Mitchell, SD: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 60.3°F in Mitchell, SD, the warmest May since 2023, tied 43rd warmest of 126 (with 2001, 1963, 1921 and 2 other years).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 60.3°F; Warmest since 2023; 43rd warmest of 126
Precipitation: 0.73 in; Driest since 2018; 7th driest of 131

A normal May in Mitchell, SD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 59.1°F, between 55.3°F and 62.5°F in eight years of ten and 2.97 in of precipitation, between 0.71 in and 5.51 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Mitchell, SD since 1894: 60.3°F in 2026; the highest is 72.5°F, in 1934.

Normal range, 55.3 to 62.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Mitchell, SD 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	60.3	43	74.7	33	45.9	83	0.73	125	0
2025	58.9	69	71.7	61	46.2	77	2.43	73	0
2024	60.2	49	72.5	53	47.9	42	2.68	61	0
2023	64.6	13	78.8	6	50.5	16	1.12	118	0
2022	58.4	74	70.3	81	46.5	73	2.42	74	0
2021	59.5	59	71.3	65	47.8	44	1.75	94	0
2020	57.9	81	67.5	112	48.3	35	1.79	93	0
2019	55.9	110	65.2	124	46.7	67	4.26	35	0
2018	66.2	4	77.9	13	54.5	2	0.64	129	0
2017	59.2	63	71.5	63	46.8	66	2.35	76	0
2016	60.8	39	72.4	56	49.3	27	4.56	28	0
2015	58.5	72	69.7	91	47.3	55	4.77	25	0
2014	59.3	62	71.6	62	47.1	62	2.66	62	0
2013	58.9	69	70	88	47.8	44	4.92	21	0
2012	62.5	22	74.1	41	51	14	6.82	7	0
2011	57.6	86	67.9	108	47.3	55	3.38	46	1
2010	59	65	70.2	84	47.7	47	1.14	116	0
2009	59.5	59	72.9	50	46	80	0.52	130	0
2008	56.6	99	68	106	45.2	92	2.59	63	0
2007	64.1	15	75.1	31	53.1	7	4.89	22	0
2006	61.3	34	75.2	28	47.4	51	0.74	124	0
2005	57.8	83	69.7	91	45.8	86	2.53	67	0
2004	58.5	72	70.4	80	46.7	67	6.89	5	0
2003	57.5	87	68.9	98	46	80	2.56	66	0
2002	55	114	68.8	99	41.2	122	0.72	126	0
2001	60.3	43	70.6	74	50	23	2.02	86	0
2000	61	35	73.9	45	48.2	36	3.28	47	0
1999	59.6	57	71.2	69	48	40	3.58	41	0
1998	62.5	22	74.5	36	50.5	16	2.05	83	0
1997	54.2	121	65	125	43.1	109	4.59	27	1
1996	55.1	113	64.1	126	46	80	4.33	34	0
1995	55.3	111	64	127	46.6	71	5.43	16	1
1994	62.9	20	75.3	27	49.8	24	0.65	128	2
1993	58	77	68.6	100	47.4	51	4.09	36	0
1992	60.2	49	74.5	36	45.9	83	1.23	112	0
1991	60.9	37	71.1	70	50.7	15	6.22	10	0
1990	56.4	102	66.6	121	46.2	77	4.80	24	0
1989	58	77	71	71	45.5	89	1.94	88	2
1988	65	8	76.7	17	53.2	6	3.70	40	0
1987	65.3	7	76.7	17	54	3	1.03	120	1
1986	60.5	41	70.2	84	50.4	18	3.00	55	1
1985	64.1	15	75.5	26	52.3	12	6.89	5	2
1984	56.6	99	67.9	108	45.2	92	2.53	67	1
1983	56	107	67.5	112	44.7	98	1.35	107	1
1982	59.1	64	69.1	95	50.1	21	6.10	12	3
1981	56.6	99	69	96	44.1	103	1.13	117	0
1980	60.9	37	74.1	41	47.7	47	1.88	91	0
1979	55	114	67.5	112	42.5	115	3.76	39	0
1978	59	65	70.2	84	47.9	42	2.89	57	0
1977	66.1	5	78.3	7	53.9	4	3.10	52	0
1976	59	65	70.9	72	45.9	83	1.44	101	3
1975	61.5	33	75.6	25	47.2	60	0.72	126	1
1974	56.7	98	69.8	90	43.6	105	2.48	70	0
1972	60.7	40	71.3	65	50.3	19	10.03	2	1
1971	57.8	83	71.3	65	44.3	100	2.18	78	0
1970	63.2	17	78	10	48.4	32	1.50	99	0
1969	63	19	77.4	16	48.7	30	4.41	32	0
1968	56.3	103	70	88	42.5	115	1.72	95	0
1967	56.9	95	70.6	74	43.2	108	1.44	101	0
1966	58	77	74.3	40	41.8	119	1.36	105	0
1965	62.4	24	76.3	21	48.4	32	3.51	44	0
1964	64.7	11	79.8	4	49.7	26	1.43	103	0
1963	60.3	43	73.5	46	47.3	55	1.95	87	1
1962	64.5	14	76.1	22	52.9	8	7.19	4	0
1961	57.9	81	70.6	74	45.1	95	5.65	14	0
1960	60	52	74.1	41	45.8	86	5.72	13	0
1959	60.1	51	72.9	50	47.4	51	3.56	42	0
1958	62.7	21	78.1	8	47.3	55	2.18	78	0
1957	56.9	95	67	120	46.7	67	6.26	9	0
1956	61	35	74	44	48	40	1.20	113	0
