Norfolk, VA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 67.6°F in Norfolk, VA, the warmest May since 2025, tied 55th warmest of 153 (with 2013, 1947, 1946 and 3 other years).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 67.6°F; Warmest since 2025; 55th warmest of 153
Precipitation: 4.08 in; Wettest since 2025; 52nd wettest of 153

A normal May in Norfolk, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 67.5°F, between 64.8°F and 72.8°F in eight years of ten and 3.58 in of precipitation, between 1.92 in and 5.25 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Norfolk, VA since 1874: 67.6°F in 2026; the highest is 73.7°F, in 2019.

Normal range, 64.8 to 72.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Norfolk, VA from 1874 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	67.6	55	76.5	60	58.6	51	4.08	52
2025	69.8	18	77.3	43	62.3	9	5.35	29
2024	69.8	18	77.5	37	62.1	11	5.56	24
2023	64.6	129	71.7	145	57.5	90	2.71	102
2022	67.8	49	75.7	75	60	26	4.50	44
2021	67.9	45	78.2	25	57.6	86	2.26	118
2020	65.3	117	72.9	133	57.6	86	2.56	110
2019	73.7	1	82.8	2	64.5	2	3.57	71
2018	73.6	2	82	6	65.2	1	7.68	8
2017	68.4	35	76.4	62	60.3	23	8.56	3
2016	66	97	73.6	124	58.4	57	5.12	31
2015	70.5	11	79.4	17	61.6	14	1.51	142
2014	69.6	22	78.4	24	60.8	19	4.64	40
2013	67.6	55	75.7	75	59.5	32	4.15	50
2012	70.2	15	77.9	30	62.6	5	6.43	15
2011	69.9	17	79.6	15	60.1	25	1.95	127
2010	70.2	15	78.9	19	61.5	15	4.60	42
2009	68.9	29	77.4	40	60.5	20	4.77	36
2008	65.2	120	75.1	94	55.3	133	2.88	97
2007	65.6	109	74.4	113	56.7	109	2.06	121
2006	66.2	94	75.3	89	57.1	103	2.96	92
2005	62.4	149	70.7	150	54.2	145	4.02	55
2004	73.1	4	82.3	4	63.8	3	4.67	38
2003	65.7	105	73.5	129	57.9	77	4.66	39
2002	66.7	77	75.5	81	57.9	77	3.50	75
2001	66.5	85	75.3	89	57.7	84	2.89	95
2000	70.3	13	79.5	16	61.1	17	4.05	53
1999	66.5	85	74.4	113	58.5	54	3.85	60
1998	67.4	64	75.7	75	59.2	38	3.99	56
1997	64	137	73.4	130	54.5	142	1.66	136
1996	65.2	120	72.9	133	57.5	90	3.59	69
1995	67.9	45	77.1	49	58.6	51	2.42	114
1994	64.9	127	74	118	55.7	129	3.52	73
1993	68.5	33	78.6	23	58.3	62	2.88	97
1992	62.3	150	70.7	150	54	148	3.46	78
1991	72.8	5	82.5	3	63.1	4	0.64	151
1990	66.6	82	75.8	74	57.4	96	3.79	61
1989	65.6	109	75.9	73	55.3	133	2.97	90
1988	65.7	105	74.8	103	56.7	109	5.49	25
1987	68.2	39	78.2	25	58.3	62	2.65	104
1986	67.5	62	77	52	58.1	70	1.41	146
1985	68.8	30	78.1	27	59.5	32	3.23	84
1984	67.7	53	77.5	37	58	72	6.23	16
1983	65.7	105	75	99	56.5	113	3.52	73
1982	69.3	24	78.7	20	60	26	3.07	89
1981	65	124	73.6	124	56.5	113	2.75	100
1980	67.8	49	77.2	46	58.4	57	5.17	30
1979	66.7	77	75	99	58.4	57	10.12	1
