Muscle Shoals, AL: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 70.6°F in Muscle Shoals, AL, the warmest May since 2025, 39th warmest of 129.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 70.6°F; Warmest since 2025; 39th warmest of 129
Precipitation: 6.67 in; Wettest since 2025; 20th wettest of 126

A normal May in Muscle Shoals, AL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 70°F, between 67.9°F and 73.8°F in eight years of ten and 4.78 in of precipitation, between 1.52 in and 7.08 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Muscle Shoals, AL since 1893: 70.6°F in 2026; the highest is 76°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 67.9 to 73.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Muscle Shoals, AL 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	70.6	39	81.2	59	60	34	6.67	20	0
2025	71.2	33	79.4	91	63	10	7.58	11	0
2024	74.1	7	84	20	64.3	3	4.17	62	0
2023	70.4	44	81.2	59	59.6	37	2.45	102	0
2022	72.4	17	83.6	23	61.2	24	3.64	76	1
2021	68.9	78	79.8	86	57.9	67	3.11	85	0
2020	69	74	79.5	88	58.5	55	4.03	69	0
2019	74.6	6	85.9	8	63.3	8	4.81	51	0
2018	76	1	87	3	65	1	4.78	52	0
2017	69.4	67	81.7	48	57.1	84	4.96	46	0
2016	69.8	56	80.9	66	58.7	51	1.16	118	0
2015	70.5	40	82.2	40	58.9	48	5.01	44	0
2014	70.2	50	82.3	39	58.2	62	2.11	109	0
2013	69	74	79.5	88	58.4	57	4.11	66	0
2012	73.7	12	86.7	4	60.8	25	4.28	60	0
2011	70	55	81.1	63	58.8	50	3.00	89	0
2010	72.4	17	82.9	30	62	17	7.44	12	0
2009	70.4	44	79.3	93	61.5	21	6.21	22	0
2008	68.5	86	80	83	57.1	84	6.84	17	0
2007	72.4	17	85.7	11	59	46	1.45	114	0
2006	70.3	49	81.2	59	59.5	38	4.40	59	0
2005	68	94	80.3	75	55.6	105	0.82	121	0
2004	73.9	9	84.8	17	62.9	12	4.95	47	1
2003	69.5	63	78.3	102	60.7	29	5.61	29	0
2002	67.3	101	78.2	103	56.5	90	5.50	33	0
2001	69.3	68	80.3	75	58.3	60	5.45	36	0
2000	73.5	14	83.5	24	63.5	6	1.81	110	0
1999	69.2	69	80.7	71	57.6	74	4.99	45	0
1998	73.8	10	85	14	62.5	14	1.56	111	0
1995			80.7	71					11
1994	67.1	103	77.9	106	56.3	92	7.64	10	0
1993	69.1	71	79.9	85	58.3	60	4.76	53	0
1992	67.8	98	79.4	91	56.1	94	2.85	95	0
1991	73	15	81.6	52	64.3	3	11.14	3	0
1990	66.6	112	77.3	113	55.8	100	6.80	18	0
1989	66.8	106	77.4	112	56.2	93	5.60	31	0
1988	68.4	88	83.5	24	53.4	121	1.54	112	0
1987	74.1	7	86.3	6	61.9	18	1.18	117	0
1986	70.4	44	80.9	66	59.8	36	6.71	19	0
1985	69.5	63	79.8	86	59.1	43	3.63	77	0
1984	66.8	106	77.6	110	56	98	8.51	5	0
1983	67.3	101	77.2	116	57.3	80	11.86	1	0
1982	71	36	82.9	30	59.2	42	2.99	90	0
1981	65.4	119	76.6	120	54.3	114	3.65	75	0
1980	68.3	89	77.5	111	59.1	43	8.02	8	0
1979	66.8	106	76.4	125	57.3	80	4.15	63	0
1978	68.3	89	78.6	99	57.9	67	8.34	7	0
1977	72.3	23	84.3	18	60.3	32	2.64	98	0
1976	62.9	128	74.1	130	51.7	125	4.76	53	0
1975	69.8	56	81.5	54	58.2	62	4.91	48	0
1974	69	74	79.2	95	58.9	48	6.94	15	0
1973	65	121	77.3	113	52.6	123	3.74	72	0
1972	69.1	71	80.9	66	57.3	80	3.19	84	0
1971	64.2	126	76.9	118	51.5	127	5.96	26	0
1970	70.4	44	82.9	30	57.8	71	6.31	21	0
1969	69.7	58	82.1	41	57.4	79	3.34	83	0
1968	68	94	79	96	56.9	88	8.00	9	0
1967	68	94	78.6	99	57.5	76	9.13	4	0
1966	68	94	80	83	56.1	94	5.29	39	0
1965	72.5	16	85.6	12	59.4	40	2.43	103	0
1964	70.4	44	82.8	35	57.9	67	3.83	71	0
1963	70.2	50	81.7	48	58.7	51	4.45	58	0
1962	75.4	2	90	1	60.8	25	1.41	115	0
1961	64.4	124	77	117	51.9	124	3.72	73	0
1960	66.5	115	78.2	103	54.7	113	2.95	93	0
1959	72	27	81.7	48	62.2	16	3.85	70	0
1958	69.6	60	80.2	78	59.1	43	4.26	61	0
1957	70.8	37	80.9	66	60.8	25	2.37	104	0
1956	72.4	17	83	29	61.9	18	0.51	124	0
1955	71.7	31	82	43	61.5	21	5.55	32	0
1954	64.4	124	74.6	129	54.1	118	3.56	81	0
