Knoxville, TN: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 68.7°F in Knoxville, TN, the warmest May since 2024, tied 46th warmest of 156 (with 1927, 1879 and 1873).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 68.7°F; Warmest since 2024; 46th warmest of 156
Precipitation: 4.67 in; Wettest since 2025; 46th wettest of 156

A normal May in Knoxville, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 67.8°F, between 64.1°F and 71.9°F in eight years of ten and 3.81 in of precipitation, between 1.75 in and 6.79 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Knoxville, TN since 1871: 68.7°F in 2026; the highest is 74°F, in 1962.

Normal range, 64.1 to 71.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Knoxville, TN from 1871 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	68.7	46	79.1	61	58.4	44	4.67	46	0
2025	67	85	75.3	129	58.7	35	7.63	8	0
2024	70	29	79.5	54	60.6	11	8.52	4	0
2023	67.1	84	77.3	90	56.9	71	1.32	144	0
2022	70.9	16	81.2	30	60.5	13	4.77	41	0
2021	65.9	110	76.9	99	55	109	3.62	82	0
2020	64.8	128	75.2	130	54.4	120	3.22	101	0
2019	72.3	5	82.8	10	61.8	4	5.70	24	0
2018	73.7	2	84.3	3	63.1	1	4.19	64	0
2017	68	66	77.8	84	58.3	47	4.85	38	0
2016	67.5	75	78	80	57	69	4.06	70	0
2015	70.5	22	82.3	16	58.8	34	1.76	134	0
2014	68.4	54	80.1	43	56.7	77	1.22	149	0
2013	66.4	96	77.3	90	55.6	100	3.52	90	0
2012	71.9	8	82.4	15	61.4	6	3.61	83	0
2011	68	66	79	62	57.1	65	1.64	136	0
2010	70.8	17	81.6	23	59.9	17	4.22	62	0
2009	67.5	75	77.1	94	57.9	51	8.10	5	0
2008	66.4	96	77.2	92	55.6	100	3.39	95	0
2007	70	29	82.5	13	57.5	59	1.48	142	0
2006	65.5	116	76	115	55	109	2.13	129	0
2005	64.1	132	75.5	125	52.6	144	3.18	103	0
2004	70.8	17	81.7	22	59.9	17	5.35	30	0
2003	67.4	78	76.4	109	58.5	40	8.09	6	0
2002	65.2	121	76.4	109	54.1	124	4.66	47	0
2001	68.4	54	78.9	65	57.8	53	3.46	92	0
2000	69.9	32	80	47	59.8	20	5.90	22	0
1999	66.2	101	78	80	54.4	120	4.92	35	0
1998	70.6	20	80.6	37	60.7	9	3.84	75	0
1997	62.2	153	73.5	149	50.9	152	6.76	14	0
1996	69.4	39	79.7	49	59	31	4.57	49	0
1995	67.3	80	78.2	73	56.4	85	7.05	12	0
1994	63.9	139	75.6	123	52.2	148	3.04	107	0
1993	66.9	87	78.1	76	55.8	98	3.78	79	0
1992	64	136	74.4	139	53.6	131	3.20	102	0
1991	72	7	82.5	13	61.5	5	3.10	105	0
1990	65.9	110	76.7	103	55	109	4.71	43	0
1989	62.4	152	73.9	147	50.8	153	5.31	31	0
1988	65	125	79.7	49	50.3	155	2.35	123	0
1987	71.3	13	83.6	7	58.9	33	4.62	48	0
1986	68.1	61	80.2	40	56	91	2.40	120	0
1985	65.7	115	77	97	54.4	120	1.60	138	0
1984	62.8	150	75.2	130	50.3	155	10.14	2	0
1983	65.4	118	76.6	105	54.1	124	5.42	28	0
1982	69.3	41	81.4	27	57.1	65	5.52	27	0
1981	63.8	143	74.2	142	53.5	134	3.02	109	0
1980	68.1	61	78.6	70	57.6	56	3.80	77	0
1979	66.9	87	77.1	94	56.7	77	7.21	10	0
1978	66.5	94	76	115	57.1	65	3.44	93	0