1978	65.6	109	73	132	58.1	70	5.64	23
1977	68.2	39	78.1	27	58.2	67	3.86	59
1976	66.3	91	76.1	67	56.5	113	3.74	63
1975	68.3	36	77.8	32	58.8	46	3.37	80
1974	66.7	77	75.5	81	58	72	3.74	63
1973	66.9	72	75.6	78	58.2	67	3.62	68
1972	63.5	143	70.8	148	56.1	120	3.35	81
1971	65	124	74	118	55.9	125	4.46	45
1970	67.5	62	75.6	78	59.4	35	2.58	108
1969	67.4	64	76.8	57	58	72	2.05	122
1968	64.5	132	74.2	116	54.9	138	2.16	119
1967	61.2	153	70.7	150	51.7	153	3.25	83
1966	63.6	142	72.9	133	54.3	143	5.95	19
1965	69.7	20	79.9	12	59.5	32	1.48	144
1964	66.4	88	76.2	64	56.6	111	1.56	139
1963	64.5	132	74.5	110	54.6	139	1.55	140
1962	68	43	77.4	40	58.6	51	3.68	65
1961	63.5	143	72.5	140	54.6	139	7.77	7
1960	68.3	36	77.2	46	59.4	35	4.43	46
1959	69.7	20	79.7	13	59.7	30	1.98	124
1958	66.7	77	76.1	67	57.2	99	6.23	16
1957	68.1	41	77.5	37	58.7	49	1.94	128
1956	64.2	136	75.2	93	53.3	151	2.57	109
1955	67.7	53	77.1	49	58.3	62	1.58	137
1954	64	137	72.9	133	55	137	5.78	22
1953	71.4	8	80.6	7	62.2	10	3.16	87
1952	66.9	72	76.1	67	57.7	84	2.91	94
1951	64.6	129	74.6	108	54.6	139	2.95	93
1950	64.6	129	72.8	139	56.5	113	2.14	120
1949	65.6	109	75.1	94	56.1	120	5.42	26
1948	66.8	75	76.1	67	57.5	90	7.31	9
1947	67.6	55	77.7	33	57.5	90	1.47	145
1946	67.6	55	76.5	60	58.7	49	5.95	19
1945	66.4	88	75	99	57.8	81	2.64	105
1944	72.4	6	82.3	4	62.6	5	0.85	150
1943	70.3	13	79.4	17	61.2	16	3.23	84
1942	70.9	10	79.7	13	62.1	11	2.70	103
1941	69.5	23	80.3	9	58.8	46	0.94	149
1940	66.3	91	75.1	94	57.5	90	3.64	66
1939	67.8	49	77.2	46	58.4	57	1.53	141
1938	67.2	68	75.4	86	58.9	44	5.06	33
1937	67.6	55	76.8	57	58.4	57	3.35	81
1936	67.8	49	77.7	33	57.9	77	0.98	148
1935	65	124	74	118	55.9	125	2.89	95
1934	67	69	75.1	94	59	43	6.96	12
1933	71.1	9	80.3	9	61.9	13	1.76	132
1932	65.1	122	73.9	122	56.4	118	2.48	112
1931	66	97	74.8	103	57.1	103	4.62	41
1930	69	28	78.7	20	59.4	35	1.58	137
1929	66.6	82	75.4	86	57.8	81	7.90	6
1928	64.8	128	73.6	124	56	124	1.97	126
1927	66.7	77	75.4	86	58	72	3.57	71
1926	65.6	109	75.3	89	55.9	125	1.85	131
1925	64.3	135	73.4	130	55.3	133	1.72	134
1924	65.1	122	73.8	123	56.5	113	7.02	10
1923	65.6	109	74.8	103	56.4	118	1.90	130
1922	67.9	45	76.9	55	58.9	44	3.41	79
1921	63	146	70.8	148	55.2	136	4.71	37
1920	61.3	152	69.5	153	53.2	152	1.99	123
1919	67.9	45	77.3	43	58.5	54	3.63	67
1918	70.5	11	80.1	11	60.9	18	2.97	90
1917	62.6	148	71.6	146	53.6	149	1.98	124
1916	69.2	26	78.1	27	60.3	23	5.38	27
1915	66.1	96	74.3	115	57.9	77	4.82	35
1914	68.3	36	77.4	40	59.2	38	2.53	111
1913	67.6	55	77	52	58.3	62	4.31	48
1912	68.5	33	77.3	43	59.7	30	1.75	133
1911	69.2	26	77.9	30	60.5	20	0.56	152
1910	65.3	117	73.6	124	56.9	108	3.48	76
