Lynchburg, VA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 62.8°F in Lynchburg, VA, the coldest May since 2020, tied 28th coldest of 134 (with 2002).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 62.8°F; Coldest since 2020; 28th coldest of 134
Precipitation: 3.31 in; Driest since 2024; 67th driest of 134

A normal May in Lynchburg, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 64.7°F, between 61.2°F and 69°F in eight years of ten and 3.51 in of precipitation, between 1.66 in and 7.12 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Lynchburg, VA since 1893: 62.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 58°F, in 1997.

Normal range, 61.2 to 69°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Lynchburg, VA from 1893 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	62.8	106	75.9	74	49.7	126	3.31	68	0
2025	64.6	78	75.4	84	53.9	60	7.87	7	0
2024	67.5	27	78.9	29	56.2	27	2.49	90	0
2023	63.2	98	74.1	101	52.4	95	1.91	107	0
2022	67.6	25	78.8	33	56.3	26	5.72	20	0
2021	64.4	81	77.3	53	51.5	107	1.70	111	0
2020	62.6	110	73	119	52.3	96	3.65	61	0
2019	69.5	7	81.7	7	57.4	11	2.09	102	0
2018	70.7	2	81.9	5	59.5	2	8.32	3	0
2017	64.4	81	75.1	88	53.7	66	7.88	6	0
2016	62.7	108	72.7	122	52.7	87	6.89	9	0
2015	67.2	32	79.6	20	54.8	46	1.66	112	0
2014	65.7	55	78.1	45	53.2	75	5.39	24	0
2013	63	101	74.5	97	51.4	108	6.12	13	0
2012	67.8	24	78.8	33	56.9	17	2.36	93	0
2011	65.5	58	76.1	68	54.8	46	3.33	66	0
2010	66.7	39	77.2	55	56.2	27	4.56	40	0
2009	64.8	74	75	89	54.5	51	7.04	8	0
2008	62	117	74	104	49.9	123	2.86	84	0
2007	64.7	76	76.5	65	52.9	83	3.37	65	0
2006	61.2	126	74.8	92	47.6	131	1.65	115	0
2005	60	132	72.7	122	47.3	132	2.12	100	0
2004	68.9	10	80.4	13	57.4	11	2.20	98	0
2003	61.6	123	70.2	134	53.1	76	8.17	4	0
2002	62.8	106	75.4	84	50.3	119	4.16	49	0
2001	62.4	112	74.1	101	50.8	111	4.31	44	0
2000	65.3	62	78.9	29	51.7	104	2.02	104	0
1999	62.7	108	77	58	48.3	130	0.94	127	0
1998	65.6	56	76	71	55.3	37	4.74	37	0
1997	58	134	72.1	128	43.9	134	0.88	128	0
1996	64.7	76	74.9	90	54.5	51	5.02	30	0
1995	65.1	65	75.5	83	54.7	49	4.87	34	0
1994	61	128	72.3	126	49.6	127	1.85	109	0
1993	67.6	25	78.7	35	56.5	20	2.23	95	0
1992	61.7	120	71.3	132	52.1	99	5.99	17	0
1991	69.4	8	79.9	19	58.8	6	2.66	89	0
1990	64	88	74	104	53.9	60	5.70	21	0
1989	62	117	72.6	124	51.3	110	5.57	22	0
1988	64.1	87	76	71	52.2	98	4.20	48	0
1987	66.9	36	78.6	37	55.3	37	3.15	74	0
1986	64.4	81	75.7	82	53	80	3.10	75	0
1985	65.9	50	77.5	51	54.2	55	5.97	18	0
1984	63.3	95	74.9	90	51.7	104	4.21	47	0
1983	62.1	113	73.6	112	50.6	112	2.83	85	0
1982	67.4	30	79.3	24	55.6	35	3.67	59	0
1981	62.5	111	74.7	95	50.2	121	1.66	112	0
1980	65.8	54	77.7	49	53.9	60	3.03	80	0
1979	63.9	90	74.2	100	53.5	70	3.10	75	0
1978	63.5	94	74.6	96	52.5	92	6.69	10	0
1977	67.1	35	79.2	26	55	42	1.50	119	0
1976	61.7	120	72.9	121	50.6	112	5.32	26	0
1975	66.8	38	77.3	53	56.4	23	6.54	11	0
1974	63.8	92	74.8	92	52.7	87	4.86	35	0
1973	60.9	129	72.2	127	49.5	129	3.81	57	0
1972	63	101	73.4	117	52.7	87	8.04	5	0
1971	62.1	113	73.6	112	50.6	112	9.07	2	0
1970	65.9	50	78.3	42	53.4	72	2.12	100	0
1969	65.4	59	78.9	29	51.9	101	2.37	91	0
1968	62.1	113	73.8	107	50.4	118	3.58	63	0
1967	58.7	133	70.5	133	46.9	133	3.69	58	0
1966	64	88	75.9	74	52	100	3.16	72	0
1965	68.7	13	80.4	13	57.1	15	2.21	96	0
1964	65.9	50	77.8	48	54.1	57	1.64	116	0
1963	63.7	93	74.4	99	53.1	76	1.87	108	0
1962	68.7	13	79.6	20	57.8	10	1.64	116	0
1961	61.2	126	72.1	128	50.3	119	3.06	77	0
1960	63	101	74	104	51.9	101	6.02	15	0
1959	68	22	78.7	35	57.2	14	1.57	118	0
1958	63.3	95	73.2	118	53.4	72	5.45	23	0
1957	66.4	42	77.4	52	55.3	37	1.36	122	0
1956	64.5	79	76.1	68	52.9	83	2.37	91	0
