Elkins, WV: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 58.7°F in Elkins, WV, the warmest May since 2025, tied 57th warmest of 128 (with 1951).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 58.7°F; Warmest since 2025; 57th warmest of 128
Precipitation: 4.97 in; Wettest since 2025; 46th wettest of 128

A normal May in Elkins, WV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 58.7°F, between 55.1°F and 64.5°F in eight years of ten and 4.68 in of precipitation, between 2.67 in and 7.00 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Elkins, WV since 1899: 58.7°F in 2026; the highest is 67.1°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 55.1 to 64.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Elkins, WV from 1899 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	58.7	57	71.9	55	45.6	60	4.97	46
2025	59.6	45	70.6	74	48.7	24	6.56	20
2024	63.8	8	75.5	16	52	6	4.44	55
2023	57.2	92	70.4	80	43.9	95	4.25	63
2022	62.3	15	75.3	17	49.3	18	7.01	14
2021	57.4	89	70.8	71	44	94	3.21	93
2020	57.6	86	69.2	96	46	50	3.80	81
2019	64.8	4	76.1	12	53.5	2	6.71	17
2018	67.1	1	79.5	1	54.8	1	8.08	6
2017	59.4	47	70.5	75	48.3	26	4.36	57
2016	58.3	67	69.2	96	47.3	40	6.24	22
2015	63.3	10	77.2	6	49.4	17	1.79	122
2014	60	38	73.2	38	46.7	44	3.95	72
2013	58.5	61	71.5	62	45.6	60	3.81	79
2012	64.2	6	76.6	9	51.8	7	5.95	27
2011	61.9	20	73.7	33	50.2	12	3.94	73
2010	62	19	74.7	23	49.3	18	4.60	52
2009	60	38	72.1	53	48	28	6.04	25
2008	55.6	110	68.2	106	43.1	107	6.64	18
2007	60.6	32	74.5	25	46.7	44	2.48	109
2006	55	115	68.3	104	41.8	119	2.96	99
2005	55.1	114	68.8	100	41.5	122	4.75	49
2004	64.5	5	76.5	11	52.5	3	6.94	16
2003	58	77	67.8	111	48.1	27	7.51	9
2002	56.5	100	69.8	87	43.1	107	5.55	37
2001	58.5	61	71	69	45.9	56	5.75	32
2000	60.1	36	74.6	24	45.5	63	4.30	60
1999	56.9	96	73	41	40.7	124	3.66	85
1998	60.9	27	72.6	48	49.2	21	4.02	71
1997	52.4	128	65.3	125	39.4	127	5.71	33
1996	58.9	52	70.7	73	47.1	42	15.76	1
1995	58.2	73	70.4	80	46	50	5.43	39
1994	53	125	66.6	121	39.3	128	5.13	44
1993	58.1	76	72.7	45	43.5	102	2.69	104
1992	56.3	101	69	98	43.6	101	3.20	95
1991	65.2	2	79.1	2	51.4	9	2.32	111
1990	56.7	98	68.5	103	45	76	7.03	13
1989	54.7	117	66.1	122	43.4	103	6.09	24
1988	57.2	92	71.8	57	42.6	111	4.84	48
1987	61.3	24	77.1	7	45.5	63	3.88	76
1986	58.3	67	72.3	51	44.4	91	3.04	97
1985	59.1	50	72.6	48	45.6	60	6.95	15
1984	54.7	117	67	117	42.5	112	2.64	105
1983	53.9	121	66.8	119	40.9	123	5.49	38
1982	60.8	28	75.6	14	46	50	2.26	112
1981	53.7	123	67.3	115	40.1	126	5.79	30
1980	58.5	61	71.4	65	45.5	63	3.66	85
1979	58	77	71.5	62	44.5	88	5.71	33
1978	56.6	99	68.2	106	45	76	4.24	64
1977	60.8	28	76.6	9	44.9	80	1.96	118
1976	55.8	107	69.8	87	41.7	121	1.94	120
1975	60	38	72.9	43	47.2	41	7.28	11
1974	57.1	95	69.4	93	44.7	84	5.23	43
1973	55.3	112	67.4	114	43.3	105	3.75	82
1972	57.8	82	70.5	75	45.1	75	4.72	50
1971	55.4	111	69	98	41.8	119	4.23	65
1970	59.8	44	74.3	27	45.3	71	1.45	125
1969	59	51	73.2	38	44.8	83	2.76	103
1968	55.8	107	66.9	118	44.6	87	7.30	10
1967	52.7	126	64.7	126	40.7	124	7.67	8
1966	56.8	97	71.3	68	42.3	114	1.68	123
1965	62.3	15	76.7	8	47.8	33	1.45	125
1964	59.4	47	73.5	36	45.2	73	1.47	124
1963	56.3	101	69.6	89	43.1	107	2.33	110
1962	63.3	10	77.5	5	49	23	2.87	101
1961	54.3	120	66.1	122	42.5	112	3.81	79
1960	56	105	66.8	119	45.2	73	3.16	96
1959	62.1	17	74.9	20	49.2	21	4.55	53
