Olympia, WA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 56.1°F in Olympia, WA, the warmest May since 2023, tied 16th warmest of 78 (with 1969).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 56.1°F; Warmest since 2023; 16th warmest of 78
Precipitation: 1.56 in; Driest since 2025; 35th driest of 79

A normal May in Olympia, WA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 54.8°F, between 50.9°F and 57.5°F in eight years of ten and 2.08 in of precipitation, between 0.46 in and 4.14 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Olympia, WA since 1948: 56.1°F in 2026; the highest is 59.3°F, in 1958.

Normal range, 50.9 to 57.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Olympia, WA from 1948 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	56.1	16	69	14	43.3	22	1.56	45	0
2025	53.7	38	66.9	30	40.6	53	0.96	64	0
2024	53.7	38	65.7	40	41.7	37	1.38	56	0
2023	58.6	2	72.3	3	44.8	7	0.59	72	0
2022	51.1	69	60.7	75	41.6	41	4.33	6	0
2021	54.3	30	66.3	38	42.3	32	1.81	39	0
2020	56.2	15	67.3	24	45.1	5	2.87	21	0
2019	57.5	6	70.3	9	44.8	7	0.90	67	0
2018	57.6	4	70.5	6	44.6	10	0.24	77	0
2017	55.9	18	67.6	22	44.1	16	3.07	18	0
2016	57.2	8	69.3	12	45	6	0.15	79	0
2015	56.6	11	68.4	16	44.8	7	0.67	71	0
2014	55.9	18	67.9	19	43.9	17	3.34	12	0
2013	55.6	21	66.6	34	44.5	11	3.21	14	0
2012	52.7	54	64.9	49	40.5	56	2.73	22	0
2011	50.3	76	60.4	77	40.1	61	4.16	7	0
2010	51	72	61.5	74	40.6	53	4.14	8	0
2009	53.8	35	67	29	40.6	53	4.68	4	0
2008	54.5	27	64.8	51	44.3	12	0.48	74	0
2007	53.6	40	66.8	31	40.5	56	1.22	59	0
2006	54.8	25	67.1	25	42.4	30	2.36	29	0
2005	56.6	11	66.7	32	46.5	2	4.06	9	0
2004	54.8	25	65.4	44	44.3	12	2.00	34	0
2003	52.8	51	64.6	54	41.1	46	1.14	62	0
2002	51.1	69	62.1	69	40	64	2.04	33	0
2001	53.6	40	67.1	25	40.1	61	1.92	36	0
2000	53.4	45	63.2	62	43.5	19	3.28	13	0
1999	50.4	75	62	70	38.9	74	1.54	46	0
1998	53.3	46	62.4	66	44.3	12	2.11	30	0
1997							3.10	17	5
1996	50.7	74	60.5	76	40.8	50	3.14	16	0
1995	57.2	8	71.3	4	43	24	1.16	61	0
1994	55.8	20	69.1	13	42.6	26	1.44	53	0
1993	58.6	2	70	10	47.2	1	4.57	5	0
1992	57.5	6	72.6	2	42.4	30	0.19	78	0
1991	51.8	62	61.6	73	42.1	34	1.69	43	0
1990	52.5	56	62.6	64	42.3	32	2.06	32	0
1989	53.9	33	65.7	40	42.1	34	1.99	35	0
1988	53.3	46	64.1	56	42.5	27	3.36	11	0
1987	55.5	22	67.6	22	43.4	21	2.71	24	0
1986	54.4	29	65.1	46	43.7	18	3.20	15	0
1985	54.5	27	66.5	35	42.5	27	0.94	65	0
1984	51.6	65	62.4	66	40.7	52	5.48	2	0
1983	56.5	13	68.7	15	44.2	15	1.51	48	0
1982	54.1	31	67.9	19	40.3	60	0.51	73	0
1981	53.9	33	64.7	53	43.1	23	1.81	39	0
1980	52.8	51	65.5	43	40.1	61	0.93	66	0
1979	54.9	23	68.2	18	41.5	43	1.40	55	0
1978	52.9	49	64.9	49	40.9	48	2.90	20	0
1977	51.4	68	61.8	72	40.9	48	5.21	3	0
1976	51.5	67	63.9	57	39.1	73	2.66	25	0
1975	52.5	56	65.1	46	39.9	66	1.51	48	0
1974	51.8	62	62	70	41.6	41	2.65	27	0
1973	53.8	35	67.7	21	40	64	2.66	25	0
1972	54.9	23	68.4	16	41.4	44	0.83	69	0
1971	53.6	40	65.6	42	41.7	37	1.50	50	0
1970	51.8	62	65.4	44	38.2	77	1.21	60	0
1969	56.1	16	70.5	6	41.8	36	2.07	31	0
1968	54	32	65.1	46	42.8	25	2.57	28	0
1967	53.6	40	66.7	32	40.5	56	0.25	76	0
1966	52.6	55	66.5	35	38.6	75	1.30	58	0
1965	51.6	65	63.6	60	39.5	70	1.89	38	0
1964	49.9	77	62.8	63	37	78	0.98	63	0
1963	53.1	48	67.1	25	39.2	72	1.76	42	0
1962	49.6	78	59.7	78	39.5	70	1.81	39	0
1961	52.5	56	63.9	57	41	47	2.93	19	0
1960	52.1	61	62.5	65	41.7	37	3.50	10	0
1959	52.3	60	64.8	51	39.8	68	1.45	52	0
1958	59.3	1	72.9	1	45.7	3	1.47	51	0
1957	57.6	4	69.5	11	45.7	3	1.42	54	0
1956	57.2	8	71	5	43.5	19	0.30	75	0
1955	51	72	62.2	68	39.8	68	1.35	57	0
1954	52.9	49	65.9	39	39.9	66	1.63	44	0
1953	52.8	51	64.2	55	41.4	44	2.72	23	0
1952	53.8	35	67.1	25	40.5	56	0.85	68	0
1951	53.6	40	66.4	37	40.8	50	1.91	37	0
1950	51.1	69	63.8	59	38.4	76	0.79	70	0
1949	56.5	13	70.4	8	42.5	27	1.54	46	0
1948	52.5	56	63.3	61	41.7	37	5.83	1	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1958	59.3
2023	58.6
1993	58.6
2018	57.6
1957	57.6
2019	57.5
1992	57.5
2016	57.2
1995	57.2
1956	57.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1962	49.6
1964	49.9
2011	50.3
1999	50.4
1996	50.7
2010	51
1955	51
2022	51.1
2002	51.1
1950	51.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1948	5.83
1984	5.48
1977	5.21
2009	4.68
1993	4.57
2022	4.33
2011	4.16
2010	4.14
2005	4.06
1960	3.50

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2016	0.15
1992	0.19
2018	0.24
1967	0.25
1956	0.30
2008	0.48
1982	0.51
2023	0.59
2015	0.67
1950	0.79

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 85°F; 3 May 2026
Coldest night: 32°F; 17 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.73 in; 15 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 1.56 in of precipitation in Olympia, WA, the driest May since 2025, 35th driest of 79.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Olympia, WA: 85°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Olympia, WA: a low of 32°F on Sunday 17 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Olympia, WA: 0.73 in on Friday 15 May 2026.