Grand Island, NE: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 63.4°F in Grand Island, NE, the warmest May since 2023, 35th warmest of 127.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 63.4°F; Warmest since 2023; 35th warmest of 127
Precipitation: 4.20 in; Wettest since 2024; 54th wettest of 131

A normal May in Grand Island, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 60.7°F, between 58.3°F and 64.8°F in eight years of ten and 4.30 in of precipitation, between 1.96 in and 8.53 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Grand Island, NE since 1896: 63.4°F in 2026; the highest is 71.7°F, in 1934.

Normal range, 58.3 to 64.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Grand Island, NE from 1896 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	63.4	35	77.6	17	49.3	67	4.20	54	0
2025	61.1	58	74.4	47	47.9	86	3.14	78	0
2024	62.8	44	74.4	47	51.1	36	7.18	14	0
2023	65.5	13	79.4	7	51.7	30	1.78	115	0
2022	63.1	39	74.3	50	51.8	29	2.45	94	0
2021	61.4	57	71.5	78	51.2	35	2.89	83	0
2020	59.8	82	69.9	102	49.7	59	7.48	13	0
2019	58.3	100	68.9	111	47.6	94	6.68	20	0
2018	67	3	78.6	9	55.5	3	3.98	64	0
2017	60.3	71	72.7	70	47.9	86	5.28	36	0
2016	60.2	76	71.9	75	48.5	76	6.84	17	0
2015	59.1	91	69.4	107	48.8	72	3.69	67	0
2014	62.9	41	76.3	29	49.6	62	0.74	127	0
2013	61.5	55	72.4	71	50.6	46	6.77	18	0
2012	66.7	6	80.9	3	52.5	22	2.29	99	0
2011	59.8	82	71.5	78	48.1	82	8.70	7	0
2010	59.1	91	69.9	102	48.4	80	4.24	53	0
2009	62.4	46	74.8	41	49.9	56	2.05	107	0
2008	59.3	89	70.9	87	47.7	90	9.04	4	0
2007	64.8	18	75.4	36	54.2	8	7.13	15	0
2006	64.6	20	78.2	13	51	41	1.16	124	0
2005	61.1	58	73.5	61	48.8	72	8.51	8	0
2004	63.5	33	75.4	36	51.6	31	2.23	101	0
2003	58.7	98	69.6	104	47.7	90	4.06	60	0
2002	58.8	95	70.8	89	46.8	102	3.21	76	0
2001	62.9	41	74.4	47	51.5	32	5.51	33	0
2000	64.1	28	77.3	19	50.9	44	2.19	103	0
1999	60.3	71	71.3	81	49.4	66	4.36	49	0
1998	65	15	77	21	52.9	17	4.48	48	0
1997	56.9	115	70	100	43.7	129	2.39	97	0
1996	58.1	104	66.6	124	49.6	62	8.76	6	0
1995	54.3	126	63.6	127	45	119	6.31	21	0
1994	64.2	25	77.1	20	51.4	34	0.46	129	0
1993	59.7	84	71	83	48.5	76	2.54	92	0
1992	61	62	73.9	54	48	83	3.58	69	0
1991	64.1	28	74.8	41	53.4	12	6.27	23	0
1990	58.2	101	68.8	112	47.5	97	4.15	55	0
1989	61.9	51	74.9	40	48.9	71	1.90	112	0
1988	65.6	12	78.4	10	52.7	21	1.77	116	0
1987	65.7	11	77	21	54.5	5	4.86	42	0
1986	62.3	47	73.9	54	50.6	46	3.05	79	0
1985	65	15	77	21	52.9	17	4.62	44	0
1984	60.4	70	70.5	90	50.3	51	5.75	28	0
1983	56.8	117	68	118	45.6	113	4.59	45	0
1982	60.7	66	70.4	93	51.1	36	8.88	5	0
1981	57	113	68.2	115	45.8	112	4.28	50	0
1980	60.9	64	74.3	50	47.6	94	2.06	106	0
1979	57.5	111	70.1	99	44.9	122	3.99	63	0
1978	59.7	84	70.4	93	49.1	69	1.87	113	0
1977	67	3	76.9	25	57.2	1	6.85	16	0
1976	59.3	89	71.9	75	46.7	103	3.21	76	0
1975	62.2	48	75.7	34	48.7	74	1.50	122	0
1974	64.3	23	76.2	33	52.4	27	2.44	95	0
1973	57.7	108	70.5	90	44.8	124	3.85	66	0
1972	61.1	58	71.2	82	51.1	36	5.91	27	0
1971	59	93	70	100	48	83	5.32	35	0
1970	65.8	10	79.1	8	52.5	22	2.49	93	0
1969	61.8	54	73.1	65	50.5	48	4.13	56	0
1968	58.2	101	70.5	90	45.9	111	2.23	101	0
1967	56.5	119	68.2	115	44.8	124	3.40	71	0
1966	61.1	58	76.6	26	45.6	113	1.03	126	0
1965	64	30	76.4	28	51.5	32	5.97	26	0
1964	66.6	8	80.6	5	52.5	22	0.43	130	0
1963	60.2	76	71.8	77	48.5	76	3.28	74	0
1962	66.8	5	80.7	4	53	15	3.43	70	0
1961	57.6	109	68.1	117	47.2	99	7.49	12	0
1960	59.7	84	72	74	47.3	98	4.07	59	0
1959	61	62	71	83	51	41	6.69	19	0
1958	62.7	45	74.7	44	50.7	45	2.24	100	0
1957	57.9	106	67.2	123	48.6	75	5.64	31	0
