Norfolk, NE: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 61.2°F in Norfolk, NE, the warmest May since 2024, tied 49th warmest of 127 (with 1906).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 61.2°F; Warmest since 2024; 49th warmest of 127
Precipitation: 3.85 in; Wettest since 2024; 61st wettest of 133

A normal May in Norfolk, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 60°F, between 57.1°F and 64.5°F in eight years of ten and 4.32 in of precipitation, between 1.23 in and 6.69 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Norfolk, NE since 1894: 61.2°F in 2026; the highest is 71.7°F, in 1934.

Normal range, 57.1 to 64.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Norfolk, NE 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	61.2	49	76.3	25	46.1	98	3.85	61	0
2025	59.9	66	73.2	52	46.5	88	1.98	111	0
2024	62	39	74.2	45	49.8	44	6.20	19	0
2023	65.8	8	79.6	4	52.1	18	1.43	122	0
2022	62.3	36	73.6	49	51	25	3.90	58	0
2021	60.1	62	71	77	49.2	52	2.33	102	0
2020	58.3	91	67.6	122	48.9	55	4.60	44	0
2019	57.4	106	67.7	120	46.7	84	4.92	37	1
2018	65.7	9	77.7	13	53.8	6	1.62	119	0
2017	58.8	82	71.2	75	46.3	93	4.33	48	0
2016	59.8	69	72	66	47.6	73	6.68	13	0
2015	59.5	73	70.2	93	48.8	57	3.32	74	0
2014	61.3	47	74.5	42	48.1	69	1.25	126	0
2013	59.4	78	70.4	89	48.4	65	5.40	27	0
2012	64.6	16	78.6	10	50.6	33	4.33	48	0
2011	59.7	70	70.9	80	48.5	62	5.13	32	0
2010	58.7	84	70.8	83	46.6	86	2.12	107	0
2009	61.3	47	74.3	44	48.2	67	0.38	133	0
2008	57.6	103	69.5	101	45.6	104	8.52	3	2
2007	64.7	13	76.1	28	53.3	11	4.92	37	0
2006	63.9	24	76.8	22	51	25	0.70	131	0
2005	60	63	72.5	59	47.4	76	4.31	50	0
2004	61.4	45	72.8	55	49.9	41	5.92	23	0
2003	57.8	100	69.5	101	46.2	95	4.98	36	0
2002	57.1	111	70.8	83	43.5	122	2.54	92	0
2001	61.8	40	73.2	52	50.4	35	6.32	16	0
2000	63.6	25	76.2	27	51	25	2.55	90	0
1999	60.3	61	71.3	74	49.4	50	4.24	51	0
1998	64.5	19	76.8	22	52.1	18	2.48	95	0
1997	55.4	121	67.9	116	42.9	124	3.34	73	0
1996	57	113	65.5	131	48.5	62	5.14	30	0
1995	55.7	119	65.9	130	45.5	108	6.81	11	0
1994	64.3	22	77.6	14	51.1	23	1.10	127	0
1993	60	63	71.6	69	48.5	62	2.41	99	0
1992	61.1	51	75	39	47.2	77	2.14	106	0
1991	64.4	21	75.1	37	53.8	6	7.55	6	0
1990	57.4	106	69.3	106	45.5	108	3.31	75	0
1989	59.9	66	74	47	45.8	101	1.71	117	0
1988	66.2	6	78.8	7	53.6	9	5.21	29	0
1987	65.9	7	77.4	17	54.5	5	5.60	24	0
1986	61.6	42	72.5	59	50.7	30	3.37	72	0
1985	64.6	16	76.1	28	53	13	2.85	85	0
1984	58.5	86	69.4	105	47.5	75	4.14	54	0
1983	57.1	111	68.9	111	45.4	111	3.28	77	0
1982	61.7	41	71.1	76	52.3	16	7.70	5	0
1981	57.8	100	70	96	45.6	104	2.34	100	0
1980	61.1	51	74.1	46	48.1	69	1.77	115	0
1979	58	94	70.1	95	45.8	101	5.14	30	0
1978	60.4	60	71.4	72	49.4	50	2.84	86	0
1977	67.8	2	78.7	8	56.9	1	8.61	2	0
1976	59.6	71	72.8	55	46.5	88	3.53	67	0
1975	63.5	27	76.3	25	50.7	30	2.56	89	0
1974	61.1	51	72.4	62	49.9	41	3.38	71	0
1973	58.5	86	70.7	85	46.2	95	5.56	25	0
1972	60.5	59	70.5	88	50.5	34	4.64	42	0
1971	57.7	102	68.8	113	46.5	88	2.19	105	0
1970	64.2	23	76.4	24	52	20	3.47	69	0
1969	61.4	45	72.5	59	50.4	35	2.93	84	0
1968	55.2	123	67.1	127	43.3	123	1.38	123	0
1967	55.4	121	66.3	129	44.5	114	2.27	104	0
1966	58.8	82	72.7	57	44.9	112	1.38	123	0
1965	63.6	25	75.8	32	51.4	22	6.62	14	0
1964	64.6	16	77.5	16	51.7	21	2.95	83	0
1963	60.9	54	71.5	70	50.3	37	1.95	112	0
1962	66.3	5	77.6	14	54.9	3	3.77	64	0
1961	57.3	109	67.7	120	46.9	80	4.02	55	0
1960	58.6	85	70.6	87	46.5	88	5.93	22	0
1959	59.9	66	69.5	101	50.2	38	7.50	7	0
1958	63.2	30	77	19	49.5	48	1.48	121	0
1957	58	94	67.9	116	48.2	67	4.55	45	0
1956	61.6	42	73.3	51	49.9	41	1.84	113	0
1955	64.5	19	79	6	50	40	2.32	103	0
