57.2	109	67.5	107	46.9	113	2.77	107	0
2016	59	83	70	68	48	91	4.33	63	0
2015	60	65	69.3	78	50.6	51	5.78	32	0
2014	59.3	78	69.8	71	48.7	82	2.77	107	0
2013	59	83	69.1	82	48.9	79	7.05	18	0
2012	62.9	24	74.4	15	51.7	34	3.28	92	1
2011	57.9	97	68.2	96	47.7	99	2.55	117	0
2010	59.8	69	69.9	69	49.6	73	4.79	50	0
2009	57.7	102	68.4	95	47.1	108	3.07	95	0
2008	56	122	67.1	111	45	135	8.57	5	0
2007	63.7	18	75.4	13	51.9	30	1.11	146	0
2006	58.8	87	68.8	86	48.8	81	2.68	112	0
2005	55.6	127	66.6	114	44.5	139	2.72	109	0
2004	59.6	73	70.2	66	49.1	76	7.27	13	0
2003	55.7	126	66.4	117	45.1	134	3.99	74	0
2002	55.1	133	65.8	126	44.4	140	4.40	60	0
2001	60.3	60	69.7	73	50.9	42	5.69	34	0
2000	60.7	52	70.7	58	50.8	45	5.56	36	0
1999	60.4	56	69.9	69	50.8	45	4.39	61	0
1998	63.9	17	74.1	18	53.7	19	3.25	93	0
1997	53	151	63.5	145	42.5	151	2.92	101	0
1996	54.7	143	62.8	148	46.5	123	7.55	10	0
1995	57.3	108	66.6	114	48.1	90	5.33	43	0
1994	59.2	81	71.2	53	47.2	105	1.10	147	0
1993	59.3	78	68.8	86	49.8	65	5.40	39	0
1992	59.3	78	70.8	56	47.9	92	0.69	153	0
1991	64	16	73.4	28	54.7	13	4.24	67	0
1990	55.1	133	64.5	137	45.7	130	4.91	47	0
1989	58	96	69.5	76	46.6	121	2.25	125	0
1988	62.6	28	75.7	12	49.5	74	0.97	150	0
1987	62.4	32	74	19	50.8	45	5.19	46	0
1986	59.5	74	68.7	92	50.2	59	5.92	28	0
1985	61.3	47	72.8	34	49.8	65	4.51	58	0
1984	55.1	133	66.3	121	43.9	145	4.20	69	0
1983	54.9	137	64.2	139	45.6	131	6.42	21	0
1982	64.1	15	73.8	21	54.4	15	5.34	42	0
1981	57.1	110	67.4	110	46.7	118	1.05	149	0
1980	61.6	44	73.6	26	49.7	70	4.31	65	0
1979	57.9	97	69.6	74	46.2	126	2.18	128	0
1978	57.8	100	66.9	112	48.7	82	5.50	37	0
1977	65	11	76.3	9	53.8	18	3.31	91	0
1976	55.4	129	66.4	117	44.4	140	1.73	139	0
1975	61.8	40	71.8	48	51.7	34	2.79	105	0
1974	54.8	139	62.7	150	46.8	116	7.39	12	0
1973	55.5	128	64.6	135	46.4	124	5.36	40	0
1972	62.3	33	72.6	37	52	29	3.44	87	0
1971	55.8	124	67.6	105	44	143	4.35	62	0
1970	61.5	45	72.6	37	50.5	52	5.24	44	0
1969	58.5	90	69.3	78	47.8	97	2.37	122	0
1968	55.2	131	65.5	130	45	135	3.76	80	0
1967	54	145	64.8	132	43.2	149	3.71	82	0
1966	53.2	150	64.8	132	41.5	152	4.75	52	0
1965	61.3	47	72.1	45	50.5	52	6.30	23	0
1964	62.9	24	74	19	51.8	32	7.13	16	0
1963	57.1	110	68.5	93	45.8	128	1.95	134	0
1962	63.4	20	72.5	41	54.3	16	9.43	1	0
1961	55.1	133	66.3	121	43.9	145	1.65	140	0
1960	56.5	118	65.7	128	47.3	102	7.24	14	0
1959	61.8	40	71.9	47	51.6	36	6.74	20	0
1958	59.5	74	72.7	35	46.2	126	1.80	137	0
1957	55.8	124	65	131	46.6	121	7.43	11	0
1956	58.1	93	68.8	86	47.5	101	3.66	84	0
1955	60.5	55	72.2	43	48.9	79	3.42	88	0
1954	53.7	149	64	141	43.4	148	3.83	79	0
1953	57.5	105	67.8	102	47.2	105	2.94	99	0
1952	57.7	102	67.5	107	47.9	92	3.42	88	0
1951	60.4	56	70.6	59	50.2	59	5.68	35	0
1950	60.8	51	70.8	56	50.8	45	3.99	74	0
1949	63.1	23	73.4	28	52.8	23	1.95	134	0
1948	58.1	93	67.7	104	48.5	86	6.02	25	0
1947	54.9	137	64	141	45.8	128	4.59	57	0
1946	57.5	105	67.9	99	47.1	108	2.12	130	0
1945	54.5	144	64.2	139	44.9	137	6.34	22	0
1944	64.9	12	74.4	15	55.1	9	4.68	54	1
1943	57.5	105	66.1	123	49	77	2.81	104	0
1942	59.5	74	68.8	86	50.1	63	5.89	29	0
1941	65.5	10	76.1	10	55	10	2.10	131	0
1940	57.9	97	67.8	102	47.9	92	3.00	98	0
1939	66	8	77.4	6	54.5	14	1.44	142	0
1938	59.8	69	68.8	86	50.8	45	6.90	19	0
1937	61.2	49	70.5	61	51.8	32	4.21	68	0
1936	66.5	5	76.6	7	56.3	3	1.43	143	0
1935	55.4	129	64	141	46.7	118	3.95	76	0
1934	69	1	82.2	1	55.9	4	0.76	152	0
1933	60.7	52	68.8	86	52.6	24	7.24	14	0
1932	62.1	34	72.7	35	51.5	37	3.02	97	0
1931	56.8	113	66.4	117	47.1	108	2.00	133	0