1958	57.3	91	70.5	75	44.2	92	5.00	45
1957	60.3	34	74.1	29	46.5	47	1.93	121
1956	58.2	73	71.8	57	44.5	88	5.78	31
1955	60	38	73.7	33	46.3	48	3.49	90
1954	53.8	122	65.6	124	42.1	116	2.21	114
1953	63.9	7	75.6	14	52.2	5	4.44	55
1952	57.9	81	69.6	89	46.3	48	4.70	51
1951	58.7	57	71.4	65	45.9	56	3.75	82
1950	59.3	49	70.5	75	48	28	5.61	36
1949	58.6	59	72.5	50	44.7	84	3.29	91
1948	57.7	85	69.5	91	45.9	56	4.51	54
1947	57.2	92	70.2	82	44.1	93	3.84	78
1946	57.8	82	68.8	100	46.8	43	5.31	42
1945	55	115	67.7	112	42.3	114	4.12	68
1944	65.2	2	78.6	3	51.8	7	6.59	19
1943	61.1	26	72	54	50.1	13	3.72	84
1942	61.6	21	73.2	38	49.9	15	4.90	47
1941	58.8	54	73.7	33	43.9	95	2.58	107
1940	57.5	88	70	85	45	76	5.97	26
1939	60.7	30	74	31	47.5	36	1.16	128
1938	58	77	69.3	94	46.7	44	7.10	12
1937	58.3	67	71.4	65	45.3	71	4.11	69
1936	60	38	74.4	26	45.7	59	4.30	60
1935	56.3	101	68.2	106	44.5	88	6.42	21
1934	59.5	46	74.1	29	44.9	80	2.16	116
1933	62.6	13	72.7	45	52.5	3	9.18	2
1932	58.4	65	70.8	71	46	50	3.52	89
1931	58	77	70.5	75	45.5	63	7.90	7
1930	60	38	72.2	52	47.7	34	1.98	117
1929	57.6	86	69.3	94	46	50	8.09	5
1928	55.7	109	68.2	106	43.2	106	3.94	73
1927	58.3	67	68.1	110	48.5	25	4.13	67
1926	58.2	73	71	69	45.5	63	3.04	97
1925	54.5	119	67.2	116	41.9	117	2.60	106
1924	52.6	127	63.4	128	41.9	117	8.88	3
1923	57.8	82	71.8	57	43.8	97	1.96	118
1922	61.3	24	73.3	37	49.3	18	3.25	92
1921	58.4	65	69.5	91	47.4	39	4.21	66
1920	56	105	68.3	104	43.8	97	2.19	115
1919	58.8	54	70.2	82	47.5	36	3.88	76
1918	63.7	9	76.1	12	51.4	9	5.87	29
1917	53.5	124	63.7	127	43.4	103	4.35	58
1916	62.4	14	74.8	21	49.9	15	4.29	62
1915	58.9	52	69.9	86	47.9	31	2.86	102
1914	60.1	36	74.8	21	45.4	69	1.43	127
1913	58.6	59	71.7	60	45.5	63	5.63	35
1912	60.7	30	73.9	32	47.5	36	4.35	58
1911	63	12	78.2	4	47.9	31	2.23	113
1910	55.2	113	67.6	113	42.9	110	3.91	75
1909	58.5	61	71.5	62	45.4	69	2.96	99
1908	61.4	23	71.9	55	50.9	11	8.42	4
1907	56.3	101	68.8	100	43.8	97	3.21	93
1906	58.8	54	72.7	45	44.9	80	3.66	85
1905	62.1	17	74.2	28	50	14	5.41	40
1904	58.3	67	71.6	61	45	76	3.60	88
1903	60.6	32	75.2	18	46	50	5.37	41
1902	61.5	22	75.1	19	48	28	4.08	70
1901	57.4	89	70.1	84	44.7	84	5.95	27
1900	58.3	67	72.9	43	43.8	97	2.51	108
1899	60.3	34	73	41	47.7	34	6.12	23

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	67.1
1991	65.2
1944	65.2
2019	64.8
2004	64.5
2012	64.2
1953	63.9
2024	63.8
1918	63.7
2015	63.3
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1997	52.4
1924	52.6
1967	52.7
1994	53
1917	53.5
1981	53.7
1954	53.8
1983	53.9
1961	54.3
1925	54.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1996	15.76
1933	9.18
1924	8.88
1908	8.42
1929	8.09
2018	8.08
1931	7.90
1967	7.67
2003	7.51
1968	7.30

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1939	1.16
1914	1.43
1970	1.45
1965	1.45
1964	1.47
1966	1.68
2015	1.79
1957	1.93
1976	1.94
1977	1.96
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 28°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.11 in; 24 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 4.97 in of precipitation in Elkins, WV, the wettest May since 2025, 46th wettest of 128.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Elkins, WV: 90°F on Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Elkins, WV: a low of 28°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Elkins, WV: 1.11 in on Sunday 24 May 2026.