Hattiesburg, MS: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 72.8°F in Hattiesburg, MS, the coldest May since 2021, 48th coldest of 126.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 72.8°F; Coldest since 2021; 48th coldest of 126
Precipitation: 18.57 in; Wettest on record; Wettest of 129, provisional

A normal May in Hattiesburg, MS (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 73.4°F, between 71.1°F and 76.5°F in eight years of ten and 3.65 in of precipitation, between 1.02 in and 7.13 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Hattiesburg, MS since 1894: 72.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 67°F, in 1907.

Normal range, 71.1 to 76.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Hattiesburg, MS from 1894 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	72.8	79	81.8	122	63.8	21	18.57	1	0
2025	76.3	14	86.5	45	66	5	9.60	14	0
2024	77.9	3	87.8	25	68	2	6.40	34	0
2023	74.4	41	85.5	64	63.4	31	5.00	52	0
2022	77.2	5	88.5	15	65.8	6	3.59	84	1
2021	71.9	93	82.8	105	61	70	4.68	57	0
2020	71.9	93	83.4	98	60.4	80	3.82	78	0
2019	75.9	18	87	35	64.8	13	5.65	47	0
2018	76.9	7	89.9	4	63.8	21	4.05	71	0
2017	71.5	99	82.5	111	60.6	76	6.81	30	0
2016	73	70	84.1	84	61.9	57	2.47	99	0
2015	74.4	41	85.7	58	63	41	6.91	28	0
2014	72.5	81	84.2	80	60.8	74	5.97	43	0
2013	70.6	118	81.9	119	59.4	99	6.24	37	0
2012	76.4	12	88.9	9	63.9	20	1.77	108	0
2011	73.4	63	86.5	45	60.2	88	1.26	113	0
2010	76.7	9	87.7	27	65.7	7	3.77	81	0
2009	74.5	38	84.2	80	64.8	13	6.53	33	0
2008	75.3	28	86.8	39	63.7	27	3.84	77	0
2007	73	70	85.6	61	60.4	80	4.14	67	0
2006	74.2	49	86.3	50	62.2	55	1.91	107	0
2005	71.4	102	83.9	88	59	105	3.52	85	0
2004	73.4	63	84.2	80	62.5	49	9.11	15	0
2003	75.8	21	86.1	55	65.5	11	2.75	95	0
2002	74	50	86.5	45	61.5	63	2.64	96	0
2001	73	70	85.7	58	60.4	80	0.81	120	0
2000	76.7	9	87.8	25	65.6	9	1.04	117	1
1999	72.5	81	84.7	72	60.5	78	2.39	101	1
1998			88.2	18			0.52	127	4
1997	71	108	82.4	112	59.8	91	11.21	7	1
1996	75.6	23	86.5	45	64.5	17	0.62	124	3
1995	74.8	34	84.9	69	64.3	19	6.60	31	3
1994	72.3	85	82.1	118	62.5	49	1.67	109	0
1993	70.8	113	81.6	123	60	90	3.24	88	1
1992	71.1	105	82.7	108	59.5	95	3.10	90	0
1991	74.9	33	82.3	114	67.2	3	11.24	6	1
1990	72.1	88	82.8	105	60.9	71	11.60	5	1
1989	71.5	99	81.9	119	61.3	67	7.81	20	2
1988	70.8	113	85.2	66	56.4	124	0.77	121	0
1987	75.7	22	85.7	58	65.7	7	2.86	93	0
1986	74	50	84.8	70	63.3	33	7.08	27	0
1985	73.1	68	84.2	80	62.1	56	1.12	115	0
1984							5.48	50	7
1983	71.8	96	82.9	104	60.7	75	7.53	21	0
1982	73.9	53	86.3	50	61.5	63	1.07	116	1
1981	70.7	117	81.9	119	59.5	95	4.04	72	0
1980	73	70	83	102	62.9	43	10.45	8	1
1979	71.9	93	83	102	60.9	71	3.35	86	1
1978	73.3	65	83.8	92	62.8	46	9.98	11	0
1977	73.8	56	86.7	42	61.1	68	1.18	114	1
1976	68.7	124	79.7	126	57.7	118	8.25	17	1
1975	73.6	59	83.6	96	63.7	27	9.68	12	0
1974	73.8	56	84.6	76	63.1	38	6.21	39	0
1973	71	108	82.7	108	59	105	5.35	51	1
1972	70.2	121	82.2	116	58.2	113	8.32	16	1
1971							3.81	79	7
1970	72.9	76	86.1	55	59.7	93	4.77	55	0
1969	72	91	83.8	92	60.1	89	4.62	59	0
1968	72.5	81	83.9	88	60.9	71	2.44	100	2
1967	70.9	111	83.1	101	59	105	6.17	40	1
1966	73.5	60	83.8	92	63.2	35	4.76	56	1
1965	74.3	45	86.7	42	61.9	57	2.27	104	1
1964	74.4	41	86.4	49	62.3	54	6.90	29	0
1963	76.3	14	89.6	7	63	41	0.66	123	0
1962	75.9	18	89.9	4	61.8	59	2.85	94	0
1961	71.3	103	84	85	58.6	108	3.11	89	0
1960	70.9	111	83.6	96	58.2	113	4.92	54	1
1959	74.6	36	86.3	50	62.8	46	7.16	25	0
1958	73.3	65	84.7	72	61.6	61	6.24	37	1
1957	74.3	45	85.2	66	63.3	33	6.10	42	0
1956	76.7	9	88.8	11	64.5	17	4.54	60	0
1955	76.4	12	89	8	63.7	27	5.89	45	0
1954	69	123	80.7	125	57.2	120	3.73	83	0
