Lubbock, TX: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 71.4°F in Lubbock, TX, the warmest May since 2024, 20th warmest of 113.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 71.4°F; Warmest since 2024; 20th warmest of 113
Precipitation: 2.03 in; Driest since 2018; 51st driest of 116

A normal May in Lubbock, TX (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 70.1°F, between 67.1°F and 74.2°F in eight years of ten and 2.11 in of precipitation, between 0.56 in and 5.26 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Lubbock, TX since 1914: 71.4°F in 2026; the highest is 78°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 67.1 to 74.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Lubbock, TX from 1911 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	71.4	20	85.1	32	57.8	16	2.03	66	0
2025	71.1	23	85.6	23	56.5	30	2.08	62	0
2024	72.6	14	86.7	19	58.5	10	3.64	28	0
2023	70.3	31	82.7	58	58	14	5.32	11	0
2022	75.1	3	90.9	4	59.2	7	3.58	29	0
2021	67.7	83	80.2	91	55.2	54	5.86	8	0
2020	72.6	14	87.7	13	57.6	17	2.06	63	0
2019	67.8	78	79.9	95	55.6	46	3.96	24	0
2018	78	1	92.8	1	63.2	1	1.26	86	0
2017	69.6	42	85.5	25	53.6	85	0.58	103	0
2016	67.8	78	81.2	80	54.5	70	3.66	27	0
2015	66	99	77.8	106	54.2	78	12.12	2	0
2014	70.2	32	85.1	32	55.4	49	5.23	14	0
2013	70.1	34	85.6	23	54.6	69	1.15	93	0
2012	73.2	11	86.9	18	59.5	6	1.33	83	0
2011	70.8	26	87	17	54.5	70	0.26	112	0
2010	69.5	43	82.5	61	56.5	30	1.14	95	0
2009	69.2	51	82.7	58	55.7	44	0.68	101	0
2008	70.2	32	84.5	36	55.9	40	5.32	11	0
2007	66.7	95	77.4	108	56.1	37	5.35	10	0
2006	73.6	9	89.1	9	58.2	11	2.15	59	0
2005	69	54	80.8	86	57.2	21	2.24	58	0
2004	72.5	16	87.3	15	57.6	17	1.00	97	0
2003	71	25	85.5	25	56.5	30	1.31	85	0
2002	70.1	34	85.4	27	54.9	64	0.37	110	0
2001	70.1	34	83.7	45	56.5	30	4.20	19	0
2000	74.6	5	89.2	8	60.1	4	0.78	99	0
1999	67.1	91	79	103	55.2	54	3.38	34	0
1998	74.2	7	90.5	5	58	14	0.04	115	0
1997	66.9	94	79.1	102	54.7	66	2.73	48	0
1996	76.7	2	91.5	2	62	3	2.76	46	0
1995	68.1	72	81.5	75	54.7	66	2.31	56	0
1994	69.4	47	81.7	71	57.2	21	4.14	20	0
1993	69.3	48	83.3	54	55.3	52	2.06	63	0
1992	67.2	90	79.2	101	55.2	54	5.25	13	0
1991	73.6	9	88.5	10	58.8	8	1.87	69	0
1990	69.5	43	83.9	42	55.1	60	1.15	93	0
1989	73	12	87.9	12	58.1	12	0.39	108	0
1988	68.8	59	82.5	61	55.1	60	2.64	50	0
1987	68.7	62	81.1	81	56.4	35	3.30	35	0
1986	69.8	40	83.6	48	56.1	37	1.82	70	0
1985	70	38	84.5	36	55.5	48	2.97	40	0
1984	71.2	22	86.7	19	55.7	44	0.45	105	0
1983	65.9	102	81.1	81	50.6	109	1.23	89	0
1982	67.8	78	80.7	88	54.9	64	4.54	16	0
1981	68.1	72	80.8	86	55.4	49	1.25	88	0
1980	68.7	62	80.9	83	56.5	30	3.46	32	0
1979	69.2	51	81.5	75	56.9	27	4.00	22	0
1978	70.1	34	82.9	56	57.3	20	3.20	36	0
1977	71.8	18	83.6	48	60	5	2.46	52	0
1976	66	99	80.2	91	51.8	103	1.19	91	0
1975	67.6	85	81.7	71	53.5	89	2.74	47	0
1974	75	4	87.6	14	62.5	2	1.23	89	0
1973	67.8	78	81.5	75	54	81	0.43	106	0
1972	67.3	88	79.5	98	55.2	54	3.20	36	0
1971	68.8	59	83.7	45	53.9	82	2.44	54	0
1970	68.6	66	84.3	38	53	93	4.30	18	0
1969	68.4	70	81.5	75	55.3	52	3.88	26	0
1968	65.5	104	79.9	95	51	106	2.01	67	0
1967	66	99	82.1	66	49.9	110	3.45	33	0
1966	69.8	40	83.5	52	56.1	37	0.67	102	0
1965	71.1	23	84.1	40	58.1	12	1.63	77	0
