Lihue, HI: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 75.8°F in Lihue, HI, the warmest May since 2025, tied 35th warmest of 77 (with 1996, 1967, 1953 and 1 other year).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 75.8°F; Warmest since 2025; 35th warmest of 77
Precipitation: 7.33 in; Wettest since 2011; 6th wettest of 77

A normal May in Lihue, HI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 76.2°F, between 74.7°F and 77.1°F in eight years of ten and 1.55 in of precipitation, between 0.60 in and 4.02 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Lihue, HI since 1950: 75.8°F in 2026; the highest is 78.1°F, in 1984.

Normal range, 74.7 to 77.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Lihue, HI from 1950 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	75.8	35	80.7	51	70.9	31	7.33	6	0
2025	77.7	6	82.6	11	72.8	3	0.88	60	0
2024	75.7	40	80.2	63	71.3	22	3.54	18	0
2023	76	33	80.7	51	71.3	22	3.90	13	0
2022	75.7	40	80.2	63	71.2	25	2.66	24	2
2021	76.7	16	82.4	14	71.1	26	0.49	73	0
2020	76.3	27	81.2	39	71.4	18	1.88	33	0
2019	77.1	10	83.2	4	71	27	1.86	35	0
2018	75.6	43	80.5	56	70.8	33	1.60	41	0
2017	77.9	3	83.8	2	71.9	9	1.58	42	0
2016	76.9	12	82.3	15	71.4	18	1.81	37	0
2015	76.4	23	82.1	17	70.6	35	0.86	62	0
2014	75.9	34	81.9	23	69.8	48	2.81	19	0
2013	75.1	57	81	44	69.2	59	0.58	71	0
2012	76.1	31	81.3	34	71	27	0.98	57	0
2011	76.1	31	80.7	51	71.5	16	9.79	4	0
2010	76.8	15	81.8	24	71.7	11	2.21	32	0
2009	74.3	69	80.8	49	67.8	71	0.29	76	0
2008	76.4	23	81.8	24	70.9	31	1.25	52	0
2007	77	11	82.7	9	71.4	18	0.60	70	0
2006	75.2	54	80.4	59	70	45	1.32	50	0
2005	78	2	83.5	3	72.5	5	1.73	38	0
2004	76.6	20	82.2	16	71	27	1.07	55	0
2003	77.4	7	82.5	12	72.2	6	2.35	29	0
2002	76.7	16	81.3	34	72.1	7	3.98	12	0
2001	76.5	21	82.1	17	71	27	0.90	59	0
2000	76.7	16	81.6	29	71.7	11	0.10	77	0
1999	75.5	47	80.3	62	70.6	35	4.38	10	0
1998	74	73	79.1	72	68.9	64	1.42	47	0
1997	73.2	74	79.2	71	67.3	74	9.95	3	0
1996	75.8	35	82	20	69.7	51	1.51	44	0
1995	75.3	52	80.4	59	70.3	41	0.87	61	0
1994	76.2	29	80.9	48	71.5	16	1.46	45	0
1993	75.5	47	80.4	59	70.6	35	2.62	25	0
1992	74.7	63	81.6	29	67.7	72	2.58	27	0
1991	75.6	43	80.6	55	70.6	35	0.73	67	0
1990	74.4	68	79	73	69.8	48	2.30	30	0
1989	75.1	57	79.7	69	70.5	39	1.28	51	0
1988	76.4	23	81.1	43	71.7	11	3.79	14	0
1987	72	77	77.5	77	66.4	76	1.85	36	0
1986	76.3	27	81.2	39	71.4	18	2.59	26	0
1985	74.8	61	79.9	67	69.7	51	1.42	47	0
1984	78.1	1	83	6	73.3	2	0.48	74	0
1983	74.7	63	80.1	65	69.3	58	2.37	28	0
1982	76.2	29	83	6	69.5	54	3.63	16	0
1981	77.9	3	84.5	1	71.3	22	0.91	58	0
1980	75.5	47	81	44	70	45	12.20	2	0
1979	75.1	57	81.8	24	68.4	68	1.61	40	0
1978	75.2	54	82	20	68.3	69	4.56	8	0
1977	75.3	52	80.5	56	70.1	44	12.59	1	0
1976	77.8	5	81.8	24	73.8	1	0.86	62	0
1975	75.6	43	80.5	56	70.7	34	0.67	69	0
1974	76.9	12	82.1	17	71.7	11	3.67	15	0
1973	75.2	54	81.3	34	69.2	59	1.87	34	0
1972	76.7	16	81.2	39	72.1	7	0.75	66	0
1971	76.9	12	82	20	71.8	10	1.03	56	0
1970	77.2	9	81.5	32	72.8	3	5.85	7	0
1969	75.4	50	81.2	39	69.5	54	2.80	20	0
1968	74.2	70	79.9	67	68.5	67	0.42	75	0
1967	75.8	35	81.4	33	70.2	42	4.05	11	0
1966	74.2	70	80.7	51	67.6	73	0.69	68	0
1965	74.5	67	79.4	70	69.5	54	8.48	5	0
1964	75.7	40	81.7	28	69.6	53	2.29	31	0
1963	75.4	50	81.3	34	69.5	54	1.57	43	0
1962	76.4	23	82.9	8	69.8	48	3.57	17	0
1961	77.4	7	83.2	4	71.6	15	4.48	9	0
1960	76.5	21	82.7	9	70.2	42	2.70	23	0
1959	74.7	63	81	44	68.3	69	2.80	20	0
1958	74.8	61	80.8	49	68.9	64	1.39	49	0
1957	75.6	43	82.5	12	68.6	66	0.54	72	0
1956	75.1	57	81	44	69.2	59	1.21	54	0
1955	74.7	63	80.1	65	69.2	59	0.78	64	0
1954	72.7	75	78.9	75	66.6	75	2.75	22	0
1953	75.8	35	81.3	34	70.4	40	1.25	52	0
1952	72.2	76	78.4	76	66.1	77	1.44	46	0
1951	75.8	35	81.6	29	70	45	0.77	65	0
1950	74.1	72	79	73	69.1	63	1.64	39	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1984	78.1
2005	78
2017	77.9
1981	77.9
1976	77.8
2025	77.7
2003	77.4
1961	77.4
1970	77.2
2019	77.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1987	72
1952	72.2
1954	72.7
1997	73.2
1998	74
1950	74.1
1968	74.2
1966	74.2
2009	74.3
1990	74.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1977	12.59
1980	12.20
1997	9.95
2011	9.79
1965	8.48
2026	7.33
1970	5.85
1978	4.56
1961	4.48
1999	4.38

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2000	0.10
2009	0.29
1968	0.42
1984	0.48
2021	0.49
1957	0.54
2013	0.58
2007	0.60
1975	0.67
1966	0.69

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 83°F; 16 May 2026
Coldest night: 66°F; 6 May 2026
Wettest day: 4.54 in; 15 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 7.33 in of precipitation in Lihue, HI, the wettest May since 2011, 6th wettest of 77.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Lihue, HI: 83°F on Saturday 16 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Lihue, HI: a low of 66°F on Wednesday 6 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Lihue, HI: 4.54 in on Friday 15 May 2026.