Natchitoches, LA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 73.5°F in Natchitoches, LA, the coldest May since 2021, tied 48th coldest of 102 (with 1970, 1937 and 1930).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 73.5°F; Coldest since 2021; 48th coldest of 102
Precipitation: 7.70 in; Wettest since 2025; 20th wettest of 105

A normal May in Natchitoches, LA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 74.4°F, between 71°F and 77.9°F in eight years of ten and 4.21 in of precipitation, between 0.83 in and 9.78 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Natchitoches, LA since 1893: 73.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 68.6°F, in 1931.

Normal range, 71 to 77.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Natchitoches, LA 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	73.5	52	83	83	64.1	25	7.70	20	0
2025	75.6	20	86.1	37	65.1	16	10.64	9	0
2024	77.4	7	86.8	18	68.1	1	10.06	12	0
2023	75.3	23	86.3	35	64.3	23	0.98	98	0
2022	78.1	2	89.7	3	66.5	9	3.56	71	0
2021	71.9	85	81.5	95	62.3	52	8.99	17	0
2020	73.1	64	83.9	72	62.3	52	6.59	25	0
2019	76.6	11	86.3	35	66.9	7	11.44	8	0
2018	78.9	1	89.9	1	67.9	2	0.95	99	0
2017	72.5	77	81.9	90	63.1	40	5.40	43	0
2016	72.7	72	81.4	96	64	27	5.92	38	0
2015	72.7	72	81.4	96	64	27	11.80	6	0
2014	70.7	96	80.5	102	60.9	72	5.20	46	0
2013	71	92	80.7	101	61.4	67	3.46	73	0
2012	77.9	3	88.6	8	67.2	6	0.85	100	0
2011	74.9	28	86.7	21	63.1	40	4.20	62	0
2010							0.81	102	8
2009	74.9	28	85.1	54	64.7	18	2.06	87	0
2008	73.9	45	85.3	51	62.4	51	2.53	84	0
2007	74.4	37	85	55	63.8	33	2.61	83	0
2006	74.4	37	86.4	31	62.3	52	6.18	34	0
2005	71.8	86	84.5	63	59.2	92	1.14	95	0
2004	75.3	23	85.4	50	65.2	15	9.27	16	0
2003	76.4	12	86.6	24	66.5	9	0.77	104	1
2002	75.4	21	86.6	24	64.1	25	1.88	89	1
2001	75.3	23	88	11	62.8	46	0.83	101	2
2000	77.6	6	87.9	13	67.3	5	5.05	47	2
1999	73.3	59	85.3	51	61.3	69	3.59	70	0
1998	77.9	3	89.9	1	66	11	0.00	105	2
1997	71.7	88	83.4	77	60.1	86	5.37	44	1
1996	77.9	3	88.3	9	67.5	3	2.02	88	0
1995	74.2	40	84.1	67	64.4	21	6.20	33	0
1994	70.3	97	79.7	104	60.9	72	11.49	7	0
1993	70.9	95	81.1	98	60.7	76	4.64	54	0
1992	71	92	81.7	93	60.4	83	4.21	61	0
1991	74.7	30	83	83	66.6	8	9.59	14	2
1990	72.8	71	82.6	88	63	44	7.61	21	0
1989	73.3	59	82.8	87	63.9	29	18.32	2	0
1988	71.8	86	84.9	56	58.8	94	1.59	92	0
1987	75.7	17	85.9	42	65.4	14	4.06	64	0
1986	73.3	59	83.3	79	63.2	39	6.30	27	0
1985	73.7	50	85.8	45	61.7	62	5.46	42	0
1984	73.8	48	85.5	49	62.1	57	3.18	75	0
1983	71	92	81.8	91	60.1	86	13.28	4	1
1982	74.6	34	85.8	45	63.3	38	1.15	94	0
1981	69.3	100	79.8	103	58.7	97	5.24	45	0
1980	74.2	40	84.5	63	63.9	29	8.43	19	0
1979	72.2	82	83.4	77	60.9	72	4.80	50	1
1978	74.6	34	86.1	37	63.1	40	4.77	52	0
1977	76.2	15	87.9	13	64.4	21	3.51	72	0
1976	69.6	99	81.1	98	58	100	5.78	39	0
1975	74.7	30	84.7	59	64.7	18	10.42	10	0
1974	77	9	88.3	9	65.7	13	3.95	65	0
1973	73.9	45	86.6	24	61.2	70	4.17	63	0
1972	73.4	56	86.4	31	60.6	77	4.38	59	1
1971	72	84	84	71	59.8	88	6.21	32	1
1970	73.5	52	86	40	61.1	71	6.22	31	0
