Oak Ridge, TN: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 68.7°F in Oak Ridge, TN, the warmest May since 2024, tied 22nd warmest of 79 (with 1955).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 68.7°F; Warmest since 2024; 22nd warmest of 79
Precipitation: 7.15 in; Wettest since 2025; 9th wettest of 80

A normal May in Oak Ridge, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 67.7°F, between 64°F and 71.8°F in eight years of ten and 3.95 in of precipitation, between 2.27 in and 6.14 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Oak Ridge, TN since 1948: 68.7°F in 2026; the highest is 74.4°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 64 to 71.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Oak Ridge, TN from 1947 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	68.7	22	80.5	25	56.9	25	7.15	9	0
2025	66.6	42	75.4	66	57.9	18	7.49	6	3
2024	70.2	14	80	27	60.3	5	7.09	10	0
2023	67.4	36	77.7	46	57	23	3.92	40	0
2022	70.7	10	81.3	19	60.1	6	4.21	36	0
2021	65.9	48	77.7	46	54.1	49	5.28	23	0
2020	65.4	55	75.9	60	54.8	41	5.01	27	0
2019	72.8	2	84.3	4	61.4	2	5.16	25	0
2018	74.4	1	85.4	2	63.4	1	3.13	51	0
2017	68.1	26	78.7	40	57.5	21	4.92	28	0
2016	67.5	34	78.5	44	56.4	31	2.86	58	0
2015	71.2	9	83.3	7	59.2	13	1.03	79	0
2014	69.1	20	81.3	19	56.9	25	2.47	69	0
2013	66.5	44	77.7	46	55.3	34	5.33	22	0
2012	71.8	5	82.6	11	60.9	4	2.84	59	0
2011	67.9	27	78.7	40	57	23	2.14	73	0
2010	70.3	13	81.4	18	59.3	12	6.08	18	0
2009	67.5	34	77.1	49	57.8	19	5.81	20	0
2008	65.9	48	77	50	54.7	44	3.05	54	0
2007	69.6	18	82.4	13	56.9	25	2.72	64	0
2006	65.5	53	76.2	56	54.8	41	2.27	71	0
2005	64	62	76.4	55	51.6	67	3.19	49	0
2004	71.4	7	82.7	10	60	7	3.90	41	0
2003	67.8	29	77	50	58.6	16	10.01	3	0
2002	64.9	57	76.1	57	53.6	52	5.18	24	0
2001	67.6	32	78.8	38	56.5	29	3.67	43	0
2000	70.2	14	80.7	24	59.6	8	6.58	14	0
1999	67.3	37	79.5	32	55.1	37	4.42	33	0
1998	71.4	7	83.4	6	59.4	10	3.99	39	0
1997	62.5	72	75.7	63	49.3	75	6.31	15	0
1996	70.1	16	82.9	9	57.4	22	5.08	26	0
1995	67.2	40	79.5	32	55	38	6.12	17	0
1994	61.6	76	75.3	67	48	78	3.03	55	0
1993	67.3	37	79.5	32	55.2	35	4.29	35	0
1992	63.7	67	75.2	68	52.2	61	2.27	71	0
1991	72.1	4	83.2	8	61.1	3	2.55	68	0
1990	64.6	58	76.5	54	52.7	59	6.59	13	0
1989	62.1	74	74.3	72	50	73	6.14	16	0
1988	66.5	44	81.2	21	51.7	64	2.65	65	0
1987	71.6	6	84.4	3	58.8	14	2.02	74	0
1986	66.6	42	78.8	38	54.5	46	2.74	63	0
1985	64.2	61	75.7	63	52.6	60	3.83	42	0
1984	60.7	78	74	74	47.4	79	10.70	1	0
1983	63.8	66	75.8	61	51.7	64	6.90	12	0
1982	69.3	19	83.5	5	55	38	2.88	57	0
1981	62.2	73	75	70	49.5	74	2.65	65	0
1980	65.7	52	78.2	45	53.2	54	3.01	56	0
1979	64.3	60	76.6	52	52.1	62	9.32	4	0
1978	64	62	76	58	52.1	62	4.50	31	0
1977	66.4	46	78.7	40	54	51	1.67	77	0
1976	60.5	79	72.6	79	48.4	77	7.24	7	0
1975	68.2	25	79.5	32	56.9	25	4.02	37	1
1974	65.9	48	76.6	52	55.2	35	7.98	5	0
1973	62	75	73.4	76	50.6	72	10.43	2	0
1972	63.9	65	74.7	71	53	56	5.81	20	0
1971	63.4	69	75.2	68	51.7	64	7.17	8	0
1970	67.7	30	81.2	21	54.1	49	0.80	80	0
1969	67.3	37	80	27	54.6	45	2.76	61	0
1968	65.2	56	76	58	54.4	48	4.01	38	0
1967	62.7	70	74.3	72	51.1	70	4.77	29	0
1966	64.6	58	75.7	63	53.5	53	3.52	44	0
1965	68.6	24	81.5	16	55.7	33	3.27	46	0
1964	67.6	32	80.1	26	55	38	2.84	59	0
1963	65.8	51	78.7	40	52.8	58	3.24	47	0
1962	72.5	3	86.3	1	58.7	15	2.64	67	0
1961	62.7	70	73.9	75	51.5	68	4.39	34	0
1960	63.5	68	75.8	61	51.1	70	1.97	75	0
1959	70.6	11	81.7	15	59.4	10	3.24	47	0
1958	67.9	27	79.2	36	56.5	29	3.17	50	0
1957	69.7	17	81.8	14	57.6	20	2.45	70	0
1956	69	21	79.9	29	58.2	17	4.44	32	0
1955	68.7	22	81.2	21	56.3	32	4.58	30	0
1954	60.9	77	73.3	77	48.5	76	3.09	53	0
1953	70.5	12	81.5	16	59.5	9	5.83	19	0
1952	67.2	40	79.9	29	54.5	46	3.43	45	0
1951	65.5	53	79.7	31	51.3	69	1.23	78	0
1950	64	62	73.2	78	54.8	41	7.07	11	1
1949	66.2	47	79.1	37	53.2	54	3.10	52	0
1948	67.7	30	82.6	11	53	56	1.85	76	2
1947							2.75	62	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	74.4
2019	72.8
1962	72.5
1991	72.1
2012	71.8
1987	71.6
2004	71.4
1998	71.4
2015	71.2
2022	70.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1976	60.5
1984	60.7
1954	60.9
1994	61.6
1973	62
1989	62.1
1981	62.2
1997	62.5
1967	62.7
1961	62.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1984	10.70
1973	10.43
2003	10.01
1979	9.32
1974	7.98
2025	7.49
1976	7.24
1971	7.17
2026	7.15
2024	7.09

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1970	0.80
2015	1.03
1951	1.23
1977	1.67
1948	1.85
1960	1.97
1987	2.02
2011	2.14
2006	2.27
1992	2.27

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 92°F; 19 May 2026, 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 39°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 2.69 in; 24 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 7.15 in of precipitation in Oak Ridge, TN, the wettest May since 2025, 9th wettest of 80.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Oak Ridge, TN: 92°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026 and Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Oak Ridge, TN: a low of 39°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Oak Ridge, TN: 2.69 in on Sunday 24 May 2026.