Elizabeth City, NC: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 67.6°F in Elizabeth City, NC, the coldest May since 2023, 42nd coldest of 91.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 67.6°F; Coldest since 2023; 42nd coldest of 91
Precipitation: 3.93 in; Wettest since 2024; 38th wettest of 92

A normal May in Elizabeth City, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 67.5°F, between 65.2°F and 73.3°F in eight years of ten and 3.61 in of precipitation, between 1.34 in and 6.99 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Elizabeth City, NC since 1934: 67.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 62.8°F, in 1967.

Normal range, 65.2 to 73.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Elizabeth City, NC from 1934 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	67.6	50	77.8	50	57.4	49	3.93	38	0
2025	70	20	78.8	38	61.2	9	3.24	55	0
2024	70.2	18	79.1	33	61.2	9	4.66	26	0
2023	65.4	79	74	85	56.7	65	1.55	82	0
2022	69.4	29	77.8	50	60.9	13	4.19	32	1
2021	66.9	59	77.9	48	55.9	74	2.04	73	0
2020	66.3	67	74.9	78	57.7	48	7.59	6	0
2019	74.5	1	85.2	2	63.7	4	1.67	80	0
2018	73.9	3	82.5	8	65.4	1	6.92	8	0
2017	69	34	78.1	47	59.9	21	6.05	14	0
2016	66.6	63	75	77	58.2	34	4.36	29	0
2015	69.2	32	78.4	43	60.1	20	3.42	50	0
2014	69.8	24	79.4	31	60.2	17	2.33	69	0
2013	67.4	53	76.9	58	57.8	44	1.19	90	0
2012	73.3	5	81.9	13	64.7	2	7.62	4	0
2011	71	11	81.9	13	60.2	17	0.58	91	0
2010	70.7	13	80.1	24	61.3	8	4.04	35	0
2009	70.7	13	79.3	32	62.1	5	3.76	44	0
2008	65.4	79	76.3	66	54.4	88	1.35	88	0
2007	65.8	72	75.6	74	55.9	74	2.83	61	0
2006	65.6	75	76	69	55.2	82	6.24	12	0
2005	63	89	72.8	89	53.3	90	5.53	18	0
2004	73.5	4	83	5	64.1	3	4.59	27	0
2003	66.5	65	74.8	79	58.1	37	5.46	20	0
2002	66.7	62	77.4	54	56.1	70	1.48	84	0
2001	67.3	55	78.5	41	56	73	2.48	65	0
2000	69.6	27	79.7	29	59.5	23	7.73	3	0
1999	66.5	65	75.8	71	57.2	52	2.70	63	0
1998	67.5	51	76.9	58	58.2	34	3.97	37	0
1997	62.9	90	78.2	46	47.6	92	1.43	85	0
1996	68	42	79.6	30	56.3	66	4.19	32	0
1995	69.2	32	80.5	21	58	41	2.46	67	0
1994	65.8	72	76.8	60	54.6	86	3.06	58	3
1993					59.1	28	3.46	47	4
1992	64.6	85	74.8	79	54.2	89	3.90	41	1
1991	72.4	6	83	5	61.1	12	1.20	89	1
1990	67.9	44	78.4	43	57.4	49	5.59	17	0
1989	66.3	67	76.7	61	56.1	70	4.44	28	1
1988	68	42	78.6	40	56.9	61	5.12	23	2
1987	69.8	24	81.5	16	58.1	37	2.18	71	0
1986	70	20	82.2	12	57.8	44	0.55	92	0
1985	70.5	15	81.8	15	59.2	27	3.41	52	1
1984	69.5	28	79.8	27	58.8	30	6.64	11	1
1983	66.6	63	76.2	67	57	59	4.04	35	0
1982	70.4	17	81.3	17	59.5	23	4.95	24	1
1981	65.7	74	75.9	70	55.6	78	2.90	60	0
1980	68.5	37	79.1	33	57.8	44	2.68	64	0
1979	67.2	57	75.7	72	58.7	32	6.72	9	0
1978	65.5	78	74.3	82	56.8	63	6.19	13	0
1977	68.1	41	79.1	33	57.2	52	5.31	22	0
1976	65.6	75	75.7	72	55.4	79	3.82	43	0