1964	71.3	21	85.4	27	57.2	21	1.67	75	0
1963	70.5	28	83.9	42	57.1	25	6.79	5	0
1962	74.6	5	90.5	5	58.7	9	0.10	114	0
1961	69.5	43	84.3	38	54.7	66	2.05	65	0
1960	68.8	59	85.3	30	52.4	99	1.16	92	0
1959	70	38	83.1	55	56.8	28	2.15	59	0
1958	68.9	56	82.6	60	55.2	54	2.94	42	0
1957	64.8	108	76.1	110	53.5	89	6.43	6	0
1956	72.7	13	88	11	57.4	19	1.80	72	0
1955	68.9	56	81.9	70	55.8	42	2.45	53	0
1954	63.6	111	75.7	111	51.4	105	4.45	17	0
1953	67.1	91	82.3	64	52	101	1.37	82	0
1952	68.1	72	82.5	61	53.6	85	1.39	81	0
1951	68.5	68	82.8	57	54.2	78	2.63	51	0
1950	68.1	72	82	68	54.3	75	3.93	25	0
1949	68.9	56	80.9	83	56.8	28	7.80	3	0
1948	69.5	43	83.6	48	55.4	49	2.88	44	0
1947	66.6	97	80.2	91	53	93	6.35	7	0
1946	67.8	78	83.7	45	51.9	102	1.49	80	0
1945	72.4	17	90.4	7	54.3	75	0.46	104	0
1944	68.7	62	84	41	53.3	92	3.03	39	0
1943	68	77	83.6	48	52.5	97	2.71	49	0
1942	69.2	51	85.8	22	52.5	97	0.35	111	0
1941	68.5	68	79.8	97	57.2	21	12.69	1	0
1940	69.3	48	85	34	53.6	85	1.74	73	0
1939	70.4	30	85.2	31	55.6	46	1.82	70	0
1938	70.5	28	86.1	21	55	63	1.99	68	0
1937	70.6	27	84.8	35	56.4	35	4.00	22	0
1936	69.3	48	81.5	75	57	26	5.86	8	0
1935	65.5	104	78.5	104	52.4	99	3.49	31	0
1934	71.5	19	87.1	16	55.9	40	1.26	86	0
1933	68.6	66	85.4	27	51.8	103	2.97	40	0
1932	67.5	86	80.6	89	54.3	75	2.37	55	0
1931	65.6	103	80.2	91	50.9	108	1.32	84	0
1930	67.7	83	82	68	53.4	91	1.71	74	0
1929	66.7	95	79.3	100	54.1	80	6.91	4	0
1928	68.3	71	82.1	66	54.5	70	3.08	38	0
1927	73.7	8	91.5	2	55.8	42	trace	116	0
1926	66.6	97	79.4	99	53.8	83	5.14	15	0
1925	68.1	72	81.7	71	54.5	70	2.31	56	0
1924	64.9	107	80.9	83	48.9	112	0.90	98	0
1923	67.3	88	81.7	71	52.9	96	2.77	45	0
1922	67.1	91	80.6	89	53.6	85	3.50	30	0
1921	69	54	83.5	52	54.5	70	0.43	106	0
1920	63.8	110	73.8	113	53.8	83	2.91	43	0
1919	64.7	109	76.4	109	53	93	2.10	61	0
1918	68.7	62	82.3	64	55.1	60	1.67	75	0
1917	63.2	113	78.5	104	47.9	113	1.07	96	0
1916	67.5	86	83.9	42	51	106	0.39	108	0
1915	63.6	111	77.7	107	49.8	111	1.52	79	1
1914	65.3	106	75.5	112	55.2	54	4.04	21	0
1913							0.24	113	31
1912							1.58	78	31
1911							0.72	100	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	78
1996	76.7
2022	75.1
1974	75
2000	74.6
1962	74.6
1998	74.2
1927	73.7
2006	73.6
1991	73.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	63.2
1954	63.6
1915	63.6
1920	63.8
1919	64.7
1957	64.8
1924	64.9
1914	65.3
1968	65.5
1935	65.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	12.69
2015	12.12
1949	7.80
1929	6.91
1963	6.79
1957	6.43
1947	6.35
2021	5.86
1936	5.86
2007	5.35

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1927	trace
1998	0.04
1962	0.10
1913	0.24
2011	0.26
1942	0.35
2002	0.37
1989	0.39
1916	0.39
1973	0.43
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 16 May 2026
Coldest night: 40°F; 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.32 in; 23 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 2.03 in of precipitation in Lubbock, TX, the driest May since 2018, 51st driest of 116.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Lubbock, TX: 99°F on Saturday 16 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Lubbock, TX: a low of 40°F on Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Lubbock, TX: 1.32 in on Saturday 23 May 2026.