Galveston, TX: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 76.5°F in Galveston, TX, the warmest May since 2025, tied 60th warmest of 151 (with 1962 and 1953).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 76.5°F; Warmest since 2025; 60th warmest of 151
Precipitation: 4.29 in; Wettest since 2025; 47th wettest of 155

A normal May in Galveston, TX (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 77.8°F, between 74.9°F and 79.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.29 in of precipitation, between 0.06 in and 5.19 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Galveston, TX since 1875: 76.5°F in 2026; the highest is 83°F, in 2022.

Normal range, 74.9 to 79.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Galveston, TX from 1871 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	76.5	60	81.9	37	71.2	86	4.29	47	0
2025	79.2	6	84.3	10	74.1	16	6.19	24	0
2024	80	3	84.7	6	75.3	4	4.39	44	0
2023	78	22	82.7	23	73.2	33	3.22	77	0
2022	83	1	88	1	77.9	1	2.99	82	0
2021	77.4	38	81.9	37	72.8	42	6.57	20	0
2020	78.9	9	84.7	6	73.1	35	3.75	58	0
2019	78.6	13	82.9	19	74.3	10	6.72	19	0
2018	80.4	2	85.6	2	75.1	6	0.73	130	0
2017	78.9	9	84.9	5	72.9	39	3.98	52	0
2016	76.4	63	81.2	53	71.6	73	7.66	13	0
2015	78.2	18	83	18	73.3	29	3.05	81	0
2014	75	108	80.4	75	69.6	132	3.72	61	0
2013	74.7	119	79.9	85	69.5	134	1.12	119	0
2012	80	3	85.1	4	75	7	4.22	49	0
2011	78.5	14	84.4	8	72.7	46	0.38	138	0
2010	77.6	34	82.8	21	72.4	52	3.66	63	0
2009	78.7	12	84	12	73.3	29	0.19	144	0
2008	78.9	9	84	12	73.7	20	0.02	151	0
2007	77.1	47	82.5	28	71.8	66	2.21	94	0
2006	78.5	14	84.1	11	73	36	3.24	76	0
2005	76.6	57	82.3	30	70.9	97	1.49	113	0
2004	76.3	64	80.9	57	71.6	73	3.66	63	0
2003	79.5	5	84.4	8	74.6	9	0.07	149	1
2002	77.1	47	82.2	31	72.1	60	3.63	65	0
2001	77.6	34	82.8	21	72.4	52	1.06	120	0
2000									5
1999	77.5	37	82.7	23	72.3	57	3.58	66	0
1998	77.8	29	82.7	23	72.9	39	0.02	151	0
1997	75.6	87	80.3	76	71	94	3.09	80	0
1996	79.1	7	82.7	23	75.4	3	0.02	151	1
1995	77.9	24	81.9	37	73.9	18	4.81	39	0
1994	77.9	24	82.1	32	73.7	20	3.69	62	0
1993	74.5	126	78.8	121	70.2	121	3.29	75	0
1992	74.1	130	77.7	142	70.4	114	4.42	42	0
1991	77.3	39	81.4	48	73.3	29	11.03	1	0
1990	77.2	43	80.7	63	73.7	20	4.26	48	0
1989	78	22	81.8	42	74.2	12	2.70	87	0
1988	75.4	97	79.8	88	71	94	0.81	128	0
1987	77.1	47	80.6	68	73.6	23	3.77	57	0
1986	75.7	81	79.7	92	71.7	69	3.10	79	0
1985	76.3	64	80.2	79	72.4	52	2.01	98	0
1984	75.6	87	80.3	76	70.9	97	5.07	34	0
1983	75	108	79.6	98	70.5	112	1.52	111	0
1982	76.3	64	79.7	92	72.9	39	3.38	72	0
1981	74.7	119	79.1	114	70.4	114	4.31	46	0
1980	75.7	81	80.2	79	71.2	86	7.44	15	0
1979	73.5	141	78.1	137	68.8	144	3.45	70	0
1978	76.7	55	80.6	68	72.8	42	trace	154	0
