Omaha, NE: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 64.3°F in Omaha, NE, the warmest May since 2023, tied 48th warmest of 156 (with 2014 and 1895).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 64.3°F; Warmest since 2023; 48th warmest of 156
Precipitation: 3.54 in; Driest since 2025; 71st driest of 156

A normal May in Omaha, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 62.6°F, between 59.6°F and 66.5°F in eight years of ten and 4.55 in of precipitation, between 1.95 in and 7.71 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Omaha, NE since 1871: 64.3°F in 2026; the highest is 72.9°F, in 1934.

Normal range, 59.6 to 66.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Omaha, NE from 1871 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	64.3	48	77.5	22	51.1	99	3.54	86
2025	63	66	75	50	51.1	99	1.84	132
2024	64.2	51	76.1	36	52.3	77	11.13	2
2023	66.8	20	79.5	10	54.1	44	0.17	156
2022	64.7	43	75	50	54.4	39	5.32	35
2021	62.1	85	71.9	94	52.4	74	3.40	89
2020	59.8	125	68.7	135	50.9	104	3.25	95
2019	62	88	71.3	100	52.6	67	7.65	13
2018	70.6	2	82.5	2	58.8	5	1.97	127
2017	63.1	61	75.2	47	50.9	104	4.60	51
2016	63.1	61	74.1	62	52.1	80	4.84	47
2015	61.6	97	70.8	109	52.5	71	5.34	34
2014	64.3	48	76.6	31	52	85	3.13	97
2013	62	88	72.2	90	51.8	88	5.74	30
2012	68.4	7	80.3	7	56.5	21	3.56	84
2011	62.5	77	73.2	72	51.8	88	5.08	39
2010	61.9	91	72.6	83	51.1	99	2.54	110
2009	63.7	55	75.2	47	52.2	78	1.38	140
2008	60.1	118	72	92	48.3	139	6.36	21
2007	66.5	24	77.3	23	55.7	29	10.63	3
2006	64.2	51	75.8	38	52.7	65	2.54	110
2005	61.8	93	74.2	60	49.4	122	4.60	51
2004	63.9	54	75.3	45	52.5	71	8.21	11
2003	59.6	127	70.2	120	49	130	4.37	59
2002	59.6	127	71.8	95	47.3	149	4.14	69
2001	63.4	58	74	64	52.9	62	8.78	7
2000	66	33	78.4	18	53.5	50	2.69	104
1999	62.3	82	72.8	78	51.7	91	4.50	55
1998	66.5	24	77.2	25	55.8	28	4.71	49
1997	58	143	70	127	46	153	1.54	137
1996	59.4	129	67.3	147	51.5	94	7.57	14
1995	58.1	142	68.4	137	47.8	140	7.07	18
1994	64.4	47	78.4	18	50.5	112	1.73	133
1993	61	107	70.4	115	51.5	94	4.86	45
1992	62.6	76	73.1	76	52.1	80	2.28	116
1991	66.9	18	75.6	40	58.1	8	3.42	88
1990	59	134	68.1	140	49.9	116	4.04	72
1989	62.9	70	74.6	57	51.1	99	0.55	154
1988	67.9	13	79.5	10	56.4	22	5.49	33
1987	66.9	18	76.8	28	56.9	13	6.08	24
1986	63	66	72.6	83	53.3	55	3.98	73
1985	65.2	40	75	50	55.3	33	4.16	68
1984	58.8	138	68.1	140	49.4	122	3.96	74
1983	57.5	149	67.5	144	47.5	148	4.82	48
1982	63.1	61	71.2	102	54.9	34	9.00	6
1981	59.9	123	70.1	122	49.8	117	3.90	77
1980	63.5	57	74.8	55	52.1	80	1.87	129
1979	59.8	125	71.1	104	48.5	135	2.99	98
1978	60.6	115	70.1	122	51.2	98	3.39	92
1977	70.2	3	81.3	4	59.1	3	6.05	25
1976	60.1	118	74	64	46.3	152	3.55	85
1975	66.1	30	78.8	14	53.5	50	3.72	81
1974	61.9	91	73.2	72	50.6	110	2.65	107
1973	59.4	129	71.6	96	47.2	150	4.94	41
1972	62.4	81	73	77	51.7	91	5.13	38
1971	60.4	116	71.6	96	49.1	128	7.21	16
1970	68.1	8	80.1	8	56	27	2.64	108
1969	63.2	60	73.4	69	53	60	4.48	56
1968	58	143	70.1	122	45.9	154	4.35	62
1967	59.1	132	70.6	110	47.6	147	2.26	117
1966	61	107	74.3	59	47.7	144	3.67	82
1965	68.1	8	79.5	10	56.7	19	6.19	23
1964	68	10	79.8	9	56.2	25	7.46	15
1963	63	66	73.3	71	52.8	63	1.29	144
1962	70.1	4	81.2	5	59	4	5.26	37
1961	60	122	70.5	113	49.6	119	5.98	27
1960	62.1	85	73.7	67	50.6	110	6.53	20
1959	63.1	61	72.7	80	53.5	50	10.33	4
1958	65.6	38	77.3	23	54	45	1.87	129
1957	61.2	104	70.9	108	51.6	93	5.01	40
1956	65.5	39	76.4	33	54.6	38	1.31	142
1955	66.4	26	78.5	17	54.2	42	1.21	147
