Fort Lauderdale, FL: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 82.4°F in Fort Lauderdale, FL (1 day missing), the warmest May since 2024, 2nd warmest of 109.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 82.4°F; Warmest since 2024; 2nd warmest of 109

A normal May in Fort Lauderdale, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 79.8°F, between 78.2°F and 81°F in eight years of ten and 4.57 in of precipitation, between 1.85 in and 15.20 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Fort Lauderdale, FL since 1913: 82.4°F in 2026; the highest is 85.1°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 78.2 to 81°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Fort Lauderdale, FL from 1913 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	82.4	2	88.3	7	76.4	3	4.06	71	1
2025	82.2	3	87.6	17	76.7	2	2.99	85	0
2024	85.1	1	91.4	1	78.8	1	1.15	105	0
2023	79	33	85.5	66	72.5	26	8.90	23	0
2022	80.4	12	86.5	37	74.3	14	3.50	78	1
2021	80.6	8	86.2	48	75	6	2.07	98	0
2020	79	33	85.6	63	72.5	26	16.07	2	0
2019	81	6	86.4	40	75.6	4	3.97	72	0
2018	78.5	42	83.4	102	73.5	20	15.15	5	0
2017	80.6	8	87.3	23	73.8	18	2.82	92	0
2016	79.8	19	86.2	48	73.5	20	4.65	60	0
2015	80.2	15	85.7	60	74.7	9	1.97	99	0
2014	80.4	12	86	53	74.7	9	8.21	27	0
2013	78.5	42	84.9	86	72.1	32	15.65	4	0
2012	79.1	30	85.2	79	73.1	22	7.72	31	0
2011	80.4	12	86.8	29	73.9	17	0.23	109	0
2010	81	6	86.6	34	75.4	5	2.75	94	0
2009	80.2	15	86.1	51	74.3	14	7.80	30	0
2008	81.8	4	88.6	3	74.9	8	2.33	96	0
2007	79	33	85	84	73.1	22	2.84	91	0
2006	79.3	28	86.8	29	71.8	38	4.16	68	0
2005	78.4	44	84.7	89	72.1	32	3.28	80	0
2004	79.7	22	84.8	87	74.5	11	0.74	106	0
2003	80.6	8	86.7	32	74.5	11	17.84	1	0
2002	80.5	11	86.1	51	75	6	6.36	44	1
2001	77.9	55	83.7	99	72	34	4.97	55	0
2000	79.8	19	86	53	73.7	19	3.54	77	0
1999	78.2	49	85.5	66	70.9	49	4.87	58	0
1998	80	18	88.4	6	71.6	41	7.99	28	0
1997	79.4	26	85.9	55	72.9	24	5.98	46	0
1996	79.1	30	85.4	72	72.7	25	11.22	15	0
1995	81.3	5	88.5	4	74	16	2.26	97	1
1994	79.8	19	87.1	26	72.5	26	4.48	64	0
1993	77.6	69	83.4	102	71.7	39	3.68	75	1
1992	75.8	106	83.8	96	67.7	96	0.63	107	0
1991	79.6	23	84.7	89	74.5	11	7.60	32	0
1990	79	33	85.8	59	72.3	30	9.10	21	0
1989	79.1	30	87.4	21	70.9	49	2.97	87	0
1988			85	84	68.8	80	5.88	47	4
1987	77.6	69	84.2	95	71.1	45	11.39	14	1
1986							4.27	67	10
1985	78.3	47	88.2	9	68.5	83	4.46	65	0
1984	78.1	51	85.3	76	70.9	49	10.22	18	2
1983	77.2	81	85.1	81	69.3	73	3.15	81	0
1982	76.9	89	83.5	101	70.2	58	10.35	16	0
1981	78.1	51	86.9	27	69.3	73	8.28	25	0
1980	78.4	44	86.3	43	70.6	56	3.32	79	0
1979	77.7	62	84.4	93	71	48	7.47	34	1
1978	79.5	25	86.6	34	72.3	30	4.76	59	0
1977	75.6	107	81.7	108	69.5	67	8.80	24	0
1976	77.1	83	83.1	104	71.3	43	8.25	26	1
1975	79.4	26	86.8	29	72	34	12.69	10	1
1974	77.9	55	86.2	48	69.6	66	4.59	63	0
1973	77.8	59	86.3	43	69.4	69	4.10	70	0
1972	77.6	69	86.3	43	69	78	9.10	21	0
1971	77.9	55	87.7	15	68.1	90	3.09	82	0
1970	75.9	104	83.8	96	68	92	7.92	29	0
1969	77.7	62	84.3	94	71.1	45	9.21	20	0
1968	77	85	85.7	60	68.4	86	13.14	8	1
1967	77.5	74	86.5	37	68.5	83	1.26	102	0
1966	78.3	47	85.9	55	70.8	52	6.85	40	0
1965	77.3	78	85.4	72	69.3	73	0.21	110	0
