Myrtle Beach, SC: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 70.4°F in Myrtle Beach, SC, the warmest May since 2025, tied 28th warmest of 65 (with 1970 and 1957).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 70.4°F; Warmest since 2025; 28th warmest of 65
Precipitation: 1.21 in; Driest since 2007; 8th driest of 69

A normal May in Myrtle Beach, SC (1991 to 2020): 3.36 in of precipitation, between 1.55 in and 5.38 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Myrtle Beach, SC since 1932: 70.4°F in 2026; the highest is 74.9°F, in 1953.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Myrtle Beach, SC from 1932 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	70.4	28	78.6	37	62.3	24	1.21	62	0
2025	72.7	12	80.3	20	65	10	4.77	11	0
2024	73.1	9	80.8	16	65.5	7	4.70	12	0
2023	68.2	55	76.4	62	59.9	45	3.11	34	0
2022	72.6	13	79.8	24	65.4	9	1.72	56	0
2021	69.3	43	78.9	33	59.7	48	1.42	61	0
2020	69.4	42	77.7	50	61.2	31	4.65	13	0
2019	74.8	2	82.6	3	67	2	1.47	59	0
2018	73.3	6	79.5	27	67.2	1	5.64	5	0
2017	72.4	15	81.2	10	63.6	17	4.30	15	0
2016	70.7	27	78.5	39	62.8	22	5.21	10	0
2015	71.2	21	78.9	33	63.4	19	6.80	3	0
2014	72.2	16	80.5	18	63.8	15	1.59	58	0
2013	68.6	48	76.7	58	60.5	42	2.38	45	0
2012	73.3	6	81.1	12	65.5	7	3.74	24	0
2011	70.9	25	78.2	42	63.5	18	5.27	8	0
2010	73.3	6	80.4	19	66.2	4	2.49	43	0
2009	71.5	17	78.3	41	64.7	12	4.15	17	0
2008	69	45	78.2	42	59.9	45	3.07	35	0
2007	68.6	48	78.5	39	58.7	53	0.90	67	0
2006	68.5	51	77.7	50	59.2	50	1.76	54	0
2005	67	61	75.4	65	58.6	55	3.66	27	0
2004	73.4	5	80.8	16	66	5	3.80	23	0
2003	70.1	34	78.2	42	62.1	26	3.99	21	0
2002	68.3	54	78	46	58.7	53	2.23	49	0
2001	68.4	53	78.2	42	58.5	57	2.31	47	0
2000									10
1999			76.6	60			3.64	28	4
1998					63.2	20	2.24	48	4
1997	67.6	58	77.9	48	57.3	63	0.90	67	3
1996	71	23	79.4	32	62.7	23	2.87	36	1
1995							4.18	16	9
1994			78.7	36			2.75	38	4
1993									5
1992	66.1	64	75.3	66	56.9	64	7.95	1	0
1991	74	3	81.6	8	66.3	3	2.75	38	0
1990	71.5	17	82	6	61	33	4.06	19	1
1989	68.5	51	79.5	27	57.5	62	1.03	64	1
1970	70.4	28	79.5	27	61.3	30	2.76	37	0
1969	70	36	77.7	50	62.2	25	1.83	53	0
1968	68.7	47	76.6	60	60.9	36	4.34	14	0
1967	67	61	75.8	63	58.1	60	3.70	25	0
1966	68.8	46	75.6	64	62	27	6.57	4	0
1965	73.1	9	81.8	7	64.5	13	1.43	60	0
1964	69.6	40	78.6	37	60.6	40	1.74	55	0
1963	68	56	76.8	57	59.1	51	3.58	30	0
1962	72.5	14	81.3	9	63.7	16	1.00	65	0
1961	66.8	63	74.8	67	58.8	52	5.45	7	0
1960	70.1	34	79.5	27	60.7	38	3.52	31	0
1959	73	11	80.3	20	65.7	6	5.27	8	0
1958	69.6	40	77.2	54	61.9	28	2.38	45	0
1957	70.4	28	77.9	48	63	21	3.22	32	0
1956	70.2	33	79.7	26	60.6	40	3.64	28	0
1955	71.4	19	81.1	12	61.8	29	5.58	6	0
1954	66	65	77.2	54	54.7	66	4.11	18	0
1953	74.9	1	85.8	1	64	14	1.89	51	0
1952	71.2	21	82.1	5	60.4	43	3.84	22	0
1951	67.4	60	79.8	24	55	65	0.95	66	0
1950	70.3	31	80.1	23	60.4	43	4.00	20	0
1949	69.8	39	80.2	22	59.3	49	2.50	42	0
1948	71.3	20	81.1	12	61	33	7.08	2	1
1947	69.9	38	78.9	33	60.9	36	2.55	41	0
1946	69.1	44	77.2	54	61	33	1.85	52	0
1945	67.5	59	76.7	58	58.3	59	2.04	50	0
1944	71	23	81.2	10	60.7	38	2.49	43	0
1943	70.3	31	79.5	27	61.2	31	1.72	56	0
1942	70	36	81.1	12	58.6	55	3.70	25	2
1941	70.9	25	83.3	2	58.5	57	0.02	69	0
1940	68	56	78	46	58	61	3.20	33	0
1933	73.5	4	82.4	4	64.9	11	1.15	63	2
1932	68.6	48	77.4	53	59.9	45	2.62	40	3

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1953	74.9
2019	74.8
1991	74
1933	73.5
2004	73.4
2018	73.3
2012	73.3
2010	73.3
2024	73.1
1965	73.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1954	66
1992	66.1
1961	66.8
2005	67
1967	67
1951	67.4
1945	67.5
1997	67.6
1963	68
1940	68

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1992	7.95
1948	7.08
2015	6.80
1966	6.57
2018	5.64
1955	5.58
1961	5.45
2011	5.27
1959	5.27
2016	5.21

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	0.02
2007	0.90
1997	0.90
1951	0.95
1962	1.00
1989	1.03
1933	1.15
2026	1.21
2021	1.42
1965	1.43

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 28 May 2026
Coldest night: 47°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.49 in; 2 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 1.21 in of precipitation in Myrtle Beach, SC, the driest May since 2007, 8th driest of 69.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Myrtle Beach, SC: 90°F on Thursday 28 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Myrtle Beach, SC: a low of 47°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Myrtle Beach, SC: 0.49 in on Saturday 2 May 2026.