1953	75.9	18	86.9	38	64.8	13	7.46	23	0
1952	73.9	53	87.3	31	60.6	76	7.15	26	0
1951	72.4	84	88.9	9	55.9	125	0.25	129	0
1950	75.5	24	87.3	31	63.8	21	5.92	44	0
1949	74.7	35	87.9	21	61.4	66	5.82	46	0
1948	74	50	87.7	27	60.3	85	3.97	74	0
1947	72	91	82.3	114	61.6	61	8.10	19	0
1946	72.1	88	82.6	110	61.7	60	10.37	10	1
1945	71.1	105	84	85	58.2	113	3.86	76	0
1944	73.1	68	84.7	72	61.5	63	5.56	48	0
1943	76.2	16	88.8	11	63.5	30	2.59	97	0
1942	72.2	86	85.1	68	59.4	99	8.12	18	0
1941	74.3	45	88.3	17	60.3	85	0.62	124	0
1940	72.7	80	86.2	54	59.3	101	0.95	119	0
1939	72.9	76	84.7	72	61.1	68	9.68	12	0
1938	75.5	24	87.9	21	63.2	35	0.75	122	0
1937	75.5	24	88.2	18	62.8	46	5.54	49	1
1936	73.5	60	83.9	88	63.1	38	4.39	62	0
1935	74.6	36	85.5	64	63.8	21	4.26	65	0
1934	74.5	38	86.1	55	62.9	43	6.26	36	0
1933	78.5	2	90.2	2	66.8	4	2.32	103	0
1932	71.7	97	83.2	100	60.4	80	7.21	24	1
1931	70.8	113	83.3	99	58.1	117	4.68	57	1
1930	75.2	31	87.4	30	63.1	38	4.07	70	1
1929	75.3	28	87	35	63.4	31	6.30	35	1
1928	72.9	76	86.8	39	59.2	102	4.04	72	1
1927	76.1	17	88.4	16	63.8	21	2.39	101	0
1926	73.2	67	86.8	39	59.5	95	3.07	91	0
1925	72.1	88	87.2	34	57.4	119	4.10	68	2
1924	70.8	113	82.8	105	59.2	102	2.88	92	2
1923	71	108	83.7	95	58.3	112	11.89	4	0
1922	73.7	58	84.6	76	62.4	52	6.59	32	1
1921	73	70	87.9	21	58.2	113	0.98	118	0
1920	75.2	31	87.3	31	63.2	35	4.23	66	2
1919	70	122	80.8	124	59.2	102	12.72	3	0
1918	73.5	60	87	35	60.3	85	1.58	110	1
1917	68.5	125	82.4	112	54.5	126	2.15	105	1
1916	73	70	86.3	50	59.8	91	4.96	53	2
1915	75.4	27	88.1	20	62.9	43	10.39	9	1
1914							1.92	106	18
1913	71.5	99	84.4	78	58.6	108	3.80	80	0
1912	76.8	8	89.8	6	63.8	21	3.26	87	0
1911	74.3	45	88.8	11	59.7	93	4.27	64	0
1910	71.6	98	84.8	70	58.5	111	7.52	22	0
1909	70.4	119	82.2	116	58.6	108	6.12	41	0
1908	74.5	38	86.7	42	62.4	52			0
1907	67	126	74.5	127	59.5	95	13.92	2	1
1906	71.1	105	85.6	61	56.7	122	4.09	69	0
1904	71.2	104	85.6	61	56.8	121	4.43	61	0
1903	72.2	86	84	85	60.5	78	4.29	63	0
1902	77.6	4	90.6	1	64.6	16	3.95	75	0
1900	74.4	41	83.9	88	64.9	12	1.58	110	0
1899	80.1	1	90.1	3	70.2	1	0.38	128	0
1898	77.1	6	88.6	14	65.6	9	1.35	112	0
1897	73.9	53	87.5	29	60.4	80	0.62	124	0
1895	70.4	119	84.3	79	56.5	123	3.76	82	0
1894	75.3	28	87.9	21	62.5	49	2.50	98	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1899	80.1
1933	78.5
2024	77.9
1902	77.6
2022	77.2
1898	77.1
2018	76.9
1912	76.8
2010	76.7
2000	76.7
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	67
1917	68.5
1976	68.7
1954	69
1919	70
1972	70.2
1909	70.4
1895	70.4
2013	70.6
1981	70.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	18.57
1907	13.92
1919	12.72
1923	11.89
1990	11.60
1991	11.24
1997	11.21
1980	10.45
1915	10.39
1946	10.37

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1951	0.25
1899	0.38
1998	0.52
1996	0.62
1941	0.62
1897	0.62
1963	0.66
1938	0.75
1988	0.77
2001	0.81

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 31 May 2026
Coldest night: 45°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 3.57 in; 6 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 18.57 in of precipitation in Hattiesburg, MS, the wettest May on record, in 129 years since 1894 (1896 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1901 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1905 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1 more year excluded for missing days); provisional.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Hattiesburg, MS: 93°F on Sunday 31 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Hattiesburg, MS: a low of 45°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Hattiesburg, MS: 3.57 in on Wednesday 6 May 2026.