New York-LGA, NY: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 64°F in New York-LGA, NY, the warmest May since 2024, tied 23rd warmest of 87 (with 2001).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 64°F; Warmest since 2024; 23rd warmest of 87
Precipitation: 2.94 in; Driest since 2024; 32nd driest of 87

A normal May in New York-LGA, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 63.5°F, between 60.7°F and 66.7°F in eight years of ten and 3.43 in of precipitation, between 2.04 in and 5.09 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in New York-LGA, NY since 1940: 64°F in 2026; the highest is 69°F, in 1991.

Normal range, 60.7 to 66.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in New York-LGA, NY from 1940 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
2026	64	23	72.3	23	55.7	25	2.94	56
2025	63.2	39	70.8	45	55.7	25	5.14	15
2024	64.9	14	72.3	23	57.5	5	2.85	60
2023	63.4	33	71.7	32	55.2	36	1.38	80
2022	64.2	21	72.2	26	56.2	16	4.65	23
2021	63.4	33	71.5	34	55.4	34	3.93	38
2020	60.8	63	69.2	60	52.4	64	1.19	83
2019	62	55	69.3	58	54.7	40	6.37	7
2018	67.4	2	76.3	3	58.5	4	3.24	53
2017	63.2	39	70.3	51	56.2	16	5.99	8
2016	63.6	27	71.2	42	55.9	23	3.92	39
2015	67	4	76.5	2	57.5	5	1.61	78
2014	63.5	29	71.5	34	55.5	30	4.70	19
2013	63.5	29	71.6	33	55.5	30	4.99	16
2012	65.8	7	72.5	19	59.1	2	4.67	21
2011	63.5	29	70.8	45	56.1	20	3.97	35
2010	66.2	6	75.2	7	57.2	8	2.90	58
2009	62.8	46	70.4	49	55.2	36	3.97	35
2008	61.1	60	68.9	63	53.2	57	3.26	52
2007	66.7	5	76	4	57.4	7	2.18	68
2006	63.9	25	71.8	29	56	22	4.69	20
2005	58.8	82	66.1	82	51.5	79	0.96	86
2004	64.6	18	73.5	15	55.7	25	4.44	28
2003	58.6	84	65.5	85	51.6	76	3.55	46
2002	60.9	62	69.3	58	52.5	63	3.30	51
2001	64	23	71.8	29	56.3	13	2.09	71
2000	63.4	33	71.4	38	55.4	34	4.29	32
1999	63.1	42	70.7	47	55.5	30	4.45	26
1998	64.8	15	72.9	17	56.6	11	5.98	9
1997	60	67	67.8	67	52.2	67	3.19	54
1996	61	61	69	62	53	58	2.12	70
1995	62.4	51	70.1	55	54.6	41	2.69	61
1994	62.2	53	71.5	34	52.8	61	4.49	25
1993	65.2	11	74.2	11	56.2	16	2.31	67
1992	61.2	59	70.2	53	52.2	67	2.87	59
1991	69	1	78.2	1	59.9	1	2.99	55
1990	59.7	69	67.4	71	52	71	7.63	4
1989	62.4	51	70.3	51	54.6	41	8.83	2
1988	62.2	53	70.4	49	54	50	4.45	26
1987	63.3	37	72.3	23	54.3	46	1.12	84
1986	65.4	10	75.1	9	55.6	28	1.45	79
1985	64.6	18	73.6	14	55.6	28	5.18	14
1984	61.3	58	68.7	64	53.9	51	9.27	1
1983	58.8	82	66.5	79	51.2	82	3.77	44
1982	63.3	37	71.1	43	55.5	30	2.03	72
1981	63.8	26	71.3	41	56.3	13	3.32	50
1980	64.7	16	72.7	18	56.7	10	2.14	69
1979	62.9	43	69.8	56	56.1	20	4.32	31
1978	59.5	71	67.1	74	52	71	8.15	3
1977	64.1	22	73.7	13	54.5	44	1.82	74
1976	61.5	56	69.2	60	53.7	52	3.87	40
1975	64.3	20	72.2	26	56.3	13	3.79	42
1974	59.9	68	67.3	72	52.4	64	3.82	41
1973	58.9	80	65.5	85	52.3	66	4.21	34
1972	59.7	69	67.8	67	51.6	76	6.85	6
1971	59.4	72	67	76	51.7	74	3.37	49
1970	62.6	47	71.1	43	54.1	49	2.02	73
1969	62.9	43	71.5	34	54.3	46	2.52	63
1968	59.4	72	66.8	77	52	71	4.67	21
1967	54.9	87	61.9	87	48	87	3.52	47
1966	59	78	65.8	84	52.2	67	3.78	43
1965	67.1	3	75.3	5	58.8	3	1.35	81
1964	65.5	9	74.7	10	56.4	12	0.43	87
1963	60.6	65	69.6	57	51.6	76	1.78	76
1962	63.6	27	72.5	19	54.6	41	1.03	85
1961	58.5	85	66.4	81	50.7	83	3.97	35
1960	62.6	47	70.7	47	54.4	45	3.39	48
1959	65	13	74.2	11	55.9	23	1.70	77
1958	59.1	77	66	83	52.2	67	4.72	18
1957	63.4	33	72.5	19	54.3	46	2.92	57
1956	58.9	80	67.8	67	50	86	2.59	62
1955	65.2	11	75.2	7	55.2	36	1.82	74
1954	60.2	66	67.5	70	53	58	3.68	45
1953	63.2	39	71.4	38	55	39	4.37	29
1952	60.8	63	68.7	64	52.9	60	5.61	10
1951	62.9	43	72.1	28	53.7	52	5.46	12
1950	58.4	86	66.5	79	50.3	85	2.47	64
1949	62.6	47	71.8	29	53.4	55	4.52	24
1948	59.4	72	67.1	74	51.7	74	7.42	5
1947	59.3	76	67.9	66	50.6	84	4.25	33
1946	61.4	57	70.2	53	52.6	62	5.58	11
1945	59	78	66.6	78	51.5	79	4.94	17
1944	65.7	8	75.3	5	56.2	16	1.22	82
1943	62.5	50	71.4	38	53.5	54	4.33	30
1942	64.7	16	72.5	19	56.9	9	2.44	65
1941	63.5	29	73.5	15	53.4	55	2.42	66
1940	59.4	72	67.2	73	51.5	79	5.36	13

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1991	69
2018	67.4
1965	67.1
2015	67
2007	66.7
2010	66.2
2012	65.8
1944	65.7
1964	65.5
1986	65.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	54.9
1950	58.4
1961	58.5
2003	58.6
2005	58.8
1983	58.8
1973	58.9
1956	58.9
1966	59
1945	59

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1984	9.27
1989	8.83
1978	8.15
1990	7.63
1948	7.42
1972	6.85
2019	6.37
2017	5.99
1998	5.98
1952	5.61

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1964	0.43
2005	0.96
1962	1.03
1987	1.12
2020	1.19
1944	1.22
1965	1.35
2023	1.38
1986	1.45
2015	1.61

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 96°F; 20 May 2026, 19 May 2026
Coldest night: 46°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.96 in; 24 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 2.94 in of precipitation in New York-LGA, NY, the driest May since 2024, 32nd driest of 87.
The hottest day of May 2026 in New York-LGA, NY: 96°F on Wednesday 20 May 2026 and Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in New York-LGA, NY: a low of 46°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in New York-LGA, NY: 0.96 in on Sunday 24 May 2026.