Hanford, CA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 70.3°F in Hanford, CA, the warmest May since 2025, tied 26th warmest of 117 (with 2018 and 2007).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 70.3°F; Warmest since 2025; 26th warmest of 117
Precipitation: 0.01 in; Driest since 2025; 37th driest of 112

A normal May in Hanford, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 69.4°F, between 64.8°F and 73.5°F in eight years of ten and 0.14 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.88 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Hanford, CA since 1902: 70.3°F in 2026; the highest is 76.5°F, in 2001.

Normal range, 64.8 to 73.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Hanford, CA from 1902 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	70.3	26	85.3	45	55.3	18	0.01	74	0
2025	70.8	18	86.5	27	55	24	trace	77	0
2024	70.6	22	86.5	27	54.6	32	0.33	33	0
2023	70	33	84.4	56	55.6	15	0.08	60	0
2022	69.6	42	85.8	37	53.4	50	0.00	88	0
2021	71.3	14	88.3	10	54.4	35	0.00	88	0
2020	71.3	14	87.5	16	55.1	22	0.11	51	0
2019	66.5	89	79.5	103	53.4	50	1.83	2	0
2018	70.3	26	84.9	50	55.7	14	0.00	88	0
2017	70.2	29	85.1	48	55.2	20	0.39	28	0
2016	70.5	24	84.9	50	56	11	0.17	45	0
2015	69.1	51	83.2	73	55	24	0.07	63	0
2014	71.5	13	87.2	19	55.8	13	trace	77	0
2013	70.7	21	86.2	35	55.2	20	0.18	44	0
2012	70.1	31	86.6	25	53.5	47	0.03	71	0
2011	64.1	105	79	106	49.3	105	0.41	23	0
2010	64.1	105	78.5	107	49.7	99	0.32	34	0
2009	73.3	8	88.8	8	57.7	5	0.43	22	0
2008	68.5	59	84	61	53	56	0.10	54	0
2007	70.3	26	87	22	53.5	47	0.01	74	0
2006	70.1	31	85.4	41	54.8	29	0.54	19	0
2005	68.6	58	82.1	85	55.1	22	0.84	10	0
2004	69.4	43	85.2	46	53.6	46	0.02	73	0
2003	68.7	57	82.6	77	54.7	31	0.67	14	1
2002	68.9	54	83.4	68	54.4	35	0.95	5	0
2001	76.5	1	92.6	2	60.3	2	0.00	88	2
2000							0.41	23	5
1999	66.9	85	80.8	96	53	56	trace	77	0
1998	61.7	115	72.1	118	51.2	84	1.26	4	2
1997	74.2	3	88.7	9	59.6	3	0.00	88	0
1996	69.9	36	84.4	56	55.4	16	0.10	54	0
1995	66	93	77.6	110	54.3	38	0.87	7	0
1994	67.7	71	80.7	97	54.6	32	0.66	15	0
1993	69.4	43	83.8	62	55	24	0.08	60	0
1992	74.1	4	89.1	6	59.2	4	trace	77	0
1991	65	97	79.7	102	50.3	90	trace	77	0
1990	67	83	81.4	90	52.7	63	0.87	7	0
1989	68.5	59	82.1	85	54.8	29	0.39	28	0
1988	66.8	87	81.4	90	52.1	72	0.07	63	0
1987	71.3	14	85.8	37	56.7	8	0.13	49	0
1986	69.3	47	83.6	66	55	24	0.00	88	0
1985	68	65	83.3	70	52.6	66	0.00	88	1
1984	72.3	10	88.3	10	56.4	10	0.00	88	0
1983	67.9	67	82.1	85	53.7	45	0.04	69	0
1982	69.1	51	85.4	41	52.8	58	0.00	88	0
1981	69.3	47	85.5	40	53.1	54	0.17	45	0
1980	66	93	80.6	99	51.4	79	0.04	69	0
1979	70	33	86.4	31	53.5	47	0.00	88	0
1978	67.9	67	83.8	62	52	73	0.00	88	0
1977	61.5	116	74.3	117	48.6	108	0.91	6	0
1976	69.3	47	86.9	24	51.6	78	0.03	71	0
1975	68.3	61	86.3	33	49.9	96	0.00	88	1
1974	67.4	77	84.2	60	50.6	86	0.00	88	0
1972	69.8	39	87.4	18	52.2	71	0.00	88	0
1971	64.4	102	79.1	105	49.7	99	1.44	3	0
1970	69	53	87.9	13	50	94	0.00	88	0
1969	69.7	41	86.5	27	52.8	58	0.32	34	0
1968	66.9	85	83.6	66	50.3	90	0.08	60	0
1967	68	65	84.5	55	51.4	79	0.07	63	0
1966	70.8	18	87.7	15	53.9	43	0.07	63	0
1965	67.6	73	85.4	41	49.8	97	0.00	88	0
1964	64.4	102	82.2	83	46.6	114	0.20	42	0
1963	67.5	76	82.6	77	52.4	68	0.56	18	0
1962	64.7	99	80.7	97	48.8	107	0.11	51	0
