Midland-Odessa, TX: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 74.3°F in Midland-Odessa, TX, the warmest May since 2025, tied 27th warmest of 96 (with 2013 and 1963).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 74.3°F; Warmest since 2025; 27th warmest of 96
Precipitation: 2.72 in; Wettest since 2019; 26th wettest of 96

A normal May in Midland-Odessa, TX (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 74.2°F, between 71.1°F and 78.8°F in eight years of ten and 1.08 in of precipitation, between 0.10 in and 3.51 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Midland-Odessa, TX since 1931: 74.3°F in 2026; the highest is 82.1°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 71.1 to 78.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Midland-Odessa, TX from 1931 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	74.3	27	86.5	54	62.1	15	2.72	26
2025	76.2	15	89.4	24	63	10	0.82	68
2024	76.7	11	90.7	12	62.7	11	2.36	32
2023	74.1	30	86.9	48	61.3	19	0.98	63
2022	79.7	3	93.9	4	65.5	3	0.11	88
2021	71.9	60	84.1	72	59.7	38	2.48	31
2020	77.6	6	92.5	6	62.7	11	0.14	83
2019	71.3	70	82.8	82	59.7	38	4.96	5
2018	82.1	1	96.2	1	68	1	0.68	72
2017	73.8	33	87.7	35	59.9	36	0.89	65
2016	73.8	33	87.3	43	60.2	31	1.47	48
2015	71.6	66	83.7	76	59.4	45	3.35	14
2014	73.8	33	87.4	40	60.2	31	2.26	33
2013	74.3	27	88.5	30	60	35	0.03	95
2012	76.1	16	88.6	28	63.6	6	2.88	22
2011	75.2	20	90.5	14	59.9	36	0.05	94
2010	71.7	64	85.7	60	57.7	72	1.65	46
2009	74.6	25	88.8	26	60.3	29	0.45	78
2008	75.2	20	90.6	13	59.7	38	0.18	81
2007	68.4	93	78.4	96	58.4	61	5.27	3
2006	77.1	9	92.4	7	61.8	17	0.13	86
2005	71.6	66	84.2	71	58.9	51	1.73	44
2004	75	22	88.7	27	61.2	22	0.10	91
2003	76	17	90.3	15	61.6	18	3.14	20
2002	74.1	30	87.9	34	60.3	29	0.11	88
2001	75.9	18	89.8	18	61.9	16	1.14	56
2000	78.8	5	92.8	5	64.7	4	1.05	61
1999	73.8	33	87.5	39	60.1	34	1.10	58
1998	79	4	95.7	2	62.3	13	0.02	96
1997	70.8	73	84	73	57.6	73	0.73	71
1996	81.1	2	95.6	3	66.6	2	0.11	88
1995	71.8	61	84.5	68	59.1	49	2.51	30
1994	72	59	85.1	67	58.8	52	1.30	51
1993	71.1	72	86.7	51	55.6	87	1.45	49
1992	68	95	80.5	93	55.5	88	7.63	2
1991	76.6	12	91	10	62.2	14	0.54	75
1990	73	46	87.7	35	58.2	65	0.35	79
1989	76.9	10	92.4	7	61.3	19	0.95	64
1988	70.8	73	85.2	66	56.4	82	2.26	33
1987	69.2	87	82.1	86	56.2	83	4.13	9
1986	72.7	48	86.9	48	58.6	55	3.89	11
1985	74.7	24	90.1	17	59.4	45	0.99	62
1984	74.1	30	88	33	60.2	31	3.40	13
1983	71.5	68	87	47	56	85	0.50	77
1982	70.7	77	83.9	74	57.5	75	3.16	19
1981	70.1	83	83.2	80	57.1	78	2.21	35
1980	69	88	81.9	88	56.2	83	1.85	40
1979	70.6	78	84.5	68	56.8	79	1.14	56
1978	72.1	57	85.7	60	58.5	58	1.97	38
1977	76.4	13	89.7	20	63.1	8	0.60	73
1976	68.5	91	82.1	86	54.8	91	1.08	59
1975	71.8	61	86.1	59	57.5	75	3.44	12
1974	77.5	7	91	10	64	5	0.34	80