1977	69.8	34	81	34	58.5	40	1.16	150	0
1976	63.4	147	74.4	139	52.3	146	5.53	26	0
1975	70	29	80	47	60.1	15	2.98	111	0
1974	68.1	61	77.5	89	58.6	37	10.98	1	0
1973	63.5	145	74.2	142	52.8	142	5.71	23	0
1972	64.9	127	74.2	142	55.6	100	4.49	55	0
1971	63.9	139	74.1	146	53.7	129	3.78	79	0
1970	68.6	50	80.1	43	57.1	65	0.74	155	0
1969	67.3	80	79	62	55.5	104	1.33	143	0
1968	65.2	121	75.5	125	55	109	3.01	110	0
1967	63.5	145	73.5	149	53.5	134	4.10	68	0
1966	66.1	105	76.1	114	56.1	88	2.92	112	0
1965	72.3	5	83.9	6	60.7	9	3.13	104	0
1964	66.9	87	78.7	69	55.1	108	3.96	73	0
1963	65.9	110	76.8	101	54.9	115	4.51	52	0
1962	74	1	87.4	1	60.6	11	1.88	132	0
1961	62	155	72.7	155	51.4	150	4.18	65	0
1960	65.9	110	77.1	94	54.6	116	1.12	152	0
1959	71.5	11	81.8	21	61.1	8	3.53	88	0
1958	68.2	58	78.6	70	57.8	53	4.78	40	0
1957	69.9	32	81.2	30	58.5	40	3.53	88	0
1956	69.8	34	80.6	37	59.1	28	3.27	99	0
1955	70.4	25	81.5	26	59.2	27	3.51	91	0
1954	62.2	153	73.1	151	51.4	150	3.55	86	0
1953	71.5	11	81.9	20	61.2	7	4.50	54	0
1952	68.5	52	79.7	49	57.2	63	3.32	96	0
1951	67	85	80.1	43	53.8	127	1.29	145	0
1950	70.5	22	81.3	29	59.7	21	5.42	28	0
1949	68.8	45	80.9	36	56.7	77	2.57	117	0
1948	67.3	80	78.9	65	55.8	98	3.27	99	0
1947	65.4	118	77.7	87	53.2	140	3.30	98	0
1946	66.5	94	76.9	99	56.1	88	6.40	16	0
1945	64.1	132	74.9	132	53.3	139	4.73	42	0
1944	71.8	10	84.2	4	59.3	25	1.54	141	0
1943	69.7	37	81.1	32	58.4	44	2.88	114	0
1942	67.8	70	79.6	52	56	91	5.20	33	0
1941	70.5	22	83.4	8	57.6	56	0.71	156	0
1940	65.4	118	77.2	92	53.6	131	5.13	34	0
1939	68.6	50	79.6	52	57.6	56	1.03	153	0
1938	68.3	57	78.1	76	58.4	44	8.81	3	0
1937	67.9	68	79.3	59	56.6	81	4.38	60	0
1936	71.9	8	84.4	2	59.5	22	0.76	154	0
1935	67.8	70	78.1	76	57.5	59	4.42	58	0
1934	69.3	41	81.1	32	57.4	61	4.41	59	0
1933	72.5	4	83	9	61.9	3	4.45	57	0
1932	67.6	73	78.3	72	57	69	1.59	140	0
1931	66	107	76.7	103	55.3	107	3.71	81	0
1930	68.5	52	78.8	68	58.2	49	4.21	63	0
1929	66.1	105	75.4	127	56.8	73	7.66	7	0
1928	65.1	124	75.8	119	54.5	117	6.17	19	0
1927	68.7	46	79.4	58	58.1	50	2.92	112	0
1926	67.6	73	79.3	59	55.9	95	3.03	108	0
1925	64	136	74.5	136	53.6	131	2.40	120	0
1924	62.6	151	72.8	153	52.3	146	4.06	70	0
1923	65.2	121	74.9	132	55.5	104	4.53	50	0
1922	68.2	58	78.2	73	58.3	47	3.82	76	0
1921	66.2	101	76.3	111	56.1	88	1.85	133	0
1920	66	107	75.8	119	56.3	86	2.31	126	0
1919	66.7	91	76.2	113	57.2	63	4.11	67	0
1918	70.3	27	81.4	27	59.1	28	4.51	52	0
1917	60.9	156	71.3	156	50.5	154	2.52	118	0
1916	69.8	34	81.6	23	57.9	51	4.71	43	0
1915	69.1	43	79.5	54	58.6	37	3.59	84	0
1914	68.1	61	80.2	40	56	91	1.25	146	0
1913	67.9	68	78.9	65	56.8	73	4.86	37	0
1912	67.5	75	78.2	73	56.8	73	5.94	21	0
1911	70.4	25	82.3	16	58.5	40	1.23	147	0
1910	63.1	148	72.8	153	53.4	136	7.28	9	0
1909	65.9	110	75.9	118	55.9	95	4.14	66	0
