New Bern, NC: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 69.4°F in New Bern, NC, the coldest May since 2023, tied 37th coldest of 91 (with 1974).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 69.4°F; Coldest since 2023; 37th coldest of 91
Precipitation: 2.42 in; Driest since 2021; 21st driest of 91

A normal May in New Bern, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 70.2°F, between 66.6°F and 73.5°F in eight years of ten and 3.50 in of precipitation, between 1.72 in and 8.22 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in New Bern, NC since 1933: 69.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 62.6°F, in 1967.

Normal range, 66.6 to 73.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in New Bern, NC from 1933 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	69.4	54	79.9	55	58.9	51	2.42	71	0
2025	72.5	12	81.8	31	63.1	5	8.38	4	0
2024	72.5	12	82.4	25	62.6	11	3.92	50	0
2023	66.7	82	76.3	87	57	72	4.59	34	0
2022	72.3	15	81.5	40	63.1	5	8.03	7	1
2021	68.7	64	80.9	46	56.5	77	1.31	85	0
2020	66.5	84	76.4	86	56.7	74	8.15	6	0
2019	74.9	3	86.6	2	63.1	5	1.64	82	0
2018	72.7	11	81.8	31	63.6	4	8.61	3	0
2017	71.1	30	81.1	45	61.1	23	4.89	32	0
2016	69.1	59	78.7	69	59.6	37	6.68	16	0
2015	70.7	36	82.1	28	59.4	44	2.83	66	0
2014	73.4	9	83.9	10	62.9	9	1.92	77	0
2013	69.9	47	80.6	49	59.2	46	1.78	81	0
2012	72.8	10	82.7	17	62.8	10	7.36	12	0
2011	70.5	40	82.7	17	58.4	59	0.47	91	0
2010	72.4	14	82.7	17	62.1	15	1.43	84	0
2009	70.2	45	79.5	62	60.9	27	8.32	5	0
2008	67.4	78	78.6	72	56.1	81	2.00	76	0
2007	67.5	77	78.4	74	56.6	76	2.61	68	0
2006	67.2	79	78.5	73	56	82	3.15	57	0
2005	65.2	90	75.7	90	54.6	89	5.99	19	0
2004	73.6	8	84.7	7	62.5	12	3.94	48	0
2003	68.7	64	77.7	77	59.6	37	10.10	1	0
2002	68.3	68	79.4	63	57.2	71	2.62	67	0
2001	68.1	71	79.9	55	56.3	78	4.05	43	0
2000	71.9	20	83.4	12	60.5	29	3.95	47	0
1999	68.1	71	78.7	69	57.4	70	2.84	64	0
1998	70.2	45	80.4	51	60	31	7.55	10	0
1994	66.7	82	77.7	77	55.6	86	2.93	62	0
1993	70.4	41	81.8	31	59	49	2.22	74	0
1992	65.5	89	76.1	89	55	87	3.93	49	0
1991	74.4	4	84	9	64.8	2	3.50	53	0
1990	69.6	51	80.2	53	58.9	51	8.00	8	0
1989	68	73	79.1	64	57	72	4.34	38	0
1988	69.6	51	80.7	48	58.5	57	5.98	21	0
1987	71.6	24	83.3	13	59.9	33	2.36	72	0
1986	70.3	43	81.2	44	59.5	42	4.00	45	0
1985	71.9	20	82.4	25	61.4	17	2.57	69	0
1984	71.5	25	81.8	31	61.1	23	7.27	13	0
1983	69.2	58	79.9	55	58.6	55	1.61	83	0
1982	73.9	6	85.4	5	62.5	12	0.99	88	0
1981	66.4	85	76.8	85	55.9	83	6.04	18	0
1980	70.8	34	81.7	36	60	31	4.07	42	0
1979	69.1	59	77.4	80	60.8	28	5.99	19	0
1978	67.7	76	77.3	81	58.1	62	3.97	46	0
1977	70.9	32	82.1	28	59.6	37	4.55	35	0
1976	68	73	77.9	76	58.1	62	5.63	24	0
1975	72.1	18	81.7	36	62.5	12	4.04	44	0
1974	69.4	54	78.8	68	60.1	30	7.79	9	0
