Ely, NV: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 52.7°F in Ely, NV, the warmest May since 2025, tied 26th warmest of 103 (with 2012, 1974 and 1973).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 52.7°F; Warmest since 2025; 26th warmest of 103
Precipitation: 0.43 in; Driest since 2022; 29th driest of 105

A normal May in Ely, NV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 51.3°F, between 46.1°F and 54.2°F in eight years of ten and 0.66 in of precipitation, between 0.13 in and 2.56 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Ely, NV since 1893: 52.7°F in 2026; the highest is 56.9°F, in 1969.

Normal range, 46.1 to 54.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Ely, NV from 1888 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	52.7	26	70.9	24	34.4	42	0.43	77	0
2025	53.7	17	71.4	20	36	15	0.64	56	0
2024	49.9	63	68.1	48	31.6	86	0.56	63	0
2023	51.8	36	67.5	53	36.1	12	0.78	52	0
2022	48.5	78	67.3	55	29.6	100	0.23	94	0
2021	51.5	40	70.4	28	32.5	66	0.27	93	0
2020	55.2	5	73.3	8	37.1	5	0.14	96	0
2019	45.9	98	59.2	100	32.5	66	2.55	11	0
2018	52.5	30	69.1	39	35.9	20	1.10	40	0
2017	51.3	44	70.3	30	32.4	72	0.28	90	0
2016	49.6	67	65	71	34.2	46	0.53	66	0
2015	50.8	51	64.5	77	37.1	5	1.78	21	0
2014	52.1	33	70.4	28	33.8	51	0.96	45	0
2013	50.7	53	69	40	32.4	72	0.55	64	0
2012	52.7	26	72.7	10	32.8	63	0.08	99	0
2011	46.6	94	60.5	98	32.7	64	2.67	9	0
2010	44.4	102	59.9	99	28.9	101	1.37	31	0
2009	54.2	11	72.7	10	35.7	22	0.33	87	0
2008	48.1	81	65.8	66	30.4	95	0.44	75	0
2007	52.4	31	72.3	13	32.5	66	0.34	86	0
2006	53.2	22	71.4	20	35.1	31	0.39	79	0
2005	50.8	51	65.6	68	36	15	2.45	13	0
2004	51.6	39	70.3	30	33	62	0.44	75	0
2003	51.1	46	68.3	46	33.8	51	1.80	20	0
2002	50.2	57	69.4	38	31	90	0.02	103	0
2001	55.4	3	75.7	1	35	33	0.04	102	0
2000	54.2	11	72.1	16	36.2	10	1.64	23	0
1999	48.6	76	65.6	68	31.5	87	0.58	60	0
1998	46.7	93	61.6	92	31.7	85	0.66	54	0
1997	54	15	72.6	12	35.4	27	0.66	54	0
1996	51.3	44	68.6	43	34	48	1.49	28	0
1995	46	97	58.8	102	33.2	60	2.85	6	0
1994	51.4	42	70.8	27	32.1	78	1.03	43	0
1993	53.1	23	71.6	18	34.5	38	0.88	47	0
1992	54.6	7	74.7	2	34.5	38	0.53	66	0
1991	46.1	95	60.6	97	31.5	87	2.81	7	0
1990	50	60	66.5	63	33.4	58	1.55	26	0
1989	51	49	68.5	44	33.5	55	1.36	32	0
1988	49.8	65	67	58	32.5	66	0.62	58	0
1987	51.5	40	68.2	47	34.8	35	2.35	14	0
1986	51.1	46	70.2	34	32	79	0.51	69	0
1985	52.8	25	70	36	35.7	22	1.33	34	0
1984	54.6	7	74	6	35.2	29	0.35	85	0
1983	47.6	85	64.5	77	30.8	93	0.38	81	0
1982	49.5	68	66.6	61	32.5	66	1.57	25	0
1981	50	60	65.6	68	34.4	42	2.02	17	0
1980	47.3	90	60.9	95	33.6	54	2.55	11	0
1979	51.8	36	68	51	35.6	25	1.44	30	0
1978	47.9	83	64.9	73	30.9	91	0.45	73	0
1977	44.9	101	57.9	103	31.9	83	3.26	3	0
1976	53.5	18	71.1	23	36	15	0.45	73	0
1975	47.5	86	64.1	83	30.9	91	1.48	29	0
1974	52.7	26	71.9	17	33.5	55	0.30	89	0
1973	52.7	26	70.3	30	35.1	31	0.38	81	0
1972	51.1	46	69.7	37	32.4	72	0.32	88	0
1971	47	92	60.8	96	33.2	60	2.89	5	0
1970	50.7	53	68.9	41	32.5	66	0.01	104	0
