Erie, PA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 56°F in Erie, PA, the coldest May since 2023, tied 60th coldest of 153 (with 2023, 1940, 1927 and 2 other years).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 56°F; Coldest since 2023; 60th coldest of 153
Precipitation: 3.61 in; Wettest since 2025; 55th wettest of 153

A normal May in Erie, PA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 58.3°F, between 54.1°F and 63.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.31 in of precipitation, between 1.54 in and 5.65 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Erie, PA since 1874: 56°F in 2026; the lowest is 49.6°F, in 1967 and 1917.

Normal range, 54.1 to 63.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Erie, PA from 1873 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	56	89	64.8	79	47.1	106	3.61	55	0
2025	56.1	84	63.7	102	48.4	78	4.46	37	0
2024	63.2	6	72.4	7	54	8	2.45	106	0
2023	56	89	65.6	68	46.4	113	1.67	133	0
2022	61	16	70	20	52	20	4.54	36	0
2021	58.4	50	66.8	54	50	47	2.34	110	0
2020	57.2	71	65.9	63	48.5	73	3.83	49	0
2019	58.2	54	68.3	34	48.1	84	2.12	119	0
2018	64.5	3	74.5	1	54.4	7	5.29	24	0
2017	57	73	64.6	82	49.3	60	5.10	28	0
2016	58.5	45	67.6	43	49.4	56	1.57	136	0
2015	63.1	9	72.9	4	53.4	11	3.46	59	0
2014	58.4	50	66.9	53	49.9	50	3.25	69	0
2013	61.5	13	71	14	52.1	18	5.66	18	0
2012	63.2	6	72.6	5	53.8	9	2.88	86	0
2011	58.8	43	67.1	52	50.6	38	8.54	1	0
2010	60.3	23	68.5	32	52.1	18	3.91	45	0
2009	57.7	64	67.4	49	48	85	2.32	111	0
2008	54.7	114	63.7	102	45.7	118	2.65	97	0
2007	59.4	40	69.2	28	49.6	54	1.87	129	0
2006	57.9	60	66.8	54	48.9	65	3.50	56	0
2005	52.3	144	61.5	135	43.2	145	1.27	144	0
2004	60.3	23	70	20	50.6	38	6.38	10	0
2003	55	109	62.9	117	47.1	106	5.12	27	0
2002	53.5	133	62.8	120	44.3	138	5.65	19	0
2001	59.6	36	68.4	33	50.7	34	3.75	50	0
2000	59.8	32	68.7	31	50.9	30	4.29	41	0
1999	60.1	26	70	20	50.3	43	3.20	73	0
1998	63.5	4	71.9	9	55	4	2.67	96	0
1997	50.8	149	59	148	42.6	148	4.36	39	0
1996	55.8	98	63.8	101	47.7	94	3.37	63	0
1995	57.4	67	65.9	63	49	63	2.69	94	0
1994	54.2	119	63.4	111	44.9	130	2.02	125	0
1993	57.8	61	67.8	40	47.8	90	1.28	143	0
1992	57.4	67	67.3	51	47.6	95	1.78	131	0
1991	64.8	2	73.9	2	55.7	2	1.00	150	0
1990	55.2	107	63.6	107	46.8	109	5.74	17	0
1989	56.1	84	63.7	102	48.5	73	6.14	13	0
1988	58.2	54	68	37	48.3	80	3.21	72	0
1987	60.5	22	70.2	19	50.8	33	1.78	131	0
1986	59.5	38	68.2	35	50.9	30	5.24	25	0
1985	59.7	34	69.5	26	50	47	2.94	84	0
1984	53.7	130	62.1	129	45.4	123	5.83	16	0
1983	54.9	112	64.5	84	45.4	123	3.91	45	0
1982	60.8	18	71	14	50.7	34	3.06	79	0
1981	53.8	129	63.2	113	44.5	136	2.13	118	0
1980	55.7	100	65.7	67	45.7	118	2.23	114	0
1979	53.9	125	63.1	114	44.7	132	3.70	53	0
