El Centro, CA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 79.5°F in El Centro, CA, the warmest May since 2022 (2025 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing), tied 25th warmest of 99 (with 2022, 2014 and 1963).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 79.5°F; Warmest since 2022; 25th warmest of 99
Precipitation: 0.00 in; Ties the record; Driest of 93, provisional

A normal May in El Centro, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 78.9°F, between 74.2°F and 82.5°F in eight years of ten and 0.00 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.09 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in El Centro, CA since 1927: 79.5°F in 2026; the highest is 84.4°F, in 2009.

Normal range, 74.2 to 82.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in El Centro, CA from 1926 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	79.5	25	95.1	37	64	15	0.00	37	0
2024	79.3	30	94.8	40	63.7	20	0.00	37	0
2023	77.5	54	92.6	68	62.4	36	0.00	37	0
2022	79.5	25	96	24	63	30	0.00	37	0
2021	78.7	42	95.7	31	61.8	45	0.00	37	0
2020	82.6	4	98.5	8	66.7	3	0.00	37	0
2019	74.2	89	87.7	96	60.7	65	0.01	14	1
2018	78.9	36	94.7	41	63.1	29	0.00	37	0
2017	78.8	39	94.5	45	63.2	26	0.06	8	0
2016	78	46	92.8	63	63.2	26	trace	17	0
2015	74.9	86	88.4	92	61.4	49	0.62	2	0
2014	79.5	25	96	24	63	30	0.00	37	0
2013	80.3	16	95.9	27	64.6	10	trace	17	0
2012	80.9	12	98.6	7	63.2	26	0.00	37	0
2011	73.8	90	90	88	57.6	94	trace	17	0
2010	75	82	91.3	82	58.6	86	trace	17	0
2009	84.4	1	101.1	1	67.6	1	trace	17	0
2008	75.7	78	91.6	78	59.7	78	trace	17	0
2007	80.2	17	96.7	18	63.6	21	0.00	37	0
2006	81	11	98	12	64	15	0.03	10	0
2005	79.6	23	95.8	30	63.4	24	0.00	37	0
2004	78.9	36	95.9	27	61.9	43	0.00	37	0
2003	77.6	50	93.9	54	61.4	49	trace	17	0
2002	77.6	50	94.6	43	60.7	65	0.00	37	0
2001	82.6	4	100.7	2	64.6	10	trace	17	1
2000	81.9	8	97.1	17	66.6	4	0.00	37	0
1999	76.3	70	92.3	74	60.3	71	0.00	37	0
1998	72.9	95	87.6	97	58.1	91	0.00	37	0
1997	82.5	7	98.8	6	66.2	5	0.08	6	0
1996	80.7	13	96.7	18	64.6	10	0.00	37	0
1995	73.1	94	87.8	95	58.5	87	0.00	37	0
1994	75.9	74	91.8	77	60	75	0.72	1	0
1993	79.1	33	95.2	36	63	30	0.03	10	0
1992	79.8	21	94.6	43	65	9	0.17	4	0
1991	75	82	90.6	87	59.5	79	0.00	37	0
1990	76.9	64	92.5	69	61.3	52	trace	17	0
1989	79.4	29	95	39	63.8	19	0.00	37	0
1988	77.6	50	92.7	64	61.9	43	0.00	37	1
1987	78.8	39	93.8	55	64.1	14	trace	17	1
1986	79.7	22	96.1	23	63.4	24	0.00	37	0
1985	79.2	31	94.5	45	63.9	17	0.00	37	0
1984	83	2	100.1	3	65.9	7	0.00	37	0
1983	78.9	36	94.7	41	63	30	0.00	37	0
1982	76.5	68	92	75	61.1	56	trace	17	0
1981	75.9	74	91	83	60.8	63	0.07	7	0
1980	71.7	97	86.6	99	56.7	97	trace	17	0
1979	75	82	89.9	89	60.1	74	0.05	9	0
1978	75.9	74	91.9	76	59.8	77	0.00	37	0
1977	69.4	99	83.4	100	55.5	99	trace	17	0
1976	77.5	54	93.1	61	61.8	45	0.02	12	0
1975	74.3	88	90.8	85	57.7	93	0.00	37	0
1974	77.7	48	94.5	45	61	58	0.00	37	0
1973	79	35	96	24	62	42	0.00	37	0
1972	77.5	54	93.7	56	61.3	52	0.00	37	0
1971	73.6	92	88.9	90	58.2	90	0.00	37	0