1955	65	8	79.6	5	50.3	19	2.49	69	0
1954	55	114	68.3	103	41.7	120	2.42	74	0
1953	58.3	75	70.3	81	46.3	76	3.23	49	0
1952	59.7	55	73	48	46.5	73	1.16	114	0
1951	59	65	70.3	81	47.8	44	4.56	28	0
1950	56.3	103	68	106	44.6	99	3.07	54	0
1949	63.1	18	76	24	50.1	21	2.90	56	0
1948	59.7	55	71.3	65	48.2	36	2.78	59	0
1947	55.3	111	69.4	93	41.2	122	1.56	97	0
1946	56	107	69.4	93	42.7	112	2.07	82	0
1945	53.7	123	67.2	117	40.2	126	2.17	81	0
1944	64.7	11	76.7	17	52.6	10	3.25	48	0
1943	57.1	90	70.1	87	44	104	2.18	78	0
1942	56.8	97	67.4	115	46.1	79	10.58	1	0
1941	65.7	6	78	10	53.3	5	1.11	119	0
1940	59.8	53	74.6	35	45	96	0.11	131	0
1939	67.6	2	82.5	2	52.7	9	2.58	65	0
1938	57.8	83	68.2	105	47.5	50	5.27	18	0
1937	61.9	30	75.1	31	48.7	30	1.26	110	0
1936	64.8	10	77.8	14	51.9	13	3.12	51	0
1935	54.4	119	63.5	128	45.2	92	2.74	60	0
1934	72.5	1	88.8	1	56.1	1	1.15	115	0
1933	58.6	71	70.6	74	46.6	71	2.45	71	0
1932	62.2	27	75.2	28	49.2	28	2.80	58	0
1931	57.3	89	72.4	56	42.3	117	1.24	111	0
1930	57.1	90	69	96	45.3	90	4.07	37	1
1929	57	92	70.5	78	43.6	105	2.03	85	0
1928	62.4	24	77.8	14	47	65	0.84	121	0
1927	56	107	66.3	122	45.7	88	5.54	15	0
1926	66.4	3	80.2	3	52.5	11	3.10	52	0
1925	58.2	76	73.3	47	43.1	109	0.82	122	0
1924	53.4	125	67.2	117	39.3	127	1.29	109	1
1923							1.32	108	5
1922	62.1	28	74.4	38	49.8	24	2.59	63	0
1921	60.3	43	72.1	59	48.4	32	3.56	42	0
1920	59.4	61	71.4	64	47.4	51	6.42	8	0
1919	58	77	70.8	73	45.3	90	1.89	90	0
1918	59.6	57	74.4	38	44.9	97	5.11	19	0
1917	54.2	121	67.6	111	41.2	122	4.70	26	1
1916	54.9	117	68.6	100	42.9	111	5.40	17	3
1915					42.7	112	3.80	38	5
1914	60.4	42	72.4	56	48.2	36	4.49	30	2
1913	57	92	67.2	117	46.5	73	4.45	31	1
1912	59.8	53	72.5	53	47.1	62	1.56	97	0
1911	61.7	31	76.7	17	47.2	60	2.05	83	2
1910	53.6	124	67.4	115	40.6	125	1.38	104	2
1909	57	92	70.5	78	43.5	107	6.17	11	0
1908	56.3	103	68.3	103	44.3	100	9.53	3	0
1907	50.1	126	63.1	129	37.6	128	2.21	77	3
1906	60.3	43	73	48	47.7	47	3.15	50	2
1905	54.3	120	66	123	42.6	114	5.01	20	0
1904			72	60			2.45	71	4
1903	60.3	43	72.5	53	47.3	55	4.39	33	3
1902			74.7	33	48.1	39	1.62	96	4
1901			78	10			1.92	89	6
1900	62.4	24	78.1	8	46.7	67	1.86	92	0
1899	56.3	103	68.5	102	44.2	102	3.47	45	0
1898	54.8	118	67.8	110	41.7	120	4.82	23	0
1897	57.5	87	72.7	52	42.3	117	1.36	105	0
1896	62	29	75.2	28	48.9	29	1.50	99	0
1894	61.6	32	76.1	22	47.1	62	0.81	123	0
1893									25

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1934	72.5
1939	67.6
1926	66.4
2018	66.2
1977	66.1
1941	65.7
1987	65.3
1988	65
1955	65
1936	64.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	50.1
1924	53.4
1910	53.6
1945	53.7
1997	54.2
1917	54.2
1905	54.3
1935	54.4
1898	54.8
1916	54.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1942	10.58
1972	10.03
1908	9.53
1962	7.19
2004	6.89
1985	6.89
2012	6.82
1920	6.42
1957	6.26
1991	6.22

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1940	0.11
2009	0.52
2018	0.64
1994	0.65
2002	0.72
1975	0.72
2026	0.73
2006	0.74
1894	0.81
1925	0.82

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 26 May 2026
Coldest night: 27°F; 6 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.25 in; 22 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 0.73 in of precipitation in Mitchell, SD, the driest May since 2018, 7th driest of 131.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Mitchell, SD: 97°F on Tuesday 26 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Mitchell, SD: a low of 27°F on Wednesday 6 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Mitchell, SD: 0.25 in on Friday 22 May 2026.