Houston, TX: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 76.4°F in Houston, TX, the warmest May since 2025, tied 55th warmest of 138 (with 2007).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 76.4°F; Warmest since 2025; 55th warmest of 138
Precipitation: 8.84 in; Wettest since 2024; 18th wettest of 138

A normal May in Houston, TX (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 77°F, between 74.1°F and 79.4°F in eight years of ten and 4.06 in of precipitation, between 0.38 in and 10.06 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Houston, TX since 1889: 76.4°F in 2026; the highest is 81.4°F, in 1996.

Normal range, 74.1 to 79.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Houston, TX from 1889 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	76.4	55	85.1	66	67.7	51	8.84	18	0
2025	80.6	4	89.4	8	71.8	2	4.94	55	0
2024	79.3	7	87.4	17	71.2	8	11.05	12	0
2023	76.7	51	85.6	56	67.7	51	8.66	22	0
2022	80.9	2	90.1	4	71.7	4	4.30	63	0
2021	76.3	57	84.7	73	67.8	49	11.17	11	0
2020	78	27	88.2	13	67.7	51	3.56	79	0
2019	78.6	14	86.5	30	70.7	12	7.16	32	0
2018	79.8	5	90.1	4	69.6	26	3.83	73	0
2017	76.3	57	86.5	30	66.2	85	2.41	95	0
2016	74.5	99	83.1	110	65.9	93	7.20	31	0
2015	77	43	84.9	69	69	31	14.17	5	0
2014	74.1	109	83.8	95	64.4	115	11.71	9	0
2013	75.5	78	85	68	66	88	1.02	122	0
2012	78.8	12	88.6	10	69.1	30	0.77	125	0
2011	78.7	13	89.1	9	68.4	42	0.33	133	0
2010	79.4	6	89.7	6	69.2	28	3.68	78	0
2009	78.1	24	87.6	15	68.7	36	0.38	130	0
2008	77.8	31	87.1	20	68.5	41	4.57	60	0
2007	76.4	55	85.3	63	67.5	60	9.88	17	0
2006	76.7	51	86.6	28	66.8	72	8.78	19	0
2005	75.3	85	85.9	50	64.7	109	6.06	43	0
2004	76.9	46	85.8	52	68.1	47	7.33	28	0
2003	80.7	3	90.2	3	71.3	6	0.06	135	0
2002	77	43	85.4	59	68.6	38	1.79	108	0
2001	75.9	68	86.6	28	65.2	102	3.53	81	0
2000	78.1	24	87	21	69.2	28	12.35	7	0
1999	76.6	53	87.4	17	65.8	95	4.10	68	0
1998	78.6	14	90.3	1	67	70	0.04	136	0
1997	73.6	121	83.5	101	63.7	121	6.69	38	0
1996	81.4	1	90.3	1	72.5	1	0.56	127	0
1995	77.8	31	86.8	25	68.9	33	3.83	73	0
1994	76	64	85.7	54	66.3	81	5.02	53	0
1993	73.3	127	83	112	63.7	121	8.50	23	0
1992	73.7	119	83	112	64.4	115	7.05	35	0
1991	78	27	86.3	39	69.7	24	4.02	69	0
1990	78.1	24	86.4	36	69.7	24	2.23	97	0
1989	77.8	31	87.2	19	68.4	42	13.56	6	0
1988	73.6	121	85.3	63	61.8	135	1.32	120	0
1987	77	43	85.8	52	68.3	45	5.39	50	0
1986	75.7	73	84.6	74	66.9	71	4.29	65	0
1985	75.5	78	85.6	56	65.5	97	1.57	112	0
1984	74.9	93	85.1	66	64.7	109	3.13	85	0
1983	73.4	126	83.2	109	63.6	123	7.29	29	0
1982	75.3	85	84.6	74	66	88	6.87	37	0
1981	75.3	85	84.6	74	66	88	8.75	21	0
1980	77.3	39	87	21	67.5	60	5.63	47	0
1979	73.1	129	84.1	87	62.1	134	3.78	75	0
1978	76	64	87.5	16	64.5	113	4.15	67	0
1977	74.5	99	85.7	54	63.2	128	0.79	124	0
1976	70.4	138	82.1	125	58.8	138	5.80	45	0
1975	75.8	70	85.6	56	66.1	86	7.57	26	0
1974	76.9	46	86.1	43	67.7	51	5.61	48	0
1973	72.8	131	84.3	85	61.3	136	4.22	66	0
1972	73.6	121	83.9	93	63.4	126	6.99	36	0
1971	74.1	109	83.8	95	64.4	115	3.41	83	0
1970	72	134	81.2	133	62.9	131	14.39	4	0
1969	75.1	88	82.8	116	67.4	63	2.90	90	0
1968	76.2	61	83.7	98	68.7	36	11.03	13	0
1967	75.7	73	83.4	105	68.1	47	5.05	52	0
1966	75.5	78	82.5	120	68.4	42	7.89	25	0
1965	77.2	40	82.7	117	71.8	2	4.66	59	0
1964	78.3	21	85.2	65	71.3	6	1.89	104	0
1963	78.3	21	86.5	30	70.1	19	4.73	58	0
1962	79.3	7	86.9	24	71.7	4	1.68	111	0
1961	74.4	105	82.3	123	66.5	77	0.63	126	0
1960	74.7	97	83.1	110	66.4	79	0.88	123	0
1959	77.8	31	85.4	59	70.2	16	7.50	27	0
1958	78	27	86.1	43	69.8	22	1.55	114	0
1957	77.1	42	84.1	87	70	21	1.99	102	0
1956	78.5	17	86.8	25	70.2	16	2.07	101	0
1955	78.2	23	86.3	39	70.1	19	2.79	91	0
1954	73.5	125	81.8	128	65.1	105	2.97	89	0
1953	76.9	46	84.4	83	69.4	27	8.13	24	0
1952	74.5	99	83.4	105	65.6	96	2.76	92	0
