Fayetteville, NC: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 69.7°F in Fayetteville, NC, the coldest May since 2023, 53rd coldest of 114.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 69.7°F; Coldest since 2023; 53rd coldest of 114
Precipitation: 3.73 in; Wettest since 2025; 51st wettest of 116

A normal May in Fayetteville, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 70.3°F, between 67°F and 73.9°F in eight years of ten and 2.61 in of precipitation, between 1.16 in and 5.43 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Fayetteville, NC since 1910: 69.7°F in 2026; the lowest is 63.9°F, in 1946.

Normal range, 67 to 73.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Fayetteville, NC from 1910 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	69.7	62	81	72	58.4	45	3.73	51	0
2025	72.4	21	82.4	55	62.4	7	5.34	19	0
2024	73.3	13	83.6	36	63	5	4.96	25	0
2023	68.2	82	78.7	98	57.6	53	1.08	107	0
2022	74.1	7	85.2	15	62.9	6	1.07	108	0
2021	69.8	59	83	41	56.6	75	1.54	99	0
2020	67.8	87	78	104	57.6	53	8.20	2	0
2019	76.6	1	88.9	2	64.4	2	1.32	101	0
2018	75.8	2	86.1	11	65.5	1	2.68	72	0
2017	73.5	11	84.8	19	62.2	8	5.28	20	0
2016	70.4	47	80.2	80	60.5	23	5.19	22	0
2015	72	28	83.8	31	60.3	26	2.26	82	0
2014	73.5	11	85.2	15	61.8	12	4.11	38	0
2013	69.4	66	80.3	79	58.4	45	1.98	87	0
2012	73.3	13	84.3	23	62.2	8	5.25	21	0
2011	72.1	26	83.7	35	60.5	23	1.24	102	0
2010	73.8	9	84.4	21	63.1	4	6.74	6	0
2009	71.9	30	82.3	56	61.5	16	3.61	57	0
2008	69.5	65	81.4	67	57.5	56	2.86	68	0
2007	70.1	53	82.7	49	57.5	56	0.89	109	0
2006	68.9	73	81.1	70	56.6	75	3.10	65	0
2005	67.2	93	79.1	94	55.3	93	1.11	106	0
2004	75	4	86.3	9	63.7	3	2.54	76	0
2003	69.3	67	78.6	100	60.1	30	8.07	3	0
2002	69.1	69	81.1	70	57	68	1.86	92	0
2001	69.3	67	81.9	59	56.8	69	1.95	89	2
2000	72.8	17	85.5	14	60.1	30	1.55	98	1
1999	68.5	78	80	85	57.1	67	1.94	90	0
1998	72.4	21	82.7	49	62	10	2.01	86	0
1997	64.8	111	79.7	86	49.9	115	1.16	104	0
1996	70.1	53	82.5	53	57.4	58	3.34	62	1
1995	69.9	57	81.7	63	58.1	48	4.07	39	0
1994	65	109	77.7	106	52.2	112	2.10	83	0
1993	70.4	47	82.7	49	58.1	48	0.82	112	0
1992	64.1	113	75.5	114	52.7	111	2.69	71	0
1991	72.5	20	83	41	62	10	3.01	66	0
1990	69	70	80.9	74	57.2	64	3.54	60	0
1989	66.7	99	79.6	88	53.8	104	6.43	9	0
1988	67	96	80.1	82	54	103	5.90	12	0
1987	70.5	46	82.9	44	58.2	47	1.84	93	0
1986	68.1	83	79.4	90	56.8	69	2.49	77	0
1985	68.5	78	79.5	89	57.4	58	3.99	41	1
1984	67.7	89	80.1	82	55.2	95	5.05	23	0
1983	66.7	99	80.6	76	53.1	109	0.63	115	2
1982	70.6	44	83.5	38	57.8	52	3.84	48	1
1981	66	105	79	96	53	110	4.05	40	0
1980	69	70	81.8	60	56.2	85	1.77	94	0
1979	67.6	91	78.8	97	56.3	83	3.54	60	0
1978	67.9	85	79.2	93	56.5	79	3.70	54	0
1977	71.2	39	83.6	36	58.7	39	4.35	35	0
1976	67.4	92	78.5	101	56.2	85	6.75	5	0
1975	71.6	34	82.7	49	60.5	23	3.69	55	0
1974	69.6	63	80.1	82	59.1	38	5.04	24	0
1973	68.1	83	80.6	76	55.5	90	3.34	62	0
1972	65.5	108	75.9	113	55.2	95	3.86	46	0
1971	66.9	97	78.5	101	55.3	93	2.89	67	0
1970	69.9	57	82.5	53	57.4	58	1.20	103	0
1969	68.3	81	81.2	69	55.5	90	3.79	49	0
1968	66.7	99	79.1	94	54.3	100	1.72	96	0
1967	64.9	110	76.5	112	53.3	108	3.73	51	0
1966	67.7	89	77.7	106	57.6	53	4.93	26	0
1965	73.2	15	85.1	17	61.3	18	1.77	94	0
1964	70.1	53	81.7	63	58.5	42	1.88	91	0
1963	67.2	93	79.3	91	55.2	95	4.89	27	0