1977	76	73	79.6	98	72.5	48	0.67	132	0
1976	73.1	145	77.5	144	68.6	145	2.16	96	0
1975	77	52	81.4	48	72.5	48	10.79	2	0
1974	77.2	43	81	56	73.4	28	7.84	12	0
1973	74.3	128	78.4	132	70.2	121	1.61	107	0
1972	76.3	64	81.5	47	71.1	90	6.37	23	0
1971	75	108	78.5	125	71.5	77	1.31	116	0
1970	74	131	77.9	140	70.2	121	4.33	45	0
1969	75.4	97	79.9	85	71	94	6.97	17	0
1968	75.7	81	79.6	98	71.7	69	4.82	38	0
1967	75.6	87	79.8	88	71.4	80	3.33	73	0
1966	75.2	102	79.5	102	70.9	97	10.34	4	0
1965	76.3	64	79.5	102	73	36	2.57	90	0
1964	76.7	55	80.1	81	73.3	29	1.72	105	0
1963	77.2	43	80.5	71	73.8	19	0.40	137	0
1962	76.5	60	79.5	102	73.5	25	0.62	133	0
1961	74.8	118	78.5	125	71.2	86	0.09	148	0
1960	73.5	141	77.5	144	69.5	134	0.26	141	0
1959	77.1	47	81.1	55	73	36	2.31	92	0
1958	77.2	43	82	34	72.5	48	0.46	135	0
1957	76.3	64	80.8	60	71.8	66	0.94	125	0
1956	77.8	29	82	34	73.5	25	1.00	123	0
1955	77.7	31	81.8	42	73.6	23	3.73	60	0
1954	73.7	138	77.8	141	69.7	130	1.21	118	0
1953	76.5	60	80.6	68	72.4	52	6.44	21	0
1952	74	131	78.9	120	69.1	138	2.74	85	0
1951	75.2	102	79.5	102	70.9	97	2.86	84	0
1950	78.1	20	82.1	32	74.2	12	2.29	93	0
1949	77.7	31	81.2	53	74.3	10	2.56	91	0
1948	77.3	39	82	34	72.7	46	1.73	104	0
1947	75.4	97	79.8	88	70.9	97	7.88	11	0
1946	75.9	77	80.5	71	71.4	80	8.85	8	0
1945	74.7	119	78.8	121	70.6	105	1.01	122	0
1944	73.7	138	78.5	125	68.9	143	7.34	16	0
1943	77.7	31	81.9	37	73.5	25	1.05	121	0
1942	75.1	107	79.1	114	71.1	90	0.35	139	0
1941	75.7	81	79.7	92	71.7	69	4.41	43	0
1940	73.8	135	78.2	134	69.3	137	0.83	126	0
1939	76.6	57	80.7	63	72.5	48	1.97	99	0
1938	75.6	87	79.5	102	71.6	73	5.03	35	0
1937	76.3	64	80.5	71	72	61	0.10	147	0
1936	75	108	79.5	102	70.6	105	8.90	7	0
1935	75.8	79	80.1	81	71.5	77	0.71	131	0
1934	75.5	92	80.1	81	70.8	103	0.62	133	0
1933	79	8	83.2	16	74.7	8	1.43	114	0
1932	75.8	79	80.8	60	70.8	103	1.56	109	0
1931	71.8	150	76.5	150	67.1	151	3.14	78	0
1930	75.5	92	79.3	109	71.7	69	2.69	89	0
1929	74.6	124	79.2	112	70.1	126	10.50	3	0
1928	74.5	126	79.2	112	69.7	130	1.54	110	0
1927	77.9	24	81.6	45	74.2	12	0.12	146	0
1926	73.8	135	78.5	125	69.1	138	4.08	51	0
1925	75.2	102	79.9	85	70.6	105	1.37	115	0
1924	72.9	147	77.7	142	68.1	148	3.33	73	0
1923	76	73	80.7	63	71.3	82	3.56	67	0
1922	77.3	39	82.4	29	72.2	59	4.93	36	0
1921	74.7	119	79	117	70.5	112	2.04	97	0
1920	76.6	57	80.8	60	72.4	52	3.86	55	0
1919	73.1	145	78.5	125	67.6	149	9.96	6	0
1918	75.2	102	78.5	125	71.9	63	0.22	143	0
1917	71.6	151	75.9	151	67.3	150	3.47	69	0
1916	75	108	79	117	71.1	90	8.08	10	0
1915	75.5	92	79.7	92	71.3	82	2.70	87	0
1914	74.6	124	78.1	137	71.1	90	7.54	14	0
1913	73.9	134	78.1	137	69.8	128	3.87	54	0
1912	75.4	97	79.3	109	71.5	77	4.50	41	0
1911	75.2	102	79.7	92	70.6	105	1.90	101	0