1978	55.9	95	64.5	84	47.4	100	2.76	92	0
1977	58.4	50	69.6	24	47.2	105	2.53	103	0
1976	52.5	141	61.5	135	43.5	143	4.18	42	0
1975	60.3	23	70.6	16	49.9	50	2.36	107	0
1974	53	136	62.8	120	43.1	146	4.44	38	0
1973	52.5	141	60	145	45	129	4.57	35	0
1972	55.6	102	64.4	89	46.8	109	4.69	34	0
1971	51.9	145	62.2	128	41.6	152	2.20	115	0
1970	58.1	57	67.4	49	48.9	65	3.23	70	0
1969	54.6	116	64	98	45.3	126	5.49	22	0
1968	52.6	140	60.6	141	44.6	134	3.06	79	0
1967	49.6	152	58.1	149	41.1	153	3.15	77	0
1966	51.6	147	60.6	141	42.6	148	2.03	124	0
1965	61	16	71.1	12	50.9	30	3.40	61	0
1964	60.1	26	69.5	26	50.7	34	3.75	50	0
1963	53.9	125	63.7	102	44.1	140	2.02	125	0
1962	62.6	11	72.2	8	53	13	1.45	140	0
1961	53.5	133	62.7	122	44.4	137	2.05	121	0
1960	56.6	78	64.6	82	48.6	70	3.66	54	0
1959	60.1	26	69.6	24	50.5	42	2.55	102	0
1958	54.4	117	65.3	75	43.5	143	1.60	135	0
1957	55.3	105	64.8	79	45.7	118	3.29	66	0
1956	54	121	63.9	99	44.2	139	5.59	21	0
1955	58.5	45	69	30	47.9	86	1.81	130	0
1954	52.8	137	62.5	125	43.1	146	2.04	122	0
1953	58.1	57	65.6	68	50.6	38	6.90	5	0
1952	54.9	112	61.9	131	47.9	86	4.82	32	0
1951	58.5	45	66.4	59	50.6	38	2.78	91	0
1950	57.8	61	65.8	66	49.7	53	2.64	98	0
1949	59.5	38	67.5	45	51.5	26	3.20	73	0
1948	54.3	118	62.3	127	46.3	115	3.29	66	0
1947	54	121	61.8	132	46.1	116	5.98	14	0
1946	56.1	84	63.5	108	48.7	69	7.68	4	0
1945	52.8	137	59.9	146	45.6	121	2.88	86	0
1944	63.2	6	71.9	9	54.6	5	4.32	40	0
1943	55.6	102	62.7	122	48.5	73	6.41	8	0
1942	60.1	26	67.5	45	52.7	14	6.47	7	0
1941	60.1	26	67.9	38	52.4	16	2.04	122	0
1940	56	89	64.2	93	47.8	90	4.72	33	0
1939	59.8	32	67.9	38	51.7	22	2.72	93	0
1938	57.2	71	65.1	76	49.4	56	3.10	78	0
1937	58.3	53	66.7	58	49.8	52	2.10	120	0
1936	61.1	15	70.3	18	52	20	1.27	144	0
1935	51.9	145	59.2	147	44.6	134	2.20	115	0
1934	60.8	18	70.5	17	51	29	0.55	153	0
1933	59.7	34	67.8	40	51.6	23	2.35	109	0
1932	56.5	79	65.6	68	47.3	101	3.49	57	0
1931	57.3	70	65.5	72	49	63	2.83	88	0
1930	59.9	31	67.5	45	52.4	16	1.61	134	0
1929	55.9	95	64.5	84	47.3	101	3.89	47	0
1928	55.9	95	64.1	97	47.8	90	0.65	152	0
1927	56	89	63.3	112	48.6	70	3.73	52	0
1926	55	109	64.5	84	45.5	122	1.20	146	0
1925	52.4	143	61.1	137	43.8	141	1.02	149	0
1924	50.7	150	57.7	152	43.6	142	4.08	43	0
1923	54.1	120	62.9	117	45.3	126	2.62	100	0
1922	61.2	14	69.2	28	53.3	12	1.98	127	0
1921	59	42	66.4	59	51.5	26	0.97	151	0
1920	55.2	107	63	116	47.5	97	1.04	147	0
1919	56.1	84	63.5	108	48.6	70	4.91	29	0
1918	62.6	11	72.5	6	52.7	14	2.94	84	0
1917	49.6	152	56.6	153	42.6	148	6.74	6	0
1916	56.7	77	65	77	48.5	73	3.85	48	0
1915	53.7	130	61	138	46.4	113	3.20	73	0
1914	58	59	65.9	63	50.2	45	5.95	15	0
1913	55.7	100	63.1	114	48.4	78	2.68	95	0
1912	58.5	45	67.6	43	49.4	56	3.29	66	0