1969	56.9	1	74.6	4	39.1	2	0.28	90	0
1968	49.2	70	66.1	64	32.4	72	1.00	44	0
1967	49.2	70	64.1	83	34.2	46	3.05	4	0
1966	55.4	3	74.2	5	36.7	7	0.46	72	0
1965	45.8	99	61.9	91	29.8	99	0.54	65	0
1964	48.6	76	63.9	85	33.3	59	1.17	37	0
1963	54.3	10	70.9	24	37.7	3	0.40	78	0
1962	49	73	63.3	88	34.6	37	1.26	35	0
1961	50.1	59	66.8	60	33.5	55	0.64	56	0
1960	50.2	57	68.1	48	32.4	72	0.79	51	0
1959	47.4	88	62.8	89	32	79	1.07	41	0
1958	54.1	13	72.2	14	35.9	20	0.58	60	0
1957	47.4	88	61	94	33.9	50	2.68	8	0
1956	50.5	55	66.6	61	34.3	45	1.61	24	0
1955	47.8	84	64.2	81	31.4	89	1.74	22	0
1954	54	15	73.2	9	34.8	35	0.28	90	0
1953	42.6	103	59	101	26.3	103	0.49	70	0
1952	52	35	68.1	48	36	15	0.36	84	0
1951	50.3	56	66.1	64	34.5	38	0.48	71	0
1950	47.3	90	64.2	81	30.4	95	0.87	48	0
1949	50	60	63.6	87	36.4	9	1.53	27	0
1948	48.8	75	67.6	52	29.9	98	trace	105	0
1947	53.5	18	70.9	24	36.1	12	1.17	37	0
1946	48.3	80	64.6	76	32	79	1.21	36	0
1945	49	73	64.3	79	33.8	51	1.04	42	0
1944	51	49	65.8	66	36.2	10	0.52	68	0
1943	49.8	65	67	58	32.6	65	0.11	97	0
1942	46.1	95	61.5	93	30.6	94	0.69	53	0
1941	51.4	42	67.1	57	35.7	22	1.84	19	0
1940	55.5	2	73.7	7	37.2	4	0.07	100	0
1939	51.8	36	67.5	53	36.1	12	0.60	59	0
1912							0.11	97	10
1910	53.5	18	72.2	14	34.9	34	0.07	100	0
1909	48.4	79	65	71	31.9	83	0.89	46	1
1908	48.1	81	64.3	79	32	79	1.11	39	0
1904	53.1	23	70.3	30	36	15	2.23	15	0
1903	49.3	69	64.7	74	34	48	2.18	16	0
1902	52.4	31	68.4	45	35.6	25	0.39	79	1
1901	54.1	13	71.4	20	36.7	7	0.85	49	1
1900	54.9	6	70.1	35	39.7	1	0.18	95	0
1899	47.5	86	64.7	74	30.3	97	1.95	18	0
1898	49.1	72	63.8	86	34.5	38	3.50	2	0
1897	54.5	9	74.7	2	34.4	42	1.35	33	0
1896	45.6	100	62.5	90	28.6	102	3.55	1	0
1895	52.1	33	68.8	42	35.3	28	2.65	10	0
1894	53.3	21	71.5	19	35.2	29	0.80	50	0
1893	49.9	63	67.3	55	32.4	72	0.58	60	0
1888							0.37	83	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1969	56.9
1940	55.5
2001	55.4
1966	55.4
2020	55.2
1900	54.9
1992	54.6
1984	54.6
1897	54.5
1963	54.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1953	42.6
2010	44.4
1977	44.9
1896	45.6
1965	45.8
2019	45.9
1995	46
1991	46.1
1942	46.1
2011	46.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1896	3.55
1898	3.50
1977	3.26
1967	3.05
1971	2.89
1995	2.85
1991	2.81
1957	2.68
2011	2.67
1895	2.65

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1948	trace
1970	0.01
2002	0.02
2001	0.04
1940	0.07
1910	0.07
2012	0.08
1943	0.11
1912	0.11
2020	0.14

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 12 May 2026
Coldest night: 21°F; 19 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.28 in; 17 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 0.43 in of precipitation in Ely, NV, the driest May since 2022, 29th driest of 105.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Ely, NV: 86°F on Tuesday 12 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Ely, NV: a low of 21°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Ely, NV: 0.28 in on Sunday 17 May 2026.