Needles, CA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 brought 0.00 in of precipitation in Needles, CA, tying the record for the driest May, set in 2024, 2022, 2020 and 46 other years, in 133 years since 1892 (1908 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1987 excluded: 8 of 31 days missing); provisional.

May 2026

Precipitation: 0.00 in; Ties the record; Driest of 133, provisional

A normal May in Needles, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 82.7°F, between 77.2°F and 87.1°F in eight years of ten and 0.00 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.18 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Needles, CA since 1892: the highest is 88.1°F, in 2009.

Normal range, 77.2 to 87.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Needles, CA from 1892 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							0.00	84	5
2025	84.6	11	97.1	32	71.6	9	0.23	15	1
2024	82.6	32	96	51	69.2	27	0.00	84	0
2023	82	42	94.5	67	69.4	25	0.06	35	0
2022	83.4	28	96.8	37	70	21	0.00	84	1
2021	83.9	20	97.6	23	70.1	20	trace	52	0
2020	85.6	7	99.7	10	71.5	11	0.00	84	0
2019	77.2	105	89.6	117	64.7	83	0.19	17	0
2018	85.1	10	97.8	20	72.5	6	trace	52	0
2017	82.5	34	96.5	42	68.6	37	0.18	19	0
2016	81	56	93.5	74	68.6	37	0.01	45	0
2015	78.9	83	91	105	66.8	55	0.04	38	0
2014	84.2	15	97.7	22	70.7	17	trace	52	0
2013	84	17	96.8	37	71.1	14	trace	52	0
2012	85.5	8	99.5	12	71.5	11	0.00	84	0
2011	77.7	96	91	105	64.4	88	0.45	6	0
2010	77.2	105	90.1	114	64.4	88	0.00	84	0
2009	88.1	1	101.7	2	74.4	2	0.01	45	0
2008	78.6	88	91.7	95	65.6	71	trace	52	0
2007	84	17	97.4	27	70.5	18	0.00	84	0
2006	87.2	3	101.4	4	72.9	4	trace	52	0
2005	84.5	12	99	16	70	21	0.00	84	0
2004	83.6	24	96.7	40	70.5	18	0.00	84	0
2003	82.7	30	96.2	46	69.1	30	0.01	45	0
2002	80.8	60	94.8	63	66.7	56	0.00	84	0
2001	87.1	4	101.6	3	72.6	5	trace	52	0
2000	87.1	4	102	1	72.2	8	0.00	84	0
1999	80.7	62	94.9	60	66.5	59	trace	52	0
1998	76.1	115	89.6	117	62.5	108	0.05	37	0
1997	87.5	2	101.2	5	73.8	3	trace	52	0
1996	83.6	24	98	18	69.2	27	0.15	24	0
1995	77.1	107	90	115	64.1	93	0.13	27	0
1994	80.1	69	93.7	73	66.6	57	0.15	24	0
1993	82.3	38	97.3	30	67.4	49	0.09	33	0
1992	82.6	32	96.5	42	68.6	37	0.75	2	0
1991	77.3	102	92.2	89	62.4	109	0.00	84	0
1990	79.1	79	91.8	93	66.5	59	0.73	3	0
1989	81.8	45	95.5	56	68	42	0.02	42	0
1988	79.6	72	92.9	80	66.4	61	0.00	84	0
1987									8
1986	81.7	48	95.3	59	68.1	41	0.00	84	0
1985	81.8	45	95.7	53	67.9	44	0.00	84	0
1984	86.1	6	99.9	9	72.4	7	0.00	84	0
1983	78.5	90	92.5	88	64.5	86	0.00	84	1
1982	79.2	76	91.9	92	66.4	61	0.38	8	0
1981							0.18	19	5
1980	74.4	122	86.6	128	62.3	110	0.02	42	0
1979	80.2	67	94.5	67	65.8	70	0.03	39	3
1978	79.2	76	94.6	66	63.9	97	0.11	30	0
1977	73.5	123	85.5	129	61.4	113	0.21	16	0
1976	82.4	35	95.5	56	69.3	26	trace	52	0
1975	77.6	98	91.4	102	63.8	98	0.00	84	0
1974	81.6	49	94.5	67	68.7	33	0.00	84	0
1973	82.4	35	96.9	35	67.8	46	trace	52	0
1972	81	56	94.9	60	67.1	51	trace	52	0
1971	74.7	121	87.2	127	62.2	111	0.34	9	0
1970	81.6	49	96.1	48	67.1	51	0.00	84	0
1969	83	29	97.1	32	68.9	32	0.17	21	0
1968	81	56	95.9	52	66.1	65	trace	52	0
1967	79.5	73	93.5	74	65.6	71	0.01	45	0
1966	83.6	24	97.4	27	69.9	23	trace	52	0
1965	75.8	118	88.5	122	63.2	104	trace	52	0
1964	77.3	102	90.9	108	63.7	99	trace	52	0
1963	82.4	35	96.1	48	68.7	33	0.00	84	0
1962	76.9	109	90.2	113	63.5	100	trace	52	0
1961	78.5	90	91.7	95	65.2	76	0.12	28	0
1960	79.7	70	94.9	60	64.4	88	0.03	39	0
1959	79.3	75	91.7	95	66.9	53	0.00	84	0
1958	84	17	98.9	17	69.2	27	0.66	4	0