1954	55.8	118	67.5	123	44.1	116	4.23	52	0
1953	58.5	86	69.7	100	47.2	77	2.52	93	0
1952	59.5	73	69.9	99	49.2	52	5.53	26	0
1951	60.7	55	71.9	67	49.5	48	4.48	46	0
1950	56.7	114	67.9	116	45.6	104	4.82	39	0
1949	63	31	73.2	52	52.8	15	4.20	53	0
1948	60.7	55	72.7	57	48.7	59	1.01	129	0
1947	55.6	120	67.5	123	43.8	120	3.00	82	0
1946	56.1	116	67.4	125	44.9	112	4.65	41	0
1945			68.9	111	42.5	126	7.40	9	5
1944	65.3	10	76	30	53.2	12	7.48	8	3
1943	56.5	115	69.3	106	42.9	124	2.12	107	1
1942	58	94	70.3	91	45.7	103	2.52	93	0
1941	65.3	10	77	19	53.6	9	2.45	98	0
1940	59.6	71	73.4	50	45.6	104	0.69	132	1
1939	67.4	3	81.1	2	53.7	8	2.80	87	0
1938	58.4	90	69.1	110	47.7	71	4.40	47	0
1937	62.8	34	75.5	33	50.2	38	2.48	95	0
1936	66.7	4	80.5	3	53	13	3.16	80	0
1935	52.9	127	61.8	132	44.1	116	5.12	33	0
1934	71.7	1	87.5	1	55.8	2	0.99	130	0
1933	59.5	73	72.1	64	46.6	86	1.83	114	1
1932	63	31	75.1	37	51	25	6.33	15	0
1931	57.9	98	71.5	70	44.4	115	2.08	109	0
1930	58.9	80	70.2	93	47.6	73	6.30	17	0
1929	57.4	106	70.7	85	43.9	119	3.94	57	1
1928	62.2	37	78.2	12	46.8	82	4.61	43	3
1927	58.2	93	70	96	46.4	92	4.72	40	0
1926	64.7	13	78.3	11	51.1	23	3.86	60	0
1925	58	94	72.1	64	44	118	1.75	116	0
1924	53.3	126	66.9	128	39.8	130	1.53	120	0
1923	58.9	80	71	77	46.7	84	6.21	18	0
1922	62.6	35	75.5	33	49.6	47	2.48	95	0
1921	63	31	75.4	35	50.7	30	3.82	63	0
1920	59.5	73	70.4	89	48.7	59	5.24	28	0
1919	58.3	91	70.3	91	46.3	93	2.78	88	1
1918	65.1	12	79.3	5	51	25	3.63	65	0
1917	56	117	68.5	114	43.6	121	5.08	34	0
1916	60.7	55	75.3	36	46.1	98	3.57	66	0
1915	57.9	98	69.5	101	46.2	95	7.40	9	0
1914	61.6	42	74.9	40	48.4	65	5.98	20	0
1913	59.1	79	70.9	80	47.7	71	4.02	55	1
1912			78.7	8	48.8	57	2.01	110	4
1911	63.3	28	77	19	49.7	46	1.68	118	1
1910	54.2	125	67.8	119	40.5	129	2.34	100	0
1909	57.5	104	72.4	62	42.5	126	2.55	90	0
1908	58.5	86	70.9	80	45.9	100	3.90	58	1
1907	54.7	124	67.3	126	41.5	128	3.22	79	2
1906	61.2	49	73.9	48	48.7	59	5.95	21	2
1905	57.3	109	69.2	108	45.5	108	9.88	1	0
1904					46.9	80	5.02	35	8
1903	60	63	71	77	49	54	6.81	11	0
1902	64.7	13	77.1	18	52.3	16	3.25	78	0
1901	60.6	58	74.7	41	46.8	82	3.02	81	3
1900			76	30					5
1899	59.5	73	70	96	48.9	55	8.30	4	0
1898	57.5	104	68	115	47	79	3.53	67	0
1897			71.4	72			1.03	128	10
1896	63.3	28	71.7	68	54.8	4	3.30	76	0
1895							3.43	70	15
1894	62.2	37	74.5	42	49.8	44	1.30	125	0
1893			69.2	108			3.83	62	4

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1934	71.7
1977	67.8
1939	67.4
1936	66.7
1962	66.3
1988	66.2
1987	65.9
2023	65.8
2018	65.7
1944	65.3
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1935	52.9
1924	53.3
1910	54.2
1907	54.7
1968	55.2
1997	55.4
1967	55.4
1947	55.6
1995	55.7
1954	55.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1905	9.88
1977	8.61
2008	8.52
1899	8.30
1982	7.70
1991	7.55
1959	7.50
1944	7.48
1945	7.40
1915	7.40

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2009	0.38
1940	0.69
2006	0.70
1934	0.99
1948	1.01
1897	1.03
1994	1.10
2014	1.25
1894	1.30
1968	1.38
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 25 May 2026, 15 May 2026
Coldest night: 27°F; 6 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.72 in; 22 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 3.85 in of precipitation in Norfolk, NE, the wettest May since 2024, 61st wettest of 133.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Norfolk, NE: 94°F on Monday 25 May 2026 and Friday 15 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Norfolk, NE: a low of 27°F on Wednesday 6 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Norfolk, NE: 1.72 in on Friday 22 May 2026.