1930	60.3	60	70.1	67	50.5	52	4.33	63	0
1929	56.8	113	66.7	113	46.9	113	1.39	144	0
1928	62.5	29	73.6	26	51.3	38	1.55	141	0
1927	56.8	113	64.6	135	49	77	7.91	7	0
1926	62.5	29	74.2	17	50.8	45	2.47	121	0
1925	56	122	67.9	99	44	143	0.96	151	0
1924	53.8	148	63.3	146	44.3	142	2.16	129	0
1923	59.9	67	70.4	63	49.5	74	1.86	136	0
1922	64.8	14	73.8	21	55.8	5	4.79	50	0
1921	63.5	19	73.4	28	53.7	19	2.26	124	0
1920	58.9	85	69	83	48.7	82	2.86	102	0
1919	57.8	100	67.6	105	47.9	92	2.79	105	0
1918	64.9	12	74.9	14	54.9	11	8.64	4	0
1917	54.8	139	64.7	134	44.9	137	2.56	116	0
1916	59.9	67	69	83	50.9	42	2.49	120	0
1915	54.8	139	63.3	146	46.3	125	7.61	9	0
1914	62.5	29	72.9	33	52.2	25	4.64	55	0
1913	59.2	81	67.9	99	50.5	52	8.20	6	0
1912	61.9	37	71.8	48	51.9	30	5.98	26	0
1911	65.9	9	76	11	55.8	5	2.84	103	0
1910	56.2	121	65.6	129	46.7	118	3.42	88	0
1909	58.2	91	68.1	97	48.3	89	2.32	123	0
1908	59.7	72	68.9	85	50.5	52	5.82	31	0
1907	52.7	152	62.8	148	42.6	150	2.66	113	0
1906	60.4	56	70.6	59	50.2	59	3.59	86	0
1905	58.9	85	68.1	97	49.7	70	4.06	72	0
1904	60.2	62	70.5	61	49.8	65	3.86	77	0
1903	62.7	27	72	46	53.5	21	4.25	66	0
1902	63.3	21	72.6	37	54.1	17	8.67	3	0
1901	60.2	62	70.4	63	50.1	63	3.10	94	0
1900	63.2	22	73.3	31	53.2	22	4.75	52	0
1899	60.7	52	70.4	63	51.1	40	5.75	33	0
1898	59.8	69	69.2	80	50.5	52	4.47	59	0
1897	58.7	88	69.6	74	47.8	97	2.09	132	0
1896	68	3	78.9	4	57.1	2	7.63	8	0
1895	62	35	73.7	24	50.4	58	2.63	114	0
1894	61.5	45	70.9	55	52.1	27	1.75	138	0
1893	56.8	113	66.4	117	47.2	105	3.06	96	0
1892	55.2	131	62.1	152	48.4	88	9.18	2	0
1891	58.2	91	69.4	77	47.1	108	2.54	118	0
1890	56.4	120	65.9	124	46.8	116	5.36	40	0
1889	59.5	74	69.2	80	49.7	70	4.00	73	0
1888	53.9	146	62.6	151	45.3	132	5.84	30	0
1887	66.2	6	77.5	5	54.9	11	2.53	119	0
1886	61.7	43	73.2	32	50.2	59	4.17	70	0
1885	57.7	102	68.5	93	46.9	113	2.62	115	0
1884	60.4	56	71	54	49.8	65	4.88	49	0
1883	54.8	139	64.4	138	45.2	133	7.13	16	0
1882	53.9	146	63.9	144	43.8	147	4.16	71	0
1881	68.8	2	79.2	2	58.5	1	2.20	126	0
1880	67.4	4	79.1	3	55.7	7	3.72	81	0
1879	62.9	24	73.7	24	52.1	27	2.94	99	0
1878	56.5	118	65.8	126	47.1	108	4.61	56	0
1877	61.9	37	72.5	41	51.3	38	3.84	78	0
1876	61.2	49	71.5	52	50.9	42	5.96	27	0
1875	60.1	64	71.6	51	48.5	86	3.62	85	0
1874							1.08	148	9

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1934	69
1881	68.8
1896	68
1880	67.4
1936	66.5
2018	66.2
1887	66.2
1939	66
1911	65.9
1941	65.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	52.7
1997	53
1966	53.2
1954	53.7
1924	53.8
1888	53.9
1882	53.9
1967	54
1945	54.5
1996	54.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1962	9.43
1892	9.18
1902	8.67
1918	8.64
2008	8.57
1913	8.20
1927	7.91
1896	7.63
1915	7.61
1996	7.55

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1992	0.69
1934	0.76
1925	0.96
1988	0.97
1981	1.05
1874	1.08
1994	1.10
2007	1.11
2026	1.34
1929	1.39

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 27 May 2026
Coldest night: 31°F; 7 May 2026, 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.73 in; 18 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 1.34 in of precipitation in Dubuque, IA, the driest May since 2007, 9th driest of 153.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Dubuque, IA: 89°F on Wednesday 27 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Dubuque, IA: a low of 31°F on Thursday 7 May 2026 and Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Dubuque, IA: 0.73 in on Monday 18 May 2026.