1973	69.3	56	79.9	55	58.7	54	2.93	62	0
1972	68.2	69	77	84	59.5	42	5.51	25	0
1971	68.2	69	78.7	69	57.7	67	5.51	25	0
1970	70.7	36	81.6	39	59.8	35	3.06	59	0
1969	69.7	49	81.8	31	57.7	67	5.94	22	0
1968	65.9	87	77.1	83	54.7	88	3.84	51	0
1967	62.6	91	73.3	91	51.8	91	5.70	23	0
1966	66.1	86	76.2	88	55.9	83	7.46	11	0
1965	72.3	15	83.2	15	61.4	17	4.84	33	0
1964	70.3	43	81.3	42	59.3	45	2.36	72	0
1963	65.6	88	77.3	81	54	90	4.34	38	0
1962	73.8	7	85.6	4	62	16	1.18	87	0
1961	67.1	80	77.5	79	56.7	74	6.83	15	0
1960	70.9	32	81.9	30	59.8	35	5.44	29	0
1959	72.2	17	83	16	61.3	21	1.92	77	0
1958	69.8	48	80.4	51	59.2	46	5.28	30	0
1957	71.1	30	80.9	46	61.4	17	3.50	53	0
1956	68.8	63	80	54	57.7	67	5.45	28	1
1955	71.5	25	83.3	13	59.6	37	3.37	55	0
1954	66.9	81	78	75	55.7	85	3.00	60	0
1953	75.1	2	86	3	64.3	3	2.57	69	0
1952	71.2	27	82.4	25	59.9	33	4.10	40	0
1951	67.9	75	79.6	60	56.2	79	2.03	75	0
1950	69.3	56	79	66	59.6	37	6.93	14	0
1949	68.9	62	79.6	60	58.1	62	4.45	37	0
1948	70.8	34	82.5	24	59	49	4.92	31	0
1947	70.7	36	82.6	20	58.9	51	3.11	58	0
1946	70.4	41	79.8	59	61	26	5.49	27	0
1945	68.6	66	78.9	67	58.2	61	1.90	79	0
1944	74.1	5	85.3	6	63	8	1.84	80	1
1943	71.2	27	81.3	42	61.2	22	9.62	2	0
1942	71.9	20	82.6	20	61.1	23	0.98	89	0
1941	71.2	27	83.9	10	58.5	57	0.48	90	0
1940	68.6	66	79.1	64	58.1	62	4.46	36	0
1939	69	61	81.7	36	56.2	79	4.09	41	0
1938	72	19	82.6	20	61.4	17	2.84	64	0
1937	70.6	39	82.6	20	58.6	55	3.68	52	0
1936	71.8	23	84.4	8	59.1	48	1.21	86	0
1935	69.7	49	81.5	40	57.8	66	2.96	61	0
1934	69.5	53	80.6	49	58.4	59	6.41	17	0
1933	77	1	87.3	1	66.8	1	3.35	56	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1933	77
1953	75.1
2019	74.9
1991	74.4
1944	74.1
1982	73.9
1962	73.8
2004	73.6
2014	73.4
2012	72.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	62.6
2005	65.2
1992	65.5
1963	65.6
1968	65.9
1966	66.1
1981	66.4
2020	66.5
2023	66.7
1994	66.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	10.10
1943	9.62
2018	8.61
2025	8.38
2009	8.32
2020	8.15
2022	8.03
1990	8.00
1974	7.79
1998	7.55

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	0.47
1941	0.48
1942	0.98
1982	0.99
1962	1.18
1936	1.21
2021	1.31
2010	1.43
1983	1.61
2019	1.64

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 91°F; 27 May 2026
Coldest night: 43°F; 4 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.94 in; 7 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 2.42 in of precipitation in New Bern, NC, the driest May since 2021, 21st driest of 91.
The hottest day of May 2026 in New Bern, NC: 91°F on Wednesday 27 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in New Bern, NC: a low of 43°F on Monday 4 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in New Bern, NC: 0.94 in on Thursday 7 May 2026.