1953	72.3	23	81.8	46	62.9	12	3.03	88	0
1952	70.2	50	81.4	55	59	46	2.72	97	0
1951	68.9	78	82.1	41	55.8	100	0.64	123	0
1950	72.4	17	82.4	38	62.4	15	3.62	78	0
1949	71.2	33	82	43	60.4	31	2.62	100	0
1948	68.8	81	79.5	88	58	66	3.57	80	0
1947	66.7	110	77.8	108	55.6	105	3.08	86	0
1946	67	104	76.5	122	57.5	76	5.61	29	0
1945	66.3	117	76.5	122	56.1	94	3.61	79	0
1944	71.9	29	82.9	30	60.8	25	2.63	99	0
1943	72	27	82.7	36	61.3	23	2.88	94	0
1942	69.5	63	81.3	57	57.6	74	0.72	122	0
1941	72.4	17	84.9	15	59.9	35	0.16	126	0
1940	66	118	80.2	78	51.7	125	2.96	92	0
1939	68.6	82	80.8	70	56.5	90	11.29	2	0
1938	70.7	38	82.6	37	58.7	51	4.04	68	0
1937	70.2	50	82.9	30	57.5	76	5.23	40	0
1936	71.8	30	86.6	5	57	87	0.83	120	0
1935	69.6	60	81.2	59	57.9	67	4.67	56	0
1934	71.3	32	84	20	58.5	55	1.48	113	0
1933	73.7	12	85.5	13	61.9	18	6.12	23	0
1932	68.1	92	80.2	78	56.1	94	2.78	96	0
1931	65.4	119	77.3	113	53.5	120	3.69	74	0
1930	70.5	40	81.7	48	59.4	40	8.51	5	1
1929	68.6	82	78.7	98	58.4	57	6.06	24	0
1928	66.7	110	78.1	105	55.3	109	4.82	50	0
1927	70.5	40	81.4	55	59.5	38	4.74	55	0
1926	68.6	82	83.1	28	54.2	116	4.15	63	0
1925	69.6	60	85.8	10	53.3	122	2.29	106	0
1924	64.2	126	76.6	120	51.4	128	6.02	25	1
1923	66.8	106	76.9	118	56.6	89	5.40	37	0
1922	69.7	58	80.7	71	58.7	51	5.40	37	1
1921	69.5	63	83.3	26	55.7	104	1.14	119	0
1920	69.2	69	80.7	71	57.7	73	5.70	28	0
1919	64.6	123	75	127	54.2	116	6.96	14	0
1918	70.2	50	83.3	26	57.1	84	5.22	41	0
1917	62.2	129	76.5	122	47.9	129	3.08	86	0
1916	70.5	40	84.9	15	56	98	5.22	41	0
1913	68.2	91	81	64	55.5	107	4.08	67	1
1912	68.9	78	81.9	45	55.8	100	4.13	65	1
1911	73.8	10	84.1	19	63.5	6			0
1910	66.6	112	77.9	106	55.2	111	5.46	35	1
1909	67.6	99	79.3	93	55.8	100	5.50	33	1
1908	71.2	33	81.8	46	60.2	33	5.14	43	1
1907	64.7	122	75.1	126	54.3	114	7.19	13	0
1906	68.5	86	81.6	52	55.4	108	3.37	82	0
1905	72.1	26	81.3	57	63.1	9	4.87	49	2
1904	68.1	92	81	64	55.3	109	4.47	57	0
1903	69	74	80.1	81	57.8	71	6.90	16	0
1902	75.4	2	87.8	2	63	10	0.47	125	0
1901	66.9	105	80.1	81	53.8	119	2.32	105	0
1900	69.1	71	80.3	75	58.4	57	5.72	27	2
1899	75.2	4	86	7	64.4	2	1.39	116	0
1898	72.2	25	83.9	22	60.5	30	2.22	107	0
1897	66.6	112	78.4	101	54.8	112	2.19	108	0
1896	75	5	85.9	8	64	5	2.98	91	0
1895	67.5	100	77.7	109	57.3	80	2.50	101	0
1894	68.6	82	79	96	58.2	62			0
1893	66.4	116	74.9	128	58.1	65			2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	76
1962	75.4
1902	75.4
1899	75.2
1896	75
2019	74.6
2024	74.1
1987	74.1
2004	73.9
1998	73.8
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	62.2
1976	62.9
1971	64.2
1924	64.2
1961	64.4
1954	64.4
1919	64.6
1907	64.7
1973	65
1981	65.4
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	11.86
1939	11.29
1991	11.14
1967	9.13
1984	8.51
1930	8.51
1978	8.34
1980	8.02
1968	8.00
1994	7.64

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	0.16
1902	0.47
1956	0.51
1951	0.64
1942	0.72
2005	0.82
1936	0.83
1921	1.14
2016	1.16
1987	1.18

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 91°F; 20 May 2026, 19 May 2026
Coldest night: 42°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.57 in; 6 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 6.67 in of precipitation in Muscle Shoals, AL, the wettest May since 2025, 20th wettest of 126.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Muscle Shoals, AL: 91°F on Wednesday 20 May 2026 and Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Muscle Shoals, AL: a low of 42°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Muscle Shoals, AL: 1.57 in on Wednesday 6 May 2026.