New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 61.2°F in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY, the warmest May since 2025, tied 32nd warmest of 78 (with 1972).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 61.2°F; Warmest since 2025; 32nd warmest of 78
Precipitation: 3.73 in; Wettest since 2025; 30th wettest of 70

A normal May in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 60.8°F, between 58.2°F and 63.9°F in eight years of ten and 3.57 in of precipitation, between 1.87 in and 5.61 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY since 1949: 61.2°F in 2026; the highest is 66.1°F, in 1991.

Normal range, 58.2 to 63.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY from 1949 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	61.2	32	69.3	30	53.1	37	3.73	30	0
2025	62.6	16	70.1	22	55.1	9	4.43	18	0
2024	63	9	70.5	15	55.6	4	2.62	52	0
2023	60	49	68.7	38	51.2	61	1.96	60	0
2022	62.2	20	70.4	19	54.1	19	4.34	20	0
2021	61.3	30	70.4	19	52.1	52	4.52	17	0
2020	58.2	67	67.1	57	49.3	74	1.33	67	0
2019	60.5	43	67.4	52	53.5	28	6.76	5	0
2018	63.4	5	71.3	9	55.4	7	4.07	24	0
2017	60.5	43	67.4	52	53.6	25	5.83	8	0
2016	60.3	47	67.7	48	52.8	41	3.71	31	0
2015	64.2	2	72.9	4	55.6	4	0.46	70	0
2014	62.5	17	70.5	15	54.6	14	3.60	32	0
2013	59.9	51	67.9	45	51.8	55	4.03	26	0
2012	64	3	70.5	15	57.4	1	7.08	3	0
2011	62.9	11	70.2	21	55.6	4	3.16	44	0
2010	63.9	4	73	3	54.7	12	1.98	59	0
2009	60.5	43	67.6	49	53.4	30	4.39	19	0
2008	59.1	59	67.3	54	51	62	3.25	42	0
2007	62.3	18	71.3	9	53.4	30	2.20	57	0
2006	61.1	34	69.2	33	53	39	4.29	22	0
2005	57.4	70	65	70	49.7	71	1.78	62	0
2004	62.7	15	70.5	15	54.9	11	4.31	21	0
2003	56.7	75	63.4	76	50	68	4.01	28	0
2002	58.9	60	67.1	57	50.7	65	3.29	41	0
2001	61.3	30	69.2	33	53.3	32	2.60	54	0
2000	61	35	68.7	38	53.3	32	4.02	27	0
1999	61	35	69.3	30	52.7	42	3.54	35	0
1998	61.7	23	69.4	28	53.9	22	5.59	9	0
1997	57.7	69	65.4	66	49.9	69	3.21	43	0
1996	58.6	63	66.4	63	50.8	64	3.16	44	0
1995	60.6	42	68.1	44	53.1	37	3.47	39	0
1994	59.6	55	67.9	45	51.3	59	4.87	15	0
1993	63	9	71.5	8	54.5	17	1.88	61	0
1992	58.8	61	67.8	47	49.7	71	3.49	38	0
1991	66.1	1	75.1	1	57.2	2	4.20	23	0
1990	58.3	66	65.3	67	51.3	59	6.97	4	0
1989	59.8	53	66.4	63	53.3	32	10.71	1	0
1988	60.3	47	67.3	54	53.3	32	5.07	12	0
1987	60	49	68.4	41	51.7	57	1.70	64	0
1986	63.3	6	72.6	5	54	20	1.09	68	0
1985	63.1	7	71.1	11	55.1	9	4.77	16	0
1984	61	35	67.5	50	54.4	18	8.59	2	0
1983	58	68	63.8	73	52.1	52	3.56	33	0
1982	61.8	22	68.9	36	54.7	12	3.43	40	0
1981	60.5	43	68.4	41	52.7	42	2.80	47	0
1980	62.9	11	71.1	11	54.6	14	2.77	49	0
1979	62.8	13	69	35	56.5	3	5.02	13	0
1978	59.5	57	66.7	60	52.2	51	6.44	6	0
1977	61.7	23	70.7	14	52.6	45	2.29	55	0
1976	58.6	63	65.8	65	51.4	58	3.56	33	0
1975	62.2	20	69.3	30	55.2	8	3.52	36	0
1974	59.6	55	66.6	61	52.5	46	2.69	50	0
1973	57.2	72	63.8	73	50.6	66	3.97	29	0
1972	61.2	32	68.7	38	53.7	24	5.02	13	0
1971	59.5	57	67.1	57	51.9	54	2.61	53	0
1970	61.7	23	69.8	23	53.6	25	2.01	58	0
1969	61.7	23	69.8	23	53.6	25	1.72	63	0
1968	56.8	74	64.3	72	49.3	74	5.34	10	0
1967	51.7	78	57.7	78	45.7	78	5.12	11	0
1966	56.7	75	65.1	69	48.4	76	3.51	37	0
1965	61.7	23	70.8	13	52.7	42	1.61	65	0
1964	63.1	7	73.7	2	52.4	47	0.62	69	0
1963	59.7	54	69.6	26	49.8	70	2.64	51	0
1962	62.3	18	72.4	6	52.3	49	1.45	66	0
1961	58.4	65	66.5	62	50.3	67	4.07	24	0
1960	61.7	23	69.5	27	54	20	2.28	56	1
1959	62.8	13	72.2	7	53.5	28	2.93	46	0
1958	57.4	70	63.8	73	51	62			0
1957	60.7	41	68.3	43	53.2	36			0
1956	55.7	77	63.1	77	48.2	77			0
1955	61.6	29	69.4	28	53.8	23			0
1954	58.7	62	65.2	68	52.3	49			0
1953	61	35	67.5	50	54.6	14			0
1952	59.9	51	67.3	54	52.4	47			0
1951	60.9	39	68.9	36	52.9	40			0
1950	57.1	73	64.8	71	49.4	73	2.78	48	0
1949	60.8	40	69.8	23	51.8	55	5.94	7	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1991	66.1
2015	64.2
2012	64
2010	63.9
2018	63.4
1986	63.3
1985	63.1
1964	63.1
2024	63
1993	63

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	51.7
1956	55.7
2003	56.7
1966	56.7
1968	56.8
1950	57.1
1973	57.2
2005	57.4
1958	57.4
1997	57.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1989	10.71
1984	8.59
2012	7.08
1990	6.97
2019	6.76
1978	6.44
1949	5.94
2017	5.83
1998	5.59
1968	5.34

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	0.46
1964	0.62
1986	1.09
2020	1.33
1962	1.45
1965	1.61
1987	1.70
1969	1.72
2005	1.78
1993	1.88

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 20 May 2026
Coldest night: 46°F; 12 May 2026, 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.12 in; 24 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 3.73 in of precipitation in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY, the wettest May since 2025, 30th wettest of 70.
The hottest day of May 2026 in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: 93°F on Wednesday 20 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: a low of 46°F on Tuesday 12 May 2026 and Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in New York-Kennedy Airport, NY: 1.12 in on Sunday 24 May 2026.