Long Beach, CA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 66.5°F in Long Beach, CA, the warmest May since 2025, tied 15th warmest of 69 (with 2005).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 66.5°F; Warmest since 2025; 15th warmest of 69
Precipitation: 0.20 in; Wettest since 2023; 15th wettest of 69

A normal May in Long Beach, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 65.7°F, between 63.3°F and 68.5°F in eight years of ten and 0.04 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.67 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Long Beach, CA since 1958: 66.5°F in 2026; the highest is 71.2°F, in 1997.

Normal range, 63.3 to 68.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Long Beach, CA from 1958 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	66.5	15	73.6	30	59.4	8	0.20	15
2025	66.6	13	74	25	59.3	11	trace	46
2024	65.7	31	71.5	51	59.9	6	0.10	21
2023	62.8	63	68.3	69	57.2	39	0.53	10
2022	65.1	39	72.5	41	57.8	30	trace	46
2021	65.2	37	71.4	54	59	13	trace	46
2020	68.4	5	76.8	8	60	5	0.04	28
2019	64	50	70.3	65	57.6	33	0.50	11
2018	65.1	39	71.8	47	58.5	23	0.01	42
2017	65.9	27	73.7	28	58	28	0.40	12
2016	64.9	42	71	57	58.7	17	0.05	24
2015	64.7	45	71.5	51	57.8	30	0.77	5
2014	70	2	79.2	3	60.7	3	0.00	65
2013	68.4	5	77.1	7	59.7	7	0.66	7
2012	66.4	17	74.1	24	58.7	17	0.02	33
2011	64	50	72.8	37	55.1	59	0.66	7
2010	63.3	57	71.6	50	54.9	60	0.05	24
2009	66.3	18	73.3	35	59.4	8	trace	46
2008	64.6	46	73.2	36	56.1	50	0.18	16
2007	65.9	27	73.9	26	57.8	30	0.00	65
2006	65.4	35	71.8	47	58.9	14	0.55	9
2005	66.5	15	74.4	21	58.7	17	0.04	28
2004	69.4	3	78.4	4	60.5	4	trace	46
2003	63.3	57	71	57	55.5	54	1.74	2
2002	64	50	71.9	43	56.1	50	0.09	23
2001	66.2	20	73.8	27	58.6	21	trace	46
2000	67.9	9	76.5	11	59.4	8	0.03	31
1999	62.9	62	69.9	66	56	52	0.05	24
1998	65.5	34	72.7	38	58.3	25	1.68	3
1997	71.2	1	80.3	1	62.2	1	trace	46
1996	67.2	11	75.9	14	58.5	23	0.02	33
1995	62.2	65	68.9	67	55.5	54	0.02	33
1994	63.8	54	71.1	56	56.5	43	0.16	18
1993	67.6	10	76.6	9	58.7	17	trace	46
1992	68.1	7	75	18	61.2	2	0.02	33
1991	63	61	71.9	43	54	65	trace	46
1990	66	24	74.7	19	57.3	38	1.20	4
1989	65.4	35	73.6	30	57.2	39	0.02	33
1988	66.1	22	75.3	17	57	41	0.00	65
1987	66.2	20	73.5	33	58.8	16	trace	46
1986	65.1	39	73.6	30	56.5	43	0.00	65
1985	63.4	55	70.5	63	56.4	46	0.21	14
1984	68	8	77.3	5	58.6	21	0.00	65
1983	66.1	22	74.3	23	58	28	0.18	16
1982	64.9	42	71.5	51	58.3	25	0.16	18
1981	66.6	13	74.4	21	58.9	14	trace	46
1980	62.5	64	70.5	63	54.5	63	0.10	21
1979	65.7	31	74.7	19	56.7	42	trace	46
1978	68.9	4	79.6	2	58.2	27	trace	46
1977	63.2	59	70.9	60	55.5	54	2.32	1
1976	66.3	18	73.5	33	59.1	12	0.01	42
1975	63.4	55	71.3	55	55.5	54	0.01	42
1974	64.6	46	71.9	43	57.4	37	0.05	24
1973	65.6	33	73.7	28	57.6	33	trace	46
1972	66.7	12	76	12	57.5	35	0.02	33
1971	63.2	59	71.7	49	54.7	61	0.67	6
1970	65.9	27	76.6	9	55.3	58	trace	46
1969	64.5	49	72.7	38	56.2	49	0.03	31
1968	66	24	75.8	15	56.3	47	trace	46
1967	65.2	37	76	12	54.5	63	0.02	33
1966	64.8	44	72.1	42	57.5	35	0.02	33
1965	62	66	70.8	61	53.2	66	trace	46
1964	59.5	69	68.8	68	50.2	69	0.04	28
1963	64.6	46	72.6	40	56.5	43	trace	46
1962	61.9	67	71	57	52.9	68	0.12	20
1961	61.9	67	70.7	62	53.2	66	0.01	42
1960	66	24	77.3	5	54.7	61	0.22	13
1959	63.9	53	71.9	43	55.9	53	trace	46
1958	65.9	27	75.5	16	56.3	47	0.02	33

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1997	71.2
2014	70
2004	69.4
1978	68.9
2020	68.4
2013	68.4
1992	68.1
1984	68
2000	67.9
1993	67.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1964	59.5
1962	61.9
1961	61.9
1965	62
1995	62.2
1980	62.5
2023	62.8
1999	62.9
1991	63
1977	63.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1977	2.32
2003	1.74
1998	1.68
1990	1.20
2015	0.77
1971	0.67
2013	0.66
2011	0.66
2006	0.55
2023	0.53

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2014	0.00
2007	0.00
1988	0.00
1986	0.00
1984	0.00
2025	trace
2022	trace
2021	trace
2009	trace
2004	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 87°F; 20 May 2026, 19 May 2026
Coldest night: 56°F; 28 May 2026, 6 May 2026, 5 May 2026, 4 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.15 in; 5 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 0.20 in of precipitation in Long Beach, CA, the wettest May since 2023, 15th wettest of 69.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Long Beach, CA: 87°F on Wednesday 20 May 2026 and Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Long Beach, CA: a low of 56°F on Thursday 28 May 2026, Wednesday 6 May 2026, Tuesday 5 May 2026 and 1 other day.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Long Beach, CA: 0.15 in on Tuesday 5 May 2026.