1956	62.2	48	73.4	62	51	41	2.43	96	0
1955	64.7	19	78.3	11	51.1	36	1.91	111	0
1954	56.5	119	68	118	45	119	2.74	87	0
1953	58.8	95	70.4	93	47.1	100	2.61	90	0
1952	59.7	84	71	83	48.4	80	4.27	52	0
1951	60.8	65	72.1	72	49.5	64	7.65	10	0
1950	58	105	69.4	107	46.6	104	4.11	58	0
1949	63.2	37	73.4	62	52.9	17	4.93	41	0
1948	61.5	55	73.7	59	49.2	68	4.06	60	0
1947	56.9	115	69.3	109	44.5	126	2.17	104	0
1946	56.7	118	68.6	113	44.9	122	5.54	32	0
1945	56	121	67.6	121	44.4	127	4.51	47	0
1944	64.9	17	76.3	29	53.5	11	6.08	25	0
1943	57.5	111	69.6	104	45.3	118	1.85	114	0
1942	58.8	95	71.4	80	46.3	108	2.94	82	0
1941	65.9	9	77.8	15	54	9	3.02	80	0
1940	60.3	71	74.5	46	46	110	1.29	123	0
1939	68	2	81.7	2	54.3	7	3.94	65	0
1938	58.2	101	68.6	113	47.7	90	4.52	46	0
1937	63.1	39	76.3	29	50.3	51	5.27	38	1
1936	65.4	14	77.8	15	53.1	14	2.99	81	0
1935	53.7	127	62.2	129	45.6	113	10.43	2	1
1934	71.7	1	87.7	1	55.7	2	0.34	131	0
1933	60.7	66	72.8	68	48.5	76	1.96	110	0
1932	64.6	20	78.3	11	50.5	48	2.57	91	1
1931	59.7	84	74.3	50	45	119	2.77	85	0
1930	59	93	71	83	47	101	8.16	9	0
1929	58.4	99	70.4	93	46.4	106	1.63	119	0
1928	63.5	33	77	21	50	55	5.28	36	0
1927	60.5	68	73.1	65	47.8	89	3.32	73	0
1926	66.7	6	80	6	53.4	12	1.68	118	0
1925	60	79	73.9	54	46.2	109	1.97	109	0
1924	55.2	124	69.5	106	40.8	130	2.36	98	0
1923	60.3	71	72.9	67	47.7	90	5.70	30	0
1922	63.3	36	76.3	29	49.7	59	5.08	39	1
1921			74.8	41	54.8	4	6.12	24	4
1920	57.9	106	67.9	120	47.9	86	2.77	85	0
1919	60.3	71	70.4	93	50.2	53	2.16	105	0
1918	63.9	32	77.4	18	50.5	48	2.65	89	0
1917	55.8	122	66.3	125	45.4	117	6.28	22	0
1916	61.9	51	73.6	60	49.5	64	3.34	72	3
1915	57	113	67.6	121	46.4	106	4.83	43	0
1914	62.9	41	72.8	68	52.9	17	3.67	68	0
1913	62.2	48	73.3	64	51.1	36	3.23	75	0
1912	64.6	20	76.6	26	52.5	22	1.98	108	0
1911	64.2	25	75.4	36	53	15	2.71	88	0
1910	55.2	124	66.1	126	44.3	128	2.80	84	0
1909	59.9	81	72.1	72	47.6	94	1.71	117	0
1908	60.5	68	70.9	87	50.1	54	5.72	29	0
1907	57.6	109	69	110	45.6	113	4.12	57	2
1906	64.2	25	75.6	35	52.2	28	4.02	62	2
1905	60	79	70.3	98	49.7	59	9.53	3	0
1904	63.2	37	73.8	58	52.5	22	1.51	121	0
1903					49.9	56	11.27	1	8
1902					53.7	10	5.47	34	6
1901			75.4	36			1.04	125	8
1900	64	30	78	14	49.9	56	0.54	128	0
1899	61.9	51	74.7	44	49	70	4.99	40	0
1898	55.8	122	63.5	128	48	83	4.28	50	0
1897	60.2	76	73.9	54	46.6	104	1.59	120	0
1896	64.3	23	74.1	53	54.5	5	7.60	11	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1934	71.7
1939	68
2018	67
1977	67
1962	66.8
2012	66.7
1926	66.7
1964	66.6
1941	65.9
1970	65.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1935	53.7
1995	54.3
1924	55.2
1910	55.2
1917	55.8
1898	55.8
1945	56
1967	56.5
1954	56.5
1946	56.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1903	11.27
1935	10.43
1905	9.53
2008	9.04
1982	8.88
1996	8.76
2011	8.70
2005	8.51
1930	8.16
1951	7.65

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	0.34
1964	0.43
1994	0.46
1900	0.54
2014	0.74
1966	1.03
1901	1.04
2006	1.16
1940	1.29
1975	1.50

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 96°F; 15 May 2026
Coldest night: 31°F; 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.61 in; 16 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 4.20 in of precipitation in Grand Island, NE, the wettest May since 2024, 54th wettest of 131.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Grand Island, NE: 96°F on Friday 15 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Grand Island, NE: a low of 31°F on Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Grand Island, NE: 1.61 in on Saturday 16 May 2026.