1964	77.5	74	85.5	66	69.4	69	10.29	17	0
1963									14
1962	77.2	81	85.4	72	69.1	77	0.29	108	0
1961	77.7	62	85.2	79	70.2	58	7.31	36	1
1959	78.4	44	85.9	55	70.8	52	4.90	57	0
1958	77.9	55	85.5	66	70.2	58	15.95	3	0
1957	78.7	39	86.3	43	71.2	44	5.45	50	0
1956	78.9	37	86.6	34	71.1	45	5.75	48	0
1955	77.3	78	87.7	15	66.9	101	4.65	60	0
1954	78.7	39	87.8	14	69.5	67	11.55	13	0
1953	80.1	17	88.3	7	72	34	4.60	62	0
1952	78	54	87.5	19	68.4	86	1.65	100	0
1951	76.5	95	87.9	13	65.1	108	3.70	74	0
1950	77.4	76	86.9	27	67.9	94	2.85	90	0
1949	76.9	89	87.5	19	66.2	103	3.05	84	0
1948	77	85	88	12	66.1	104	2.90	89	0
1947	77.6	69	86.3	43	68.8	80	4.95	56	0
1946	78.1	51	86.5	37	69.8	62	7.59	33	0
1945	76.3	99	83.6	100	69	78	2.98	86	0
1944	76.2	100	81.6	110	70.8	52	6.44	42	0
1943	77.7	62	83.1	104	72.5	26	5.23	53	1
1942	76.8	92	81.7	108	71.9	37	6.24	45	0
1941	77.1	83	84.8	87	69.4	69	0.06	111	0
1940	76.4	97	85.7	60	67.1	100	3.96	73	0
1939	78.2	49	86.4	40	70	61	5.38	51	0
1938	77.8	59	87.6	17	68	92	7.18	38	0
1937									21
1936	77.3	78	85.3	76	69.4	69	7.40	35	0
1935	79.6	23	88.5	4	70.7	55	1.22	104	0
1934	76.9	89	85.5	66	68.3	88	12.22	11	0
1933	79.3	28	87.2	25	71.4	42	1.48	101	0
1932	76.4	97	85.3	76	67.3	98	14.49	6	1
1931	76.7	93	85.1	81	68.2	89	2.47	95	1
1930	77.8	59	85.1	81	70.4	57	2.77	93	0
1929	78.6	41	85.5	66	71.7	39	2.95	88	0
1928	73.2	109	83.1	104	63.3	110	7.13	39	0
1927	77.7	62	87.3	23	68.1	90	1.24	103	0
1926	76.7	93	85.6	63	67.9	94	4.40	66	0
1925	76.2	100	83.8	96	68.6	82	12.96	9	1
1924	77.7	62	89.9	2	65.5	106	5.22	54	0
1923	77	85	88.2	9	65.7	105	5.47	49	0
1922	77.4	76	87.4	21	67.4	97	11.63	12	0
1921	76.1	102	86.7	32	65.4	107	5.36	52	1
1920	76.5	95	86.4	40	66.6	102	6.38	43	0
1919	77	85	85.4	72	68.5	83	13.56	7	0
1918	76	103	82.2	107	69.7	65	7.23	37	0
1917	74.2	108	84.7	89	63.8	109	3.61	76	1
1916	77.6	69	85.9	55	69.3	73	6.46	41	0
1915	78.9	37	88.1	11	69.8	62	4.14	69	0
1914	77.7	62	85.6	63	69.8	62	3.07	83	0
1913	75.9	104	84.6	92	67.3	98	9.34	19	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	85.1
2026	82.4
2025	82.2
2008	81.8
1995	81.3
2019	81
2010	81
2021	80.6
2017	80.6
2003	80.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1928	73.2
1917	74.2
1977	75.6
1992	75.8
1970	75.9
1913	75.9
1918	76
1921	76.1
1944	76.2
1925	76.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	17.84
2020	16.07
1958	15.95
2013	15.65
2018	15.15
1932	14.49
1919	13.56
1968	13.14
1925	12.96
1975	12.69

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	0.06
1965	0.21
2011	0.23
1962	0.29
1992	0.63
2004	0.74
2024	1.15
1935	1.22
1927	1.24
1967	1.26

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 2 May 2026
Coldest night: 71°F; 3 May 2026, 1 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.10 in; 12 May 2026

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Fort Lauderdale, FL the day's answers

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The hottest day of May 2026 in Fort Lauderdale, FL: 95°F on Saturday 2 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Fort Lauderdale, FL: a low of 71°F on Sunday 3 May 2026 and Friday 1 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Fort Lauderdale, FL: 1.10 in on Tuesday 12 May 2026.