1961	65	97	81.2	93	49.1	106	0.37	30	3
1960	67.8	70	85	49	50.6	86	0.00	88	0
1959	66.2	92	82.4	81	50.1	93	trace	77	0
1958	70.4	25	86.4	31	54.5	34	0.24	40	1
1957			81.5	89			0.63	17	15
1956	67.3	78	82.6	77	51.9	74	0.83	11	0
1955	64.6	100	82.2	83	46.9	113	0.68	13	0
1954	69.9	36	86.6	25	53.2	53	0.34	32	0
1953	62	113	75.8	116	48.2	111	0.29	37	0
1952	70	33	87.2	19	52.7	63	0.01	74	0
1951	67.6	73	83.3	70	51.9	74	0.07	63	0
1950	66.8	87	83	75	50.5	89	0.00	88	0
1949	67	83	81.1	95	52.8	58	0.53	21	0
1948	63.4	109	77.5	112	49.4	104	0.54	19	0
1947	72.2	11	87.8	14	56.5	9	0.41	23	0
1946	67.9	67	82.5	80	53.3	52	0.41	23	0
1945	67.1	81	81.2	93	53.1	54	0.10	54	0
1944	67.7	71	83.8	62	51.7	76	0.28	38	0
1943	67.3	78	84.3	58	50.3	90	0.00	88	0
1942	64.1	105	79.8	101	48.4	110	0.16	47	0
1941	68.1	62	83.4	68	52.8	58	trace	77	0
1940	70.8	18	88.9	7	52.6	66	trace	77	0
1939	67.6	73	83.8	62	51.4	79	trace	77	0
1938	66.5	89	82.4	81	50.6	86	0.11	51	0
1937	70.2	29	86.5	27	53.9	43	0.00	88	0
1936	71.1	17	88.3	10	54	42	trace	77	0
1935	67.1	81	83	75	51.1	85	0.00	88	0
1934	71.7	12	87.5	16	55.9	12	0.22	41	0
1933	63.1	111	77.6	110	48.6	108	0.41	23	0
1932	69.8	39	85.4	41	54.3	38	0.13	49	0
1931	74	5	90.8	4	57.2	6	0.20	42	0
1930	64.4	102	79.4	104	49.5	102	0.37	30	0
1929	69.9	36	87	22	52.8	58	0.00	88	0
1928	73.2	9	89.5	5	56.8	7	0.10	54	0
1927	68.1	62	84.9	50	51.3	83	0.06	68	0
1926	70.6	22	85.9	36	55.3	18	trace	77	0
1925	69.4	43	84.3	58	54.4	35			0
1924	73.7	7	92.1	3	55.4	16	0.00	88	0
1923	68.1	62	84.7	53	51.4	79			0
1922	68.9	54	85.2	46	52.7	63			0
1921	64.1	105	78.5	107	49.8	97	0.87	7	0
1920	68.8	56	85.8	37	51.7	76			0
1919	69.3	47	86.3	33	52.4	68	0.10	54	0
1918	61.8	114	76.6	114	47	112			0
1917	57.5	117	77.5	112	37.4	117	0.31	36	0
1916	63.1	111	81.6	88	44.6	116	0.16	47	0
1915	63.3	110	76.5	115	50	94			1
1914	69.4	43	84.7	53	54.1	41			0
1913	67.2	80	80.1	100	54.3	38	0.76	12	0
1912	65.3	96	78.3	109	52.4	68	0.27	39	0
1906	66.4	91	83.3	70	49.5	102	2.06	1	0
1905	65.5	95	81.3	92	49.6	101	0.65	16	0
1904	74.6	2	94.3	1	54.9	28	0.00	88	0
1903	74	5	87.2	19	62	1	0.00	88	2
1902	64.5	101	83.2	73	45.7	115	0.09	59	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2001	76.5
1904	74.6
1997	74.2
1992	74.1
1931	74
1903	74
1924	73.7
2009	73.3
1928	73.2
1984	72.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	57.5
1977	61.5
1998	61.7
1918	61.8
1953	62
1933	63.1
1916	63.1
1915	63.3
1948	63.4
2011	64.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1906	2.06
2019	1.83
1971	1.44
1998	1.26
2002	0.95
1977	0.91
1995	0.87
1990	0.87
1921	0.87
2005	0.84

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2022	0.00
2021	0.00
2018	0.00
2001	0.00
1997	0.00
1986	0.00
1985	0.00
1984	0.00
1982	0.00
1979	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 12 May 2026
Coldest night: 44°F; 18 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.01 in; 28 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 0.01 in of precipitation in Hanford, CA, the driest May since 2025, tied 37th driest of 112 (with 2007 and 1952).
The hottest day of May 2026 in Hanford, CA: 99°F on Tuesday 12 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Hanford, CA: a low of 44°F on Monday 18 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Hanford, CA: 0.01 in on Thursday 28 May 2026.