1955	66.9	36	78.2	43	55.7	33	3.66	60	0
1954	60.8	130	71.4	131	50.2	121	3.40	64	0
1953	70.3	4	81.7	7	58.9	4	3.04	79	0
1952	65.1	65	76.2	67	54	59	3.24	70	0
1951	64.4	81	75.9	74	52.8	86	2.08	103	0
1950	64.9	71	74.8	92	55	42	4.36	43	0
1949	65.4	59	77	58	53.8	64	3.84	55	0
1948	64.9	71	74.5	97	55.3	37	4.13	50	0
1947	65.3	62	77.6	50	53.1	76	2.99	81	0
1946	63.2	98	73.7	109	52.6	91	4.08	53	0
1945	62.1	113	73.6	112	50.6	112	3.16	72	0
1944	71.6	1	84.4	2	58.9	4	1.98	106	0
1943	68.6	16	79.3	24	57.9	9	4.47	41	0
1942	69.4	8	80.4	13	58.4	7	6.02	15	0
1941	68.3	17	82.3	3	54.4	53	0.52	133	0
1940	66.4	42	78	46	54.8	46	2.73	88	0
1939	68.2	20	80	18	56.4	23	1.33	124	0
1938	65.9	50	75.9	74	55.8	32	4.13	50	0
1937	66.5	40	79	27	53.9	60	2.93	83	0
1936	68.9	10	84.9	1	52.9	83	1.23	125	0
1935	64.2	85	77	58	51.4	108	3.26	69	0
1934	67.2	32	80.7	11	53.7	66	4.09	52	0
1933	69.7	6	80.4	13	59	3	4.26	46	0
1932	66.2	46	77.2	55	55	42	1.38	121	1
1931	65	69	75.9	74	54.2	55	5.93	19	0
1930	68.3	17	80.1	17	56.5	20	1.75	110	1
1929	65.3	62	76.9	62	53.7	66	3.06	77	0
1928	64.5	79	76.6	63	52.5	92	0.66	130	0
1927	66.2	46	76.3	66	56.1	29	1.42	120	0
1926	66.4	42	79.4	23	53.4	72	0.44	134	0
1925	61.3	125	73	119	49.6	127	1.34	123	0
1924	61.5	124	72.4	125	50.5	117	5.16	27	0
1923	63.9	90	75.9	74	51.8	103	1.66	112	0
1922	67.2	32	78.5	38	55.9	31	4.37	42	0
1921	63.2	98	73.8	107	52.7	87	6.15	12	0
1920	61.7	120	73.7	109	49.8	125	0.79	129	0
1919	65	69	76	71	54.1	57	3.64	62	0
1918	70	5	81.8	6	58.3	8	2.15	99	0
1917	60.7	131	71.5	130	49.9	123	2.21	96	0
1916	68.8	12	80.5	12	57	16	5.13	29	0
1915	65.4	59	76.1	68	54.6	50	1.99	105	0
1914	68.3	17	81.3	10	55.4	36	0.59	132	0
1913	66	49	78.9	29	53.1	76	4.76	36	0
1912	66.2	46	77	58	55.3	37	4.95	33	0
1911	68.7	13	82.3	3	55.7	33	0.66	130	2
1910	62.9	105	74.1	101	51.6	106	2.78	86	0
1909	64.2	85	75.9	74	52.5	92	4.58	39	0
1908	65.6	56	75.3	87	56	30	3.83	56	0
1907	62	117	73.5	116	50.6	112	3.32	67	0
1906	65.1	65	77.2	55	53	80	3.18	71	0
1905	67.9	23	78.4	41	57.4	11	6.11	14	0
1904	65.1	65	76.6	63	53.5	70	2.76	87	0
1903	66.5	40	77.9	47	55	42	1.13	126	0
1902	68.1	21	79.5	22	56.8	18	2.27	94	0
1901	64.9	71	75.4	84	54.4	53	5.34	25	0
1900	66.4	42	79	27	53.8	64	4.07	54	0
1899	67.5	27	78.5	38	56.6	19	2.99	81	0
1898	67.5	27	78.5	38	56.4	23	9.08	1	0
1897	63	101	73.7	109	52.3	96	4.27	45	0
1896	70.7	2	81.7	7	59.8	1	5.01	32	0
1895	63.3	95	73.6	112	53	80	5.02	30	0
1894	67.3	31	78.2	43	56.5	20	4.63	38	0
1893	64.8	74	75.8	81	53.7	66	5.15	28	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1944	71.6
2018	70.7
1896	70.7
1953	70.3
1918	70
1933	69.7
2019	69.5
1991	69.4
1942	69.4
2004	68.9
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1997	58
1967	58.7
2005	60
1917	60.7
1954	60.8
1973	60.9
1994	61
2006	61.2
1961	61.2
1925	61.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1898	9.08
1971	9.07
2018	8.32
2003	8.17
1972	8.04
2017	7.88
2025	7.87
2009	7.04
2016	6.89
1978	6.69

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1926	0.44
1941	0.52
1914	0.59
1928	0.66
1911	0.66
1920	0.79
1997	0.88
1999	0.94
1903	1.13
1936	1.23

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 19 May 2026
Coldest night: 36°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.97 in; 27 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 3.31 in of precipitation in Lynchburg, VA, the driest May since 2024, 67th driest of 134.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Lynchburg, VA: 94°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Lynchburg, VA: a low of 36°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Lynchburg, VA: 0.97 in on Wednesday 27 May 2026.