1951	76.2	61	84.6	74	67.8	49	1.90	103	0
1950	78.5	17	86.1	43	71	10	3.23	84	0
1949	78.5	17	86.5	30	70.6	13	1.36	119	0
1948	77.7	35	86.3	39	69	31	5.55	49	0
1947	75.4	82	83.9	93	66.8	72	10.24	15	0
1946	75.8	70	84	92	67.6	58	15.03	3	0
1945	74.1	109	82.9	115	65.4	100	6.28	39	0
1944	74.1	109	82.2	124	65.9	93	10.10	16	0
1943	77.2	40	85.9	50	68.6	38	6.27	40	0
1942	75.4	82	83.6	99	67.2	67	1.09	121	0
1941	76.5	54	84.5	78	68.6	38	5.33	51	0
1940	75.1	88	84.1	87	66	88	2.22	98	0
1939	76.8	49	86.1	43	67.4	63	3.12	86	0
1938	75.1	88	82.6	119	67.7	51	10.27	14	0
1937	76.8	49	86	49	67.6	58	trace	138	0
1936	74.2	108	81.2	133	67.2	67	11.55	10	0
1935	74.1	109	81.6	130	66.5	77	4.30	63	0
1934	74.9	93	83.3	108	66.4	79	1.70	110	0
1933	79.1	10	87	21	71.2	8	1.83	106	0
1932	75.5	78	83.5	101	67.5	60	0.56	127	0
1931	72.1	133	80.2	137	64	120	0.37	131	0
1930	74.4	105	81.1	135	67.7	51	6.00	44	0
1929	74.1	109	82	126	66.1	86	12.03	8	0
1928	75.1	88	84.3	85	66	88	2.14	100	0
1927	78.4	20	86.4	36	70.4	15	0.34	132	0
1926	73.8	117	82	126	65.5	97	3.94	70	0
1925	76	64	86.7	27	65.2	102	1.71	109	0
1924	73.7	119	82.5	120	64.9	106	7.11	34	0
1923	76	64	84.8	72	67.3	65	3.89	72	0
1922	77.6	36	86.5	30	68.8	34	6.07	42	0
1921	74.9	93	84.5	78	65.3	101	1.57	112	0
1920	77.5	38	86.1	43	68.8	34	4.79	57	0
1919	73.1	129	81.3	132	64.9	106	6.14	41	0
1918	75.8	70	83.4	105	68.3	45	2.59	94	0
1917	71.7	136	79.8	138	63.6	123	2.21	99	0
1916	75.6	75	84.9	69	66.3	81	4.40	62	0
1915	75.9	68	84.1	87	67.7	51	1.39	118	0
1914	74.4	105	81.5	131	67.3	65	15.47	2	0
1913	73.8	117	83	112	64.6	112	3.56	79	0
1912	75.6	75	84.4	83	66.7	76	5.02	53	0
1911	74.5	99	83.8	95	65.2	102	1.82	107	0
1910	74.1	109	83.5	101	64.8	108	7.21	30	0
1909	74.5	99	84.5	78	64.5	113	5.64	46	0
1908	76.3	57	86.3	39	66.3	81	3.93	71	0
1907	72.3	132	81.8	128	62.7	133	15.87	1	0
1906	77.6	36	88.4	12	66.8	72	0.15	134	0
1905	79	11	87.9	14	70.2	16	1.46	116	0
1904	75	92	86.5	30	63.4	126	4.90	56	0
1903	74	116	84.5	78	63.6	123	2.75	93	0
1902	79.2	9	88.6	10	69.8	22	3.77	76	0
1901	74.7	97	85.4	59	64.1	118	0.40	129	0
1900	75.6	75	84.9	69	66.3	81	3.07	87	0
1899	77.9	30	85.4	59	70.5	14	3.49	82	0
1898	74.8	96	82.7	117	66.8	72	1.50	115	0
1897	73.3	127	82.4	122	64.1	118	7.16	32	0
1896	78.6	14	86.4	36	70.8	11	1.87	105	0
1895	71.8	135	80.7	136	62.9	131	8.76	20	0
1894	75.4	82	86.1	43	64.7	109	2.31	96	0
1893	76.1	63	84.5	78	67.2	67	3.00	88	1
1892	74.5	99	83.6	99	65.5	97	0.04	136	1
1891	71.3	137	83.5	101	59	137	1.44	117	0
1890	76.3	57	89.7	6	63	130	4.41	61	0
1889	73.6	121	84.1	87	63.1	129	3.72	77	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1996	81.4
2022	80.9
2003	80.7
2025	80.6
2018	79.8
2010	79.4
2024	79.3
1962	79.3
1902	79.2
1933	79.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1976	70.4
1891	71.3
1917	71.7
1895	71.8
1970	72
1931	72.1
1907	72.3
1973	72.8
1979	73.1
1919	73.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1907	15.87
1914	15.47
1946	15.03
1970	14.39
2015	14.17
1989	13.56
2000	12.35
1929	12.03
2014	11.71
1936	11.55

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	trace
1998	0.04
1892	0.04
2003	0.06
1906	0.15
2011	0.33
1927	0.34
1931	0.37
2009	0.38
1901	0.40

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 92°F; 30 May 2026, 29 May 2026
Coldest night: 53°F; 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 3.59 in; 1 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 8.84 in of precipitation in Houston, TX, the wettest May since 2024, 18th wettest of 138.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Houston, TX: 92°F on Saturday 30 May 2026 and Friday 29 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Houston, TX: a low of 53°F on Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Houston, TX: 3.59 in on Friday 1 May 2026.