1962	74	8	87.3	6	60.6	21	2.47	78	0
1961	65.9	106	77.6	108	54.1	102	2.60	74	0
1960	68.9	73	81.5	65	55.9	88	3.99	41	1
1959	72.7	18	84.7	20	60.6	21	4.56	32	0
1958	68.6	77	80.5	78	56.7	71	6.66	7	0
1957	70.1	53	82.1	57	58.1	48	3.72	53	0
1956	69.6	63	81.8	60	57.4	58	2.43	79	0
1955	71.4	37	84.1	28	58.7	39	3.90	43	0
1954	64.7	112	77.5	109	52	113	3.63	56	0
1953	74.3	6	87.3	6	61.4	17	4.54	33	0
1952	70.8	42	84.4	21	57.2	64	1.98	87	0
1951	67.9	85	82	58	53.8	104	1.72	96	0
1950	70.9	41	83.3	39	58.5	42	3.85	47	0
1949	68.9	73	81.3	68	56.5	79	4.80	28	0
1947	72	28	83	41	61	19	2.10	83	3
1946	63.9	114	71.5	115	56.6	75	8.24	1	1
1945	66.1	103	80.2	80	52	113	1.41	100	0
1944	74.6	5	87.6	5	61.6	15	3.90	43	0
1943	73.7	10	86.6	8	60.7	20	2.82	69	0
1942	72.1	26	85	18	59.2	36	2.79	70	1
1941	72.6	19	90.3	1	55	98	0.85	110	0
1940	70.4	47	84.3	23	56.5	79	3.60	58	0
1939	70.3	51	83.8	31	56.7	71	3.16	64	0
1938	71.9	30	84.3	23	59.5	34	3.60	58	0
1937	71	40	85.6	13	56.3	83	0.55	116	0
1936	72.2	24	87.7	4	56.7	71	1.12	105	1
1935			82.8	48			2.40	80	13
1934	69	70	83.3	39	54.6	99	3.87	45	0
1933	75.2	3	88.6	3	61.7	13	5.52	15	0
1932	69.8	59	82.9	44	56.6	75	8.01	4	0
1931	69.8	59	83.8	31	55.7	89	4.30	36	1
1930	71.6	34	82.9	44	60.2	28	5.38	18	0
1929					58.1	48	4.48	34	6
1928	66.5	102	77.5	109	55.5	90	4.23	37	0
1927	71.9	30	83.8	31	59.2	36	2.59	75	2
1926	70.3	51	84.1	28	56.4	82	0.71	113	0
1925	66.8	98	79.3	91	54.3	100	4.64	29	0
1924	68.5	78	79.7	86	57.2	64	6.43	9	0
1923	67.8	87	78.2	103	57.3	63	2.37	81	0
1922	70.8	42	81.8	60	59.8	33	3.76	50	0
1921	67.1	95	78	104	56.2	85	5.54	14	0
1920	65.6	107	77.4	111	53.7	106	0.84	111	0
1919	70.4	47	81.5	65	59.5	34	4.57	31	1
1918	72.9	16	84.1	28	61.7	13	5.65	13	0
1917	66.1	103	78.7	98	53.5	107	4.58	30	0
1916	72.3	23	84.3	23	60.3	26	6.66	7	0
1915	70.6	44	80.9	74	60.2	28	6.35	11	0
1914	71.8	33	86.2	10	57.4	58	2.02	85	0
1913	71.4	37	84.3	23	58.6	41	2.66	73	0
1912	71.5	36	82.9	44	60	32	5.52	15	0
1911	72.2	24	85.8	12	58.5	42	0.66	114	0
1910	68.8	76	81	72	56.7	71	5.50	17	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	76.6
2018	75.8
1933	75.2
2004	75
1944	74.6
1953	74.3
2022	74.1
1962	74
2010	73.8
1943	73.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1946	63.9
1992	64.1
1954	64.7
1997	64.8
1967	64.9
1994	65
1972	65.5
1920	65.6
1961	65.9
1981	66

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1946	8.24
2020	8.20
2003	8.07
1932	8.01
1976	6.75
2010	6.74
1958	6.66
1916	6.66
1989	6.43
1924	6.43

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	0.55
1983	0.63
1911	0.66
1926	0.71
1993	0.82
1920	0.84
1941	0.85
2007	0.89
2022	1.07
2023	1.08

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 19 May 2026, 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 44°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.64 in; 23 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 3.73 in of precipitation in Fayetteville, NC, the wettest May since 2025, tied 51st wettest of 116 (with 1967).
The hottest day of May 2026 in Fayetteville, NC: 93°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026 and Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Fayetteville, NC: a low of 44°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Fayetteville, NC: 1.64 in on Saturday 23 May 2026.