1973	68.7	90	83.6	77	53.9	94	0.87	66
1972	70.3	81	82.5	83	58.2	65	1.20	53
1971	72.2	56	86.2	58	58.2	65	2.77	25
1970	69.9	84	86.7	51	53	96	0.18	81
1969	69.3	86	83.1	81	55.4	89	3.28	15
1968	70.8	73	83.4	78	58.2	65	4.96	5
1967	72.3	52	88.6	28	56	85	0.56	74
1966	70.4	80	82.4	85	58.4	61	2.86	23
1965	71.7	64	83.8	75	59.5	44	3.04	21
1964	75.6	19	90.2	16	61.1	25	2.14	36
1963	74.3	27	87.4	40	61.3	19	2.62	28
1962	77.4	8	91.2	9	63.6	6	0.14	83
1961	73.6	39	87.6	38	59.7	38	2.63	27
1960	72.3	52	87.1	46	57.5	75	1.55	47
1959	73.3	42	85.7	60	60.8	26	4.99	4
1958	71.8	61	85.7	60	57.8	71	3.24	16
1957	69.5	85	81	90	57.9	70	4.30	8
1956	76.4	13	89.7	20	63.1	8	1.41	50
1955	73.3	42	86.3	55	60.4	28	2.06	37
1954	68.9	89	81.4	89	56.5	80	4.11	10
1953	72.6	49	86.9	48	58.4	61	0.08	92
1952	72.1	57	85.5	64	58.7	53	1.15	55
1951	73.3	42	87.4	40	59.2	47	0.86	67
1950	72.6	49	86.7	51	58.5	58	2.58	29
1949	73.7	38	86.3	55	61.2	22	1.88	39
1948	74.4	26	87.7	35	61.2	22	1.67	45
1947	72.3	52	89.8	18	54.8	91	1.85	40
1946	73.5	40	89.5	22	57.6	73	0.12	87
1945	75	22	89.5	22	60.6	27	0.06	93
1944	72.3	52	85.5	64	59.1	49	1.74	43
1943	70.5	79	82.5	83	58.6	55	2.83	24
1942	71.2	71	84.4	70	58	69	0.80	70
1941	70.3	81	80.8	92	59.7	38	7.87	1
1940	72.4	51	86.3	55	58.6	55	1.18	54
1939	73	46	87.2	45	58.7	53	1.26	52
1938	73.8	33	89.1	25	58.5	58	0.82	68
1937	73.2	45	87.3	43	59.2	47	1.79	42
1936	71.5	68	83.4	78	59.6	43	3.21	17
1935	68.1	94	81	90	55.2	90	3.18	18
1934	73.5	40	88.5	30	58.4	61	1.06	60
1933	70.8	73	88.2	32	53.4	95	0.14	83
1932	68.5	91	80.5	93	56.5	80	4.33	7
1931	67.3	96	80.5	93	54	93	0.51	76

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	82.1
1996	81.1
2022	79.7
1998	79
2000	78.8
2020	77.6
1974	77.5
1962	77.4
2006	77.1
1989	76.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1931	67.3
1992	68
1935	68.1
2007	68.4
1976	68.5
1932	68.5
1973	68.7
1954	68.9
1980	69
1987	69.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	7.87
1992	7.63
2007	5.27
1959	4.99
2019	4.96
1968	4.96
1932	4.33
1957	4.30
1987	4.13
1954	4.11

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	0.02
2013	0.03
2011	0.05
1945	0.06
1953	0.08
2004	0.10
2022	0.11
2002	0.11
1996	0.11
1946	0.12

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 16 May 2026
Coldest night: 49°F; 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.50 in; 26 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 2.72 in of precipitation in Midland-Odessa, TX, the wettest May since 2019, 26th wettest of 96.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Midland-Odessa, TX: 99°F on Saturday 16 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Midland-Odessa, TX: a low of 49°F on Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Midland-Odessa, TX: 1.50 in on Tuesday 26 May 2026.