1909	65.9	103	74.8	103	57.1	103	4.20	49
1908	67.6	55	76.2	64	59.1	40	3.99	56
1907	63.1	145	72	143	54.3	143	3.20	86
1906	67	69	76.2	64	57.8	81	4.99	34
1905	68.7	31	77	52	60.5	20	2.30	115
1904	66.9	72	76.1	67	57.6	86	2.62	106
1903	66	97	74	118	58	72	2.27	117
1902	66.6	82	76	72	57.2	99	3.16	87
1901	64.5	132	72.9	133	56.1	120	2.59	107
1900	66.8	75	77.1	49	56.6	111	2.74	101
1899	66.4	88	75.5	81	57.4	96	1.69	135
1898	66.2	94	75.1	94	57.2	99	5.12	31
1897	65.3	117	74.5	110	56.1	120	5.36	28
1896	71.6	7	80.6	7	62.5	8	6.63	14
1895	64	137	72.2	141	55.7	129	8.60	2
1894	69.3	24	78.7	20	59.9	28	3.47	77
1893	66.3	91	75.3	89	57.2	99	6.79	13
1892	67	69	76.6	59	57.4	96	3.76	62
1891	63.9	140	72.2	141	55.6	131	3.58	70
1890	67.3	66	75.6	78	59.1	40	4.03	54
1889	68.1	41	77.7	33	58.5	54	4.58	43
1888	66	97	74.6	108	57.5	90	8.46	4
1887	68.7	31	77.6	36	59.8	29	1.94	128
1886	65.7	105	75.5	81	55.9	125	8.32	5
1885	65.6	109	72.9	133	58.2	67	6.16	18
1884	68	43	76.9	55	59.1	40	1.25	147
1883	66	97	74.5	110	57.6	86	4.09	51
1882	63	146	71.8	144	54.2	145	5.87	21
1881	67.3	66	76.3	63	58.3	62	1.49	143
1880	73.6	2	84.5	1	62.6	5	0.54	153
1879	65.9	103	74.7	107	57	107	2.48	112
1878	66.5	85	74.2	116	58.8	46	7.01	11
1877	62.3	150	71.1	147	53.4	150	2.84	99
1876	66	97	75	99	57.1	103	4.42	47
1875	65.5	116	75.5	81	55.5	132	2.29	116
1874	63.9	140	73.6	124	54.2	145	3.97	58

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	73.7
2018	73.6
1880	73.6
2004	73.1
1991	72.8
1944	72.4
1896	71.6
1953	71.4
1933	71.1
1942	70.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	61.2
1920	61.3
1992	62.3
1877	62.3
2005	62.4
1917	62.6
1921	63
1882	63
1907	63.1
1972	63.5
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	10.12
1895	8.60
2017	8.56
1888	8.46
1886	8.32
1929	7.90
1961	7.77
2018	7.68
1948	7.31
1924	7.02

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1880	0.54
1911	0.56
1991	0.64
1944	0.85
1941	0.94
1936	0.98
1884	1.25
1986	1.41
1947	1.47
1965	1.48

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 20 May 2026, 19 May 2026, 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 49°F; 12 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.47 in; 7 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 4.08 in of precipitation in Norfolk, VA, the wettest May since 2025, 52nd wettest of 153.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Norfolk, VA: 94°F on Wednesday 20 May 2026, Tuesday 19 May 2026 and Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Norfolk, VA: a low of 49°F on Tuesday 12 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Norfolk, VA: 1.47 in on Thursday 7 May 2026.