Greenwood, MS: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 72.1°F in Greenwood, MS, the coldest May since 2021, tied 36th coldest of 79 (with 1952).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 72.1°F; Coldest since 2021; 36th coldest of 79

A normal May in Greenwood, MS (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 72.2°F, between 70.5°F and 74.8°F in eight years of ten and 3.62 in of precipitation, between 1.93 in and 7.73 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Greenwood, MS since 1948: 72.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 65.9°F, in 1976.

Normal range, 70.5 to 74.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Greenwood, MS from 1948 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	72.1	43	81.8	53	62.5	35	2.45	60	0
2025	73.8	26	83.3	37	64.3	18	6.34	21	0
2024	76.9	2	86.8	5	66.9	1	3.84	42	0
2023	73.8	26	84.7	24	62.9	31	2.63	59	0
2022	76.5	5	86.7	8	66.2	5	3.68	44	1
2021	71.7	47	81.7	56	61.8	42	4.40	39	0
2020	71.8	46	83.2	38	60.5	53	2.29	63	0
2019	74.6	17	84.5	27	64.8	13	7.42	14	0
2018	76.9	2	88.2	2	65.7	6	5.57	26	0
2017	70.8	58	81.7	56	59.9	60	3.23	49	0
2016	70.6	62	81.5	58	59.7	63	1.49	74	0
2015	72.5	39	82.9	42	62	39	7.00	18	0
2014	71.1	56	82.4	46	59.8	62	3.14	51	0
2013	69	74	79.4	72	58.6	72	6.28	22	0
2012	74.5	18	86.6	9	62.3	36	2.07	66	0
2011	70.6	62	82.2	48	59	69	1.96	68	0
2010	74.3	19	84.9	21	63.6	22	4.57	38	0
2009	72.5	39	81.5	58	63.4	25	12.54	2	0
2008	71.6	50	82.5	45	60.7	51	5.14	33	0
2007	73.3	32	85.5	16	61.1	47	4.05	41	0
2006	72.8	36	83.9	30	61.6	44	3.01	53	0
2005	70.1	68	81.8	53	58.4	73	3.23	49	0
2004	73.5	29	82.7	44	64.3	18	8.49	6	0
2003	73	34	82.8	43	63.2	27	5.12	34	0
2002	70.5	66	81.5	58	59.5	65	2.71	57	0
2001	71.7	47	83.5	35	59.9	60	3.80	43	0
2000	74.8	15	85.3	19	64.4	17	1.66	71	0
1999	71.4	52	82.4	46	60.4	54	2.93	54	0
1998	74.3	19	84.9	21	63.7	21	4.78	36	0
1997	70.1	68	81	66	59.2	67	8.02	10	0
1996	77	1	87.3	3	66.7	3	1.58	72	0
1995	74.1	22	84.7	24	63.6	22	3.43	46	0
1994	71.2	55	82.2	48	60.3	57	2.28	64	0
1993	70.7	60	81	66	60.4	54	5.31	29	0
1992	71.3	54	83.2	38	59.5	65	2.35	61	0
1991	75	14	83.2	38	66.9	1	7.70	12	0
1990	70.6	62	80.7	68	60.4	54	5.30	30	0
1989	70.7	60	80.1	70	61.3	46	10.23	4	0
1988	71.1	56	84.5	27	57.7	76	1.48	75	0
1987	76.1	6	85.9	13	66.4	4	6.53	20	0
1986	72.6	37	81.9	51	63.2	27	9.00	5	0
1985	71.9	45	81.9	51	61.9	40	1.58	72	0
1984	70.8	58	81.3	63	60.3	57	3.33	48	0
1983	69.7	73	78.8	75	60.6	52	11.53	3	0
1982	75.9	8	86.8	5	65	9	1.97	67	0
1981	68.5	76	78.6	76	58.3	74	8.20	9	0
1980	71.6	50	80.5	69	62.7	33	4.35	40	0
1979	70.1	68	79.2	73	61.1	47	8.24	8	0
1978	71.7	47	81.3	63	62.1	37	14.18	1	0
1977	75.7	9	86.9	4	64.5	14	0.55	79	0
1976	65.9	79	75.5	79	56.2	79	5.17	32	0
1975	72.6	37	81.5	58	63.6	22	7.83	11	0
1974	73.9	24	83.4	36	64.5	14	5.83	25	0
1973	68.4	77	79.2	73	57.5	78	7.05	17	0
1972	72.3	41	83.6	34	60.9	49	4.62	37	0
1971	69.8	72	81.5	58	58.1	75	5.26	31	0
1970	74	23	86.5	10	61.5	45	2.24	65	0
1969	73.4	30	84.6	26	62.1	37	2.73	56	0
1968	70.6	62	79.5	71	61.7	43	6.56	19	0
1967	69	74	78.4	77	59.6	64	7.69	13	0
1966	71.4	52	82.1	50	60.8	50	2.85	55	0
1965	76	7	86.8	5	65.1	8	1.76	69	0
1964	73.9	24	84.5	27	63.4	25	3.35	47	0
1963	73.8	26	84.9	21	62.7	33	1.45	76	0
1962	76.8	4	88.6	1	64.9	11	5.45	28	0
1961	70	71	81.1	65	58.9	70	1.13	77	0
1960	70.3	67	81.8	53	58.9	70	3.06	52	0
1959	75.6	11	85.8	14	65.5	7	6.08	23	0
1958	73.2	33	83.1	41	63.2	27	7.12	16	0
1957	73.4	30	83.8	33	63	30	5.47	27	0
1956	75.7	9	86.4	11	65	9	2.64	58	0
1955	75.1	13	86.3	12	64	20	3.46	45	0
1954	67.3	78	77	78	57.6	77	7.31	15	0
1953	74.8	15	85.1	20	64.5	14	5.95	24	0
1952	72.1	43	83.9	30	60.3	57	4.93	35	0
1951	72.3	41	85.4	18	59.2	67	0.82	78	0
1950	75.3	12	85.6	15	64.9	11	2.34	62	0
1949	74.2	21	85.5	16	62.9	31	8.34	7	0
1948	72.9	35	83.9	30	61.9	40	1.67	70	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1996	77
2024	76.9
2018	76.9
1962	76.8
2022	76.5
1987	76.1
1965	76
1982	75.9
1977	75.7
1956	75.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1976	65.9
1954	67.3
1973	68.4
1981	68.5
2013	69
1967	69
1983	69.7
1971	69.8
1961	70
2005	70.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1978	14.18
2009	12.54
1983	11.53
1989	10.23
1986	9.00
2004	8.49
1949	8.34
1979	8.24
1981	8.20
1997	8.02

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1977	0.55
1951	0.82
1961	1.13
1963	1.45
1988	1.48
2016	1.49
1996	1.58
1985	1.58
2000	1.66
1948	1.67

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 31 May 2026
Coldest night: 46°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.92 in; 22 May 2026

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The hottest day of May 2026 in Greenwood, MS: 93°F on Sunday 31 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Greenwood, MS: a low of 46°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Greenwood, MS: 0.92 in on Friday 22 May 2026.