1910	74	131	78.2	134	69.8	128	5.10	33	0
1909	73.3	143	77.5	144	69.1	138	5.85	26	0
1908	75.9	77	79.5	102	72.3	57	3.40	71	0
1907	72.8	149	77.4	148	68.3	147	6.80	18	0
1906	75	108	78.6	123	71.3	82	0.14	145	0
1905	77.9	24	81.7	44	74	17	1.70	106	0
1904	74.3	128	78.5	125	70.2	121	5.20	30	0
1903	72.9	147	77.2	149	68.6	145	0.79	129	0
1902	77.1	47	80.1	81	74.2	12	2.72	86	0
1901	74.7	119	79	117	70.3	118	0.46	135	0
1900	76.1	72	80.3	76	72	61	4.53	40	0
1899	78.2	18	80.9	57	75.5	2	trace	154	0
1898	74.9	115	78.6	123	71.2	86	1.58	108	0
1897	74.9	115	79.1	114	70.6	105	1.27	117	0
1896	78.4	16	81.6	45	75.2	5	0.82	127	0
1895	73.2	144	77.5	144	69	142	5.13	32	0
1894	77	52	80.7	63	73.2	33	1.00	123	0
1893	75.7	81	79.8	88	71.6	73	2.98	83	0
1892	75.6	87	79.3	109	71.8	66	0.33	140	0
1891	73.8	135	78.2	134	69.5	134	0.25	142	0
1890	75	108	79.7	92	70.3	118	5.38	28	0
1889	73.7	138	78.3	133	69.1	138	1.81	102	0
1888	74.9	115	79.6	98	70.2	121	5.18	31	0
1887	76	73	81.4	48	70.6	105	4.84	37	0
1886	75.4	97	80.9	57	69.9	127	0.03	150	0
1885	76	73	81.4	48	70.6	105	6.41	22	0
1884	75.5	92	80.7	63	70.3	118	8.42	9	0
1883	76.3	64	81.3	52	71.3	82	6.01	25	0
1882	75.5	92	80.5	71	70.4	114	3.75	58	0
1881	77.6	34	83.2	16	71.9	63	3.50	68	0
1880	77.9	24	82.9	19	72.8	42	4.09	50	0
1879	78.1	20	83.3	15	72.8	42	1.91	100	0
1878	77.3	39	82.6	27	71.9	63	3.90	53	0
1877	75.7	81	81.9	37	69.6	132	1.81	102	0
1876	76.9	54	83.4	14	70.4	114	10.27	5	0
1875	78.3	17	85.6	2	70.9	97	1.50	112	0
1874							5.80	27	9
1873							5.36	29	31
1872							2.21	94	31
1871							3.79	56	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2022	83
2018	80.4
2024	80
2012	80
2003	79.5
2025	79.2
1996	79.1
1933	79
2020	78.9
2017	78.9
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	71.6
1931	71.8
1907	72.8
1924	72.9
1903	72.9
1976	73.1
1919	73.1
1895	73.2
1909	73.3
1979	73.5
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1991	11.03
1975	10.79
1929	10.50
1966	10.34
1876	10.27
1919	9.96
1936	8.90
1946	8.85
1884	8.42
1916	8.08

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1978	trace
1899	trace
2008	0.02
1998	0.02
1996	0.02
1886	0.03
2003	0.07
1961	0.09
1937	0.10
1927	0.12

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 87°F; 9 May 2026
Coldest night: 56°F; 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.53 in; 1 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 4.29 in of precipitation in Galveston, TX, the wettest May since 2025, 47th wettest of 155.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Galveston, TX: 87°F on Saturday 9 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Galveston, TX: a low of 56°F on Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Galveston, TX: 1.53 in on Friday 1 May 2026.