1969	74	43	85.9	42	62.2	56	4.65	53	0
1968	74	43	86	40	61.7	62	15.51	3	1
1967	72.5	77	84.7	59	60.3	85	8.59	18	0
1966	74.1	42	84.5	63	63.6	35	2.42	85	0
1965	75.1	26	85.9	42	64.2	24	3.66	69	0
1964	75.1	26	86.8	18	63.4	36	4.59	55	0
1963	75.4	21	88.9	6	61.8	61	1.34	93	0
1962	75.7	17	89.3	5	62	59	5.93	37	0
1961	73.2	62	85.8	45	60.6	77	3.19	74	0
1960	72.6	75	86.6	24	58.5	98	2.65	81	0
1959	76.7	10	87.5	15	65.9	12	3.87	67	0
1958	74.5	36	86.6	24	62.5	50	3.18	75	0
1957	74.3	39	85.8	45	62.8	46	4.79	51	0
1956	76.4	12	89.5	4	63.4	36	2.28	86	0
1955	76.4	12	88.8	7	63.9	29	4.91	49	0
1954	69	101	81.8	91	56.1	103	7.40	22	0
1953	74.7	30	86.6	24	62.7	48	18.90	1	0
1952	73.8	48	87	16	60.6	77	4.40	58	0
1951	73.6	51	86.7	21	60.6	77	3.87	67	0
1950	75.7	17	86.6	24	64.7	18	10.37	11	1
1949	75.9	16	86.9	17	64.8	17	0.79	103	0
1948	74.7	30	86.7	21	62.6	49	5.58	41	1
1947	72.4	79	84.1	67	60.8	75			1
1946			83	83			5.99	36	16
1945	71.5	89	84.1	67	58.8	94	6.48	26	0
1944	73	66	84.2	66	61.6	64	12.69	5	1
1943									12
1942	72.7	72	83.3	79	62.1	57	2.83	79	3
1941	72.9	69	83.8	75	62	59	9.83	13	0
1940	71.4	90	83.9	72	58.9	93	3.03	77	0
1939	72.6	75	84.7	59	60.5	82	6.29	28	0
1938	73.4	56	85.2	53	61.6	64	2.84	78	1
1937	73.5	52	86.4	31	60.6	77	1.05	97	0
1936	73.4	56	83.9	72	63.1	40	3.89	66	2
1935	73.9	45	83.8	75	63.7	34	7.40	22	3
1934			84.9	56	61.5	66	1.80	90	5
1933	77.2	8	86.8	18	67.5	3	6.25	29	0
1932	73.2	62	83.2	81	62.9	45	2.62	82	3
1931	68.6	102	80.9	100	56.2	102	1.61	91	2
1930	73.5	52	83.2	81	63.9	29	6.24	30	0
1929	72.9	69	82.9	86	62.3	52	4.97	48	3
1928	72.3	80	84.8	58	59.8	88	4.53	56	2
1926	73	66	86.4	31	59.6	91	4.52	57	0
1925	73.1	64	88	11	58.3	99	2.79	80	0
1924	70.2	98	81.6	94	58.8	94	5.78	39	0
1923	73	66	84.6	62	61.4	67	6.05	35	0
1896							1.09	96	12
1895	71.1	91	82.3	89	59.8	88	7.17	24	0
1894	72.1	83	86.1	37	58	100	4.32	60	0
1893	72.3	80	84.1	67	60.4	83	9.31	15	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	78.9
2022	78.1
2012	77.9
1998	77.9
1996	77.9
2000	77.6
2024	77.4
1933	77.2
1974	77
1959	76.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1931	68.6
1954	69
1981	69.3
1976	69.6
1924	70.2
1994	70.3
2014	70.7
1993	70.9
2013	71
1992	71
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1953	18.90
1989	18.32
1968	15.51
1983	13.28
1944	12.69
2015	11.80
1994	11.49
2019	11.44
2025	10.64
1975	10.42

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	0.00
2003	0.77
1949	0.79
2010	0.81
2001	0.83
2012	0.85
2018	0.95
2023	0.98
1937	1.05
1896	1.09

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 31 May 2026
Coldest night: 49°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 2.15 in; 24 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 7.70 in of precipitation in Natchitoches, LA, the wettest May since 2025, 20th wettest of 105.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Natchitoches, LA: 95°F on Sunday 31 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Natchitoches, LA: a low of 49°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Natchitoches, LA: 2.15 in on Sunday 24 May 2026.