1911	62.9	10	71.4	11	54.5	6	2.49	105	0
1910	53.9	125	61	138	46.7	111	3.48	58	0
1909	54.7	114	62.1	129	47.3	101	2.36	107	0
1908	58.5	45	65.6	68	51.3	28	3.22	71	0
1907	50.1	151	58.1	149	42.2	151	3.34	64	0
1906	56.2	82	63.5	108	48.8	67	1.37	141	0
1905	56	89	64.4	89	47.5	97	3.97	44	0
1904	58.2	54	66.4	59	50	47	3.40	61	0
1903	59.6	36	67.5	45	51.6	23	3.20	73	0
1902	55.8	98	63.7	102	47.9	86	3.32	65	0
1901	55	109	62.5	125	47.5	97	2.24	113	0
1900	57.8	61	66.2	62	49.4	56	1.48	138	0
1899	57.4	67	65.5	72	49.3	60	5.35	23	0
1898	56.9	75	64.4	89	49.5	55	2.79	90	0
1897	53.7	130	60.9	140	46.5	112	3.04	81	0
1896	63.4	5	71.1	12	55.6	3	2.63	99	0
1895	58.7	44	66.8	54	50.7	34	2.58	101	0
1894	56.9	75	64.9	78	48.8	67	4.91	29	0
1893	54	121	61.8	132	46.1	116	7.99	3	0
1892	53.9	125	60.5	143	47.3	101	8.05	2	0
1891	52.7	139	60.3	144	45.2	128	1.49	137	0
1890	53.2	135	61.7	134	44.8	131	6.40	9	0
1889	57.5	65	64.7	81	50.3	43	2.51	104	0
1888	55.3	105	62.9	117	47.8	90	2.26	112	0
1887	60.7	21	69.8	23	51.6	23	2.96	83	0
1886	55.5	104	64.2	93	46.9	108	1.48	138	0
1885	56.1	84	64.4	89	47.9	86	4.90	31	0
1884	57.5	65	66.8	54	48.2	83	3.42	60	0
1883	54	121	62.7	122	45.4	123	6.29	12	0
1882	51.4	148	58	151	44.7	132	5.63	20	0
1881	60.8	18	67.8	40	53.7	10	2.16	117	0
1880	65.2	1	73.9	2	56.5	1	3.02	82	0
1879	59.1	41	68.2	35	50.1	46	1.04	147	0
1878	56.2	82	64.2	93	48.3	80	6.31	11	0
1877	56.3	81	64.2	93	48.3	80	1.30	142	0
1876	56	89	64.5	84	47.6	95	2.83	88	0
1875	57	73	65.4	74	48.5	73	5.14	26	0
1874	56.5	79	63.9	99	49.2	62	1.94	128	0
1873									24

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1880	65.2
1991	64.8
2018	64.5
1998	63.5
1896	63.4
2024	63.2
2012	63.2
1944	63.2
2015	63.1
1911	62.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	49.6
1917	49.6
1907	50.1
1924	50.7
1997	50.8
1882	51.4
1966	51.6
1971	51.9
1935	51.9
2005	52.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	8.54
1892	8.05
1893	7.99
1946	7.68
1953	6.90
1917	6.74
1942	6.47
1943	6.41
1890	6.40
2004	6.38

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	0.55
1928	0.65
1921	0.97
1991	1.00
1925	1.02
1920	1.04
1879	1.04
1926	1.20
2005	1.27
1936	1.27

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 34°F; 12 May 2026, 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.02 in; 5 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 3.61 in of precipitation in Erie, PA, the wettest May since 2025, 55th wettest of 153.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Erie, PA: 90°F on Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Erie, PA: a low of 34°F on Tuesday 12 May 2026 and Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Erie, PA: 1.02 in on Tuesday 5 May 2026.