Jackson, KY: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 64°F in Jackson, KY, the coldest May since 2025, tied 18th coldest of 46 (with 1995).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 64°F; Coldest since 2025; 18th coldest of 46
Precipitation: 3.73 in; Driest since 2021; 12th driest of 46

A normal May in Jackson, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 65.3°F, between 62°F and 69.1°F in eight years of ten and 4.94 in of precipitation, between 2.45 in and 8.05 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Jackson, KY since 1981: 64°F in 2026; the lowest is 59.4°F, in 1997.

Normal range, 62 to 69.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Jackson, KY from 1981 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
2026	64	28	73.4	30	54.7	25	3.73	35
2025	63	35	71.4	39	54.6	26	8.28	4
2024	68.4	8	77.6	12	59.2	6	4.89	25
2023	64.3	26	74.1	25	54.5	29	3.78	33
2022	68.3	9	77.8	10	58.9	7	6.51	11
2021	63.9	30	73.9	27	53.9	31	2.24	44
2020	63.4	31	73	33	53.8	32	4.98	23
2019	68.7	7	78.2	8	59.3	5	4.90	24
2018	72.7	1	82.4	1	63	1	6.18	14
2017	65	22	74.4	24	55.7	20	7.41	6
2016	63.1	34	72.5	35	53.6	33	7.04	9
2015	69.2	5	80.1	5	58.3	11	1.74	46
2014	67.2	13	78.2	8	56.1	18	2.30	42
2013	64.9	25	74.7	22	55	23	4.23	30
2012	69.1	6	78.7	7	59.5	4	4.20	32
2011	64.2	27	73.5	28	55	23	6.69	10
2010	67.2	13	76.5	16	57.8	12	7.92	5
2009	65	22	73.5	28	56.5	17	9.22	3
2008	62	39	71.9	38	52.2	38	3.24	38
2007	68.2	10	79.3	6	57.1	14	1.82	45
2006	63.3	32	73.4	30	53.3	36	3.61	36
2005	63	35	74.1	25	51.9	39	2.50	39
2004	68.2	10	77.7	11	58.8	8	10.78	1
2003	63.2	33	71	40	55.4	22	5.98	15
2002	62	39	72.1	37	51.9	39	5.23	19
2001	65.5	19	75.4	21	55.7	20	4.39	28
2000	67.4	12	77.1	13	57.7	13	4.33	29
1999	65.6	18	76.5	16	54.6	26	2.47	40
1998	67.2	13	75.8	19	58.6	9	6.28	13
1997	59.4	46	69.5	46	49.3	45	5.01	21
1996	66	17	75.5	20	56.6	16	5.86	16
1995	64	28	73.3	32	54.6	26	9.91	2
1994	60	45	70.8	42	49.2	46	3.37	37
1993	65.5	19	77	14	54	30	3.74	34
1992	62.7	38	72.4	36	52.9	37	4.61	26
1991	70.7	3	80.9	4	60.4	2	4.99	22
1990	63	35	72.6	34	53.4	35	5.08	20
1989	60.4	43	70.4	45	50.4	43	6.43	12
1988	65	22	76.4	18	53.5	34	4.50	27
1987	69.9	4	81.2	3	58.5	10	2.25	43
1986	66.8	16	76.9	15	56.7	15	2.42	41
1985	65.2	21	74.5	23	56	19	5.50	17
1984	61.2	41	70.9	41	51.5	41	7.36	7
1983	60.8	42	70.8	42	50.8	42	7.34	8
1982	70.8	2	81.6	2	60.1	3	5.43	18
1981	60.4	43	70.5	44	50.3	44	4.23	30

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	72.7
1982	70.8
1991	70.7
1987	69.9
2015	69.2
2012	69.1
2019	68.7
2024	68.4
2022	68.3
2007	68.2
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1997	59.4
1994	60
1989	60.4
1981	60.4
1983	60.8
1984	61.2
2008	62
2002	62
1992	62.7
2025	63
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	10.78
1995	9.91
2009	9.22
2025	8.28
2010	7.92
2017	7.41
1984	7.36
1983	7.34
2016	7.04
2011	6.69

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	1.74
2007	1.82
2021	2.24
1987	2.25
2014	2.30
1986	2.42
1999	2.47
2005	2.50
2008	3.24
1994	3.37

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 35°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.12 in; 22 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 3.73 in of precipitation in Jackson, KY, the driest May since 2021, 12th driest of 46.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Jackson, KY: 88°F on Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Jackson, KY: a low of 35°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Jackson, KY: 1.12 in on Friday 22 May 2026.