1957	76.2	113	89.6	117	62.7	106	0.16	23	0
1956	80.8	60	94.1	71	67.5	48	0.00	84	0
1955	76.5	112	89.7	116	63.3	102	trace	52	0
1954	82.7	30	96.4	44	69	31	0.00	84	0
1953	72.4	129	85.3	130	59.5	121	trace	52	0
1952	82.2	39	97.1	32	67.4	49	0.00	84	0
1951	79	81	92.8	83	65.2	76	0.31	10	0
1950	79.1	79	93.5	74	64.6	84	0.00	84	0
1949	77.1	107	90.8	110	63.4	101	0.01	45	0
1948	79	81	93.3	78	64.8	80	0.00	84	0
1947	83.8	23	97.8	20	69.8	24	0.17	21	0
1946	79.7	70	92.8	83	66.6	57	trace	52	0
1945	79.2	76	92	90	66.4	61	0.00	84	0
1944	78.7	85	92	90	65.4	75	trace	52	0
1943	83.6	24	99.4	14	67.9	44	0.00	84	0
1942	77.3	102	93.4	77	61.2	114	0.00	84	0
1941	78.6	88	93.1	79	64	95	trace	52	0
1940	84.1	16	99.5	12	68.7	33	trace	52	0
1939	78.4	93	96.9	35	59.9	118	trace	52	0
1938	76.1	115	93.8	72	58.1	125	0.00	84	1
1937	77.6	98	94.8	63	60.4	117	0.00	84	0
1936	81.3	53	97.5	25	65.1	78	0.00	84	0
1935	76.2	113	91.7	95	60.6	116	0.12	28	0
1934	81.9	43	97.5	25	66.2	64	0.00	84	0
1933	72.9	127	88.2	124	57.7	126	trace	52	0
1932	78.7	85	97.6	23	59.8	119	trace	52	0
1931	80.9	59	95.7	53	66	66	0.02	42	0
1930	73.5	123	88.3	123	58.6	124	0.27	12	0
1929	80.3	65	96.1	48	64.5	86	0.00	84	0
1928	81.1	54	96.8	37	65.5	73	0.24	13	0
1927	77.7	96	95.7	53	59.8	119	0.06	35	0
1926	80.3	65	97.4	27	63.3	102	0.01	45	0
1925	82.2	39	99.6	11	64.8	80	0.01	45	0
1924	81.9	43	100.7	7	63	105	0.00	84	0
1923	81.5	51	100.4	8	62.7	106	trace	52	0
1922	79.4	74	97.2	31	61.5	112	0.19	17	0
1921	75.1	120	91.3	103	59	122	0.78	1	0
1920	76.9	109	92.8	83	61.1	115	0.24	13	0
1919	81.5	51	97.9	19	65.1	78	trace	52	0
1918	75.2	119	92.9	80	57.5	127	trace	52	0
1917	72.8	128	88.7	121	57	128	0.62	5	0
1916	73	126	87.3	126	58.7	123	0.15	24	0
1915	70.2	131	83.5	131	56.8	129	0.00	84	0
1914	84.5	12	94.2	70	74.8	1	0.00	84	0
1913	78.8	84	92.7	87	64.8	80	0.00	84	0
1912	78.4	93	90.9	108	66	66	0.00	84	0
1911	77.8	95	91.6	99	64	95	0.03	39	0
1910	84.5	12	101.1	6	68	42	0.00	84	0
1909	70.3	130	91.6	99	48.9	131	trace	52	0
1907	73.3	125	90.7	111	55.8	130	0.00	84	1
1906	77.6	98	91	105	64.3	91	trace	52	0
1905	76.8	111	89.5	120	64.1	93	0.10	32	0
1904	83.9	20	96.2	46	71.6	9	0.00	84	0
1903	81.8	45	94.8	63	68.7	33	0.00	84	0
1902	80.7	62	92.9	80	68.5	40	0.00	84	0
1901	81.1	54	91.5	101	70.8	16	0.00	84	0
1900	83.9	20	96.7	40	71.1	14	0.00	84	0
1899	76.1	115	88	125	64.3	91	0.09	33	0
1898	77.6	98	90.6	112	64.6	84	0.11	30	0
1897	85.3	9	99.2	15	71.5	11	0.00	84	0
1896	78.5	90	91.1	104	65.9	68	0.00	84	0
1895	82.1	41	96.3	45	67.8	46	0.00	84	2
1894	80.7	62	95.5	56	65.9	68	trace	52	0
1893	78.7	85	91.8	93	65.5	73	0.30	11	0
1892	80.2	67	92.8	83	66.9	53	0.45	6	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2009	88.1
1997	87.5
2006	87.2
2001	87.1
2000	87.1
1984	86.1
2020	85.6
2012	85.5
1897	85.3
2018	85.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	70.2
1909	70.3
1953	72.4
1917	72.8
1933	72.9
1916	73
1907	73.3
1977	73.5
1930	73.5
1980	74.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1921	0.78
1992	0.75
1990	0.73
1958	0.66
1917	0.62
2011	0.45
1892	0.45
1982	0.38
1971	0.34
1951	0.31

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	0.00
2024	0.00
2022	0.00
2020	0.00
2012	0.00
2010	0.00
2007	0.00
2005	0.00
2004	0.00
2002	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 109°F; 11 May 2026
Coldest night: 59°F; 5 May 2026

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The hottest day of May 2026 in Needles, CA: 109°F on Monday 11 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Needles, CA: a low of 59°F on Tuesday 5 May 2026.