1908	68.2	58	77.8	84	58.7	35	2.15	128	0
1907	64.1	132	74.3	141	54	126	3.54	87	0
1906	66.6	93	77.6	88	55.6	100	4.69	45	0
1905	69.4	39	79.5	54	59.4	24	3.80	77	0
1904	66.2	101	78	80	54.3	123	2.34	125	0
1903	69	44	80.3	39	57.7	55	3.09	106	0
1902	71.2	14	82.6	11	59.9	17	2.09	130	0
1901	65.5	116	76.6	105	54.5	117	4.03	72	0
1900	67.8	70	80.2	40	55.5	104	1.72	135	0
1899	70.6	20	81	34	60.1	15	3.58	85	0
1898	69.5	38	82.1	19	56.9	71	1.60	138	0
1897	63.1	148	73.8	148	52.5	145	6.11	20	0
1896	73.2	3	84.1	5	62.2	2	5.31	31	0
1895	64.1	132	74.5	136	53.7	129	5.63	25	0
1894	66.2	101	75.7	122	56.6	81	3.85	74	0
1893	64.5	130	74.6	135	54.5	117	6.71	15	0
1892	66.3	100	76.5	108	56	91	2.81	116	0
1891	63.9	139	74.5	136	53.4	136	1.91	131	0
1890	66.4	96	76.6	105	56.2	87	4.34	61	0
1889	64.5	130	76.3	111	52.7	143	4.08	69	0
1888	66	107	75.4	127	56.6	81	6.30	17	0
1887	70.3	27	81.6	23	59	31	4.79	39	0
1886	66.7	91	76.8	101	56.6	81	4.92	35	0
1885	65	125	74.9	132	55	109	7.19	11	0
1884	67.4	78	77.9	83	56.8	73	2.19	127	0
1883	64.6	129	75.8	119	53.4	136	3.31	97	0
1882	63.7	144	74.2	142	53.2	140	6.77	13	0
1881	70.8	17	82.2	18	59.5	22	1.14	151	1
1880	71	15	82.6	11	59.3	25	2.50	119	0
1879	68.7	46	80.1	43	57.3	62	3.43	94	0
1878	64	136	73	152	55	109	2.38	122	0
1877	63.9	139	76	115	51.9	149	1.64	136	0
1876	66.9	87	77.8	84	55.9	95	6.25	18	0
1875	66.4	96	79	62	53.8	127	1.23	147	0
1874	68.1	61	79.5	54	56.7	77	2.35	123	0
1873	68.7	46	77	97	60.3	14	4.46	56	0
1872	68.4	54	78.1	76	58.6	37	2.86	115	0
1871	67.3	80	75.6	123	59.1	28	4.53	50	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1962	74
2018	73.7
1896	73.2
1933	72.5
2019	72.3
1965	72.3
1991	72
2012	71.9
1936	71.9
1944	71.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	60.9
1961	62
1997	62.2
1954	62.2
1989	62.4
1924	62.6
1984	62.8
1910	63.1
1897	63.1
1976	63.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1974	10.98
1984	10.14
1938	8.81
2024	8.52
2009	8.10
2003	8.09
1929	7.66
2025	7.63
1910	7.28
1979	7.21

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	0.71
1970	0.74
1936	0.76
1939	1.03
1960	1.12
1881	1.14
1977	1.16
2014	1.22
1911	1.23
1875	1.23

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 92°F; 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 43°F; 15 May 2026, 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.15 in; 24 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 4.67 in of precipitation in Knoxville, TN, the wettest May since 2025, 46th wettest of 156.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Knoxville, TN: 92°F on Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Knoxville, TN: a low of 43°F on Friday 15 May 2026 and Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Knoxville, TN: 1.15 in on Sunday 24 May 2026.