1970	78.8	39	96.7	18	60.9	61	0.00	37	0
1969	80	19	97.5	14	62.5	35	trace	17	0
1968	78.2	45	95.3	35	61	58	0.00	37	0
1967	76.7	66	94	53	59.5	79	0.00	37	0
1966	80.7	13	97.4	16	63.9	17	0.00	37	0
1965	75.9	74	92.7	64	59	85	0.00	37	0
1964	75.5	79	92.5	69	58.5	87	trace	17	0
1963	79.5	25	96.6	21	62.4	36	trace	17	0
1962	74.6	87	91.5	80	57.6	94	0.00	37	0
1961	76	73	91.6	78	60.4	69	0.00	37	0
1960	77.7	48	93.3	59	62.1	41	0.01	14	0
1959	76.1	72	91.4	81	60.8	63	0.00	37	0
1958	82.6	4	98.4	10	66.8	2	0.13	5	0
1957	73.8	90	88.4	92	59.3	82	0.00	37	0
1956	77.3	59	94.2	52	60.4	69	0.01	14	0
1955	75	82	90.9	84	59.2	83	0.00	37	0
1954	78.4	44	95.5	34	61.4	49	0.00	37	2
1953	72.5	96	88.1	94	56.9	96	0.00	37	0
1952	81.6	10	98.9	5	64.3	13	0.00	37	0
1951	77.4	58	93.6	57	61.2	55	0.00	37	0
1950	75.5	79	92.4	71	58.5	87	trace	17	0
1949	76.8	65	92.7	64	60.9	61	0.00	37	0
1948	77.3	59	94.3	50	60.3	71	0.00	37	0
1947	80.1	18	98	12	62.4	36	0.00	37	3
1946	77.1	62	93	62	61.3	52	0.00	37	1
1945	77.2	61	92.7	64	61.6	47	0.00	37	0
1944	76.3	70	92.4	71	60.2	73	0.00	37	0
1943	79.1	33	97.5	14	60.7	65	0.00	37	0
1942	76.7	66	93.4	58	60	75	0.00	37	0
1941	79.6	23	95.7	31	63.5	23			0
1940	82.8	3	99.2	4	66.2	5	0.00	37	1
1939	79.2	31	95.9	27	62.4	36	0.00	37	0
1938	77.9	47	94.3	50	61.5	48			0
1937	77.1	62	93.2	60	61.1	56	trace	17	0
1936	80.5	15	98.4	10	62.7	34			0
1935	75.3	81	90.8	85	59.2	83	trace	17	1
1934	81.8	9	98.5	8	65.4	8			1
1933	73.4	93	88.6	91	58.1	91	0.02	12	0
1932	76.4	69	92.4	71	60.5	68	0.00	37	0
1931	80	19	96.3	22	63.6	21			0
1930	71.7	97	87.5	98	55.9	98	0.41	3	0
1929	77.5	54	95.7	31	59.5	79	trace	17	2
1928	77.6	50	94.4	48	61	58			3
1927	78.7	42	95.1	37	62.3	40	0.00	37	0
1926			94.4	48					19

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2009	84.4
1984	83
1940	82.8
2020	82.6
2001	82.6
1958	82.6
1997	82.5
2000	81.9
1934	81.8
1952	81.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	69.4
1980	71.7
1930	71.7
1953	72.5
1998	72.9
1995	73.1
1933	73.4
1971	73.6
2011	73.8
1957	73.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1994	0.72
2015	0.62
1930	0.41
1992	0.17
1958	0.13
1997	0.08
1981	0.07
2017	0.06
1979	0.05
2006	0.03
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	0.00
2024	0.00
2023	0.00
2022	0.00
2021	0.00
2020	0.00
2018	0.00
2014	0.00
2012	0.00
2007	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 108°F; 11 May 2026
Coldest night: 54°F; 6 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 0.00 in of precipitation in El Centro, CA, tying the record for the driest May, set in 2024, 2023, 2022 and 53 other years, in 93 years since 1927 (1928 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1931 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1934 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 4 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.
The hottest day of May 2026 in El Centro, CA: 108°F on Monday 11 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in El Centro, CA: a low of 54°F on Wednesday 6 May 2026.