1975	67.8	46	77.8	50	57.9	43	3.31	54	0
1974	67.4	53	76.6	62	58.1	37	4.92	25	0
1973	67.3	55	76.6	62	58	41	6.69	10	2
1972	64.6	85	72.2	91	57.1	57	8.39	2	0
1971	65.6	75	75.5	75	55.7	76	5.63	16	0
1970	68.8	35	78.4	43	59.3	26	2.34	68	0
1969	66.8	61	76.4	65	57.2	52	1.83	77	0
1968	65.2	81	74	85	56.3	66	3.43	49	0
1967	62.8	91	72.4	90	53.2	91	1.99	74	0
1966	64.5	87	73.4	88	55.7	76	11.75	1	0
1965	71	11	80.3	23	61.6	7	5.70	15	0
1964	67.8	46	77.5	53	58.2	34	1.70	79	0
1963	64.8	84	74.1	84	55.4	79	2.78	62	0
1962	70.5	15	80.5	21	60.5	15	3.46	47	0
1961	64.5	87	73.9	87	55	84	5.53	18	0
1960	68.6	36	78.7	39	58.5	33	2.48	65	0
1959	70.1	19	79.9	25	60.2	17	1.39	86	0
1958	67.5	51	77.2	57	57.8	44	4.12	34	0
1957	68.4	39	77.9	48	58.8	30	1.83	77	0
1956	66.1	70	76.1	68	56.2	69	2.97	59	0
1955	68.5	37	78.9	36	58.1	37	3.55	46	0
1954	64.9	83	74.7	81	55.2	82	3.92	39	0
1953	72.1	7	82.5	8	61.7	6	2.28	70	0
1952	67.8	46	78.5	41	57.2	52	4.26	30	0
1951	65.9	71	77.4	54	54.5	87	3.34	53	0
1950	66.2	69	75.5	75	56.9	61	7.62	4	0
1949	66.9	59	76.6	62	57.2	52	3.63	45	0
1948	70	20	81.1	18	58.9	29	3.15	57	0
1947	71.3	10	82.3	11	60.4	16	1.88	76	0
1946	69.7	26	79.8	27	59.6	22	7.59	6	0
1945	68.4	39	79.9	25	57	59	4.26	30	0
1944	74	2	87.3	1	60.7	14	1.56	81	0
1943	72.1	7	83	5	61.2	9	3.91	40	1
1942	72	9	84.4	3	59.5	23	3.42	50	0
1941	69.9	23	84.4	3	55.4	79	1.36	87	0
1940	65.2	81	74.3	82	56.1	70	3.21	56	0
1939	69.3	30	81	19	57.4	49	1.96	75	1
1938	67.9	44	78.9	36	56.8	63	3.89	42	0
1937	67.8	46	80.6	20	55	84	1.49	83	0
1936	69.3	30	82.4	10	56.3	66	2.10	72	1
1934	67.2	57	77.4	54	57.1	57	5.39	21	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	74.5
1944	74
2018	73.9
2004	73.5
2012	73.3
1991	72.4
1953	72.1
1943	72.1
1942	72
1947	71.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	62.8
1997	62.9
2005	63
1966	64.5
1961	64.5
1992	64.6
1972	64.6
1963	64.8
1954	64.9
1968	65.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1966	11.75
1972	8.39
2000	7.73
2012	7.62
1950	7.62
2020	7.59
1946	7.59
2018	6.92
1979	6.72
1973	6.69

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	0.55
2011	0.58
2013	1.19
1991	1.20
2008	1.35
1941	1.36
1959	1.39
1997	1.43
2002	1.48
1937	1.49

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 92°F; 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 41°F; 12 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.87 in; 27 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 3.93 in of precipitation in Elizabeth City, NC, the wettest May since 2024, 38th wettest of 92.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Elizabeth City, NC: 92°F on Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Elizabeth City, NC: a low of 41°F on Tuesday 12 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Elizabeth City, NC: 0.87 in on Wednesday 27 May 2026.