Georgetown, DE: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 64.4°F in Georgetown, DE, the warmest May since 2025, tied 27th warmest of 80 (with 2013).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 64.4°F; Warmest since 2025; 27th warmest of 80
Precipitation: 1.25 in; Driest since 2015; 10th driest of 79

A normal May in Georgetown, DE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 63.9°F, between 58.8°F and 68.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.32 in of precipitation, between 1.34 in and 6.14 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Georgetown, DE since 1947: 64.4°F in 2026; the highest is 70.6°F, in 2004.

Normal range, 58.8 to 68.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Georgetown, DE from 1945 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	64.4	27	74.6	37	54.1	20	1.25	70	0
2025	65.6	15	74.6	37	56.5	8	5.35	15	0
2024	65.3	18	74.9	33	55.6	10	2.09	61	0
2023	62.5	47	73.1	53	52	44	3.66	37	0
2022	66.3	13	75.1	31	57.5	5	3.84	34	0
2021	65.2	19	77.2	15	53.2	25	2.35	57	0
2020	61.4	62	70.6	71	52.3	36	2.92	49	0
2019	67.7	8	77.4	13	58	4	5.55	14	0
2018	69.2	2	79.4	7	59.1	2	6.99	3	0
2017	63.7	35	72.9	56	54.5	18	5.09	19	0
2016	61.8	55	70.6	71	53	26	6.40	7	0
2015	68.2	6	79.2	8	57.2	6	1.19	72	0
2014	65.5	16	75.8	23	55.1	15	3.14	44	0
2013	64.4	27	73.8	46	55.1	15	2.21	59	0
2012	68.3	4	78.2	11	58.5	3	1.62	65	0
2011	66.4	11	77.1	16	55.6	10	1.76	63	0
2010	66.4	11	77.4	13	55.4	12	1.73	64	0
2009	65.4	17	74.6	37	56.2	9	5.64	13	0
2008	61.6	59	72.8	57	50.5	59	6.11	10	0
2007	63.6	37	75.9	22	51.3	51	0.99	76	0
2006	64	32	75.8	23	52.2	37	1.16	74	0
2005	57.7	80	68.1	79	47.3	79	5.73	12	0
2004	70.6	1	80.9	2	60.4	1	4.21	27	0
2003	58.8	76	67.1	80	50.5	59	5.07	20	0
2002	63	43	74.4	42	51.5	48	2.48	55	0
2001	63	43	73.6	49	52.4	32	2.47	56	0
2000	65	21	75.1	31	54.8	17	3.40	39	0
1999	62.8	45	73.6	49	52	44	1.36	69	0
1998	64.8	22	74.5	41	55.2	13	3.73	36	0
1997	58.7	77	70.1	75	47.4	78	2.57	53	0
1996	60.8	66	70.8	70	50.9	54	6.86	4	0
1995	60.6	72	71.5	66	49.6	67	5.25	17	0
1994	59.6	75	71.5	66	47.7	77	3.24	42	0
1993	64.1	31	75.7	25	52.4	32	4.46	23	0
1992	58.6	78	69.2	78	48.1	76	3.79	35	0
1991	67.9	7	80.6	3	55.2	13	1.42	67	0
1990	60.7	71	72.2	62	49.3	69	8.00	2	0
1989	61.5	60	71.5	66	51.5	48	3.37	40	0
1988	61.9	54	72.3	60	51.5	48	4.36	24	0
1987	63.1	42	73.8	46	52.4	32	3.19	43	0
1986	64.7	24	77	17	52.4	32	0.97	77	0
1985	64.7	24	75.4	28	53.9	21	4.09	29	0
1984	62.4	48	72.6	59	52.1	42	6.85	5	0
1983	61.7	58	73	55	50.4	61	4.83	22	0
1982	63.9	34	75.7	25	52.1	42	1.21	71	0
1981	60.8	66	71.7	65	49.8	64	5.18	18	0
1980	63.7	35	75.2	30	52.2	37	2.33	58	0
1979	64.2	29	74.8	34	53.5	24	3.90	33	0
1978	60.3	73	69.7	77	50.8	56	6.23	9	0
1977	64	32	76.4	19	51.6	47	2.21	59	0
1976	61.5	60	72.7	58	50.3	63	2.58	52	1
1975	64.2	29	74.7	35	53.7	22	3.28	41	0
1974	61.8	55	71.9	63	51.8	46	3.96	31	0
1973	61.2	64	71.4	69	51.1	52	3.09	45	0
1972	61.4	62	70.5	73	52.2	37	5.28	16	0
1971	60.2	74	69.8	76	50.7	58	6.37	8	0
1970	63.3	40	74	45	52.7	27	2.75	50	0
1969	62.3	50	73.5	51	51	53	1.41	68	0
1968	61	65	73.8	46	48.2	75	3.05	46	0
1967	57.8	79	70.5	73	45	80	4.35	25	0
1966	60.8	66	73.2	52	48.5	74	5.95	11	0
1965	68.3	4	82.9	1	53.7	22	0.81	78	0
1964	64.8	22	78.7	10	50.9	54	0.19	79	0
1963	62.4	48	75.4	28	49.4	68	1.88	62	2
1962	66.5	10	80.5	4	52.2	37	1.16	74	3
1961	60.8	66	72.3	60	49.3	69	6.63	6	1
1960	62.2	52	74.7	35	49.7	66	3.94	32	1
1959	67.4	9	80.3	5	54.4	19	1.48	66	1
1958	63.5	38	74.4	42	52.5	29	4.06	30	0
1957	65.7	14	78.9	9	52.5	29	1.17	73	0
1956	62.3	50	76	21	48.6	73	2.94	48	0
1955	65.2	19	78	12	52.5	29	2.62	51	0
1954	61.8	55	73.1	53	50.4	61	2.52	54	1
1953	68.4	3	79.9	6	56.8	7	4.27	26	1
1952	62	53	74.6	37	49.3	69	4.13	28	0
1951	62.7	46	76.2	20	49.2	72			0
1950	60.8	66	71.9	63	49.8	64	4.90	21	0
1949	63.2	41	75.7	25	50.8	56	3.50	38	0
1948	63.4	39	74.3	44	52.6	28	11.02	1	0
1947	64.5	26	76.8	18	52.2	37	3.00	47	0
1945									10

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2004	70.6
2018	69.2
1953	68.4
2012	68.3
1965	68.3
2015	68.2
1991	67.9
2019	67.7
1959	67.4
1962	66.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2005	57.7
1967	57.8
1992	58.6
1997	58.7
2003	58.8
1994	59.6
1971	60.2
1978	60.3
1995	60.6
1990	60.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1948	11.02
1990	8.00
2018	6.99
1996	6.86
1984	6.85
1961	6.63
2016	6.40
1971	6.37
1978	6.23
2008	6.11

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1964	0.19
1965	0.81
1986	0.97
2007	0.99
2006	1.16
1962	1.16
1957	1.17
2015	1.19
1982	1.21
2026	1.25

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 96°F; 20 May 2026, 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 43°F; 11 May 2026, 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.54 in; 23 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 1.25 in of precipitation in Georgetown, DE, the driest May since 2015, 10th driest of 79.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Georgetown, DE: 96°F on Wednesday 20 May 2026 and Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Georgetown, DE: a low of 43°F on Monday 11 May 2026 and Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Georgetown, DE: 0.54 in on Saturday 23 May 2026.