1954	58.8	138	69.9	128	47.7	144	3.32	93
1953	61.5	100	72.2	90	50.7	108	2.00	126
1952	62.5	77	72.7	80	52.4	74	4.09	70
1951	63.7	55	74.1	62	53.3	55	7.09	17
1950	61.7	95	72.7	80	50.7	108	4.94	41
1949	66.1	30	76	37	56.1	26	3.94	75
1948	62.7	75	74.9	54	50.5	112	0.56	153
1947	58.4	140	69.1	134	47.8	140	4.65	50
1946	59.1	132	69.9	128	48.4	137	3.53	87
1945	57.6	147	67.4	145	47.8	140	5.83	28
1944	66.8	20	76.5	32	57	12	4.21	67
1943	58.9	136	68.3	139	49.5	120	4.27	65
1942	60.8	110	70.6	110	50.9	104	3.93	76
1941	68	10	78.7	16	57.3	10	1.05	149
1940	61.3	102	73.2	72	49.4	122	1.26	145
1939	69.4	6	82.2	3	56.6	20	1.65	135
1938	61.4	101	70.5	113	52.2	78	2.68	105
1937	64.1	53	75	50	53.3	55	2.45	114
1936	68	10	79	13	56.9	13	4.37	59
1935	56.4	153	64.4	155	48.5	135	3.57	83
1934	72.9	1	85.5	1	60.3	1	0.60	152
1933	62.1	85	71.4	99	52.7	65	0.73	150
1932	64.8	42	75.4	42	54.2	42	4.29	64
1931	59.9	123	70.2	120	49.5	120	3.26	94
1930	61.6	97	71.3	100	51.9	87	2.74	100
1929	60.8	110	70.1	122	51.5	94	2.02	124
1928	65.1	41	75.4	42	54.8	36	1.97	127
1927	61.3	102	70.4	115	52.1	80	1.36	141
1926	67	16	77.1	26	56.8	16	1.87	129
1925	61.2	104	72.6	83	49.8	117	0.55	154
1924	55.7	154	65.9	152	45.5	155	2.01	125
1923	60.9	109	70.3	119	51.5	94	2.50	112
1922	64.6	44	73.8	66	55.4	31	2.37	115
1921	65.9	36	75.4	42	56.4	22	3.18	96
1920	61.7	95	70.4	115	53	60	2.55	109
1919	61.6	97	70.6	110	52.6	67	1.70	134
1918	67.8	15	78.8	14	56.9	13	4.08	71
1917	57.6	147	67.4	145	47.7	144	3.85	78
1916	63	66	73.4	69	52.6	67	4.57	54
1915	58.9	136	68.4	137	49.4	122	6.05	25
1914	64.5	45	74.6	57	54.3	40	2.16	120
1913	62.9	70	72	92	53.8	48	5.27	36
1912	66.3	27	76.9	27	55.6	30	1.30	143
1911	66.3	27	76.2	35	56.4	22	2.70	103
1910	57.5	149	66.3	151	48.6	133	2.23	119
1909	60.7	113	71	106	50.5	112	3.80	80
1908	60.8	110	69.8	130	51.8	88	6.65	19
1907	55.4	155	65.5	153	45.3	156	1.58	136
1906	63.1	61	72.8	78	53.3	55	2.50	112
1905	60.1	118	69.7	132	50.5	112	3.40	89
1904	62	88	71.2	102	52.8	63	4.86	45
1903	62.9	70	71.5	98	54.3	40	8.32	10
1902	66	33	75.2	47	56.8	16	2.88	99
1901	62.5	77	72.5	87	52.6	67	2.13	122
1900	66.3	27	75.3	45	57.3	10	2.24	118
1899	62.3	82	71.1	104	53.5	50	4.45	57
1898	61.2	104	70.1	122	52.4	74	4.33	63
1897	61.8	93	72.4	88	51.1	99	2.16	120
1896	67	16	75.5	41	58.5	6	9.51	5
1895	64.3	48	74.8	55	53.7	49	1.11	148
1894	64.5	45	75.8	38	53.3	55	0.61	151
1893	59	134	68.7	135	49.3	126	3.84	79
1892	54.3	156	61.6	156	46.9	151	8.33	9
1891	59.4	129	69.6	133	49.1	128	4.94	41
1890	60.1	118	71	106	49.2	127	2.72	102
1889	62.8	73	73.2	72	52.5	71	2.67	106
1888	57.4	151	66.9	148	47.8	140	4.36	61
1887	66.6	23	77.9	20	55.4	31	1.39	139
1886	66	33	77.9	20	54	45	4.58	53
1885	60.3	117	69.8	130	50.8	107	4.43	58
1884	62.2	84	72.3	89	52.1	80	1.45	138
1883	57.7	146	66.8	149	48.6	133	11.29	1
1882	56.9	152	65.4	154	48.4	137	4.91	44
1881	67.9	13	76.4	33	59.4	2	7.94	12
1880	69.7	5	81.1	6	58.4	7	3.40	89
1879	66.8	20	76.7	29	56.8	16	5.53	32
1878	57.8	145	66.5	150	49	130	5.77	29
1877	60.7	113	68	142	53.5	50	8.62	8
1876	63.3	59	72.6	83	53.9	47	2.07	123
1875	62.8	73	73.7	67	52	85	4.25	66
1874	65.8	37	76.7	29	54.9	34	1.24	146
1873	58.2	141	67.6	143	48.7	132	5.59	31
1872	62.5	77	70.4	115	54.7	37	6.35	22
1871	66.1	30	74.2	60	58	9	2.73	101

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1934	72.9
2018	70.6
1977	70.2
1962	70.1
1880	69.7
1939	69.4
2012	68.4
1970	68.1
1965	68.1
1964	68
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1892	54.3
1907	55.4
1924	55.7
1935	56.4
1882	56.9
1888	57.4
1983	57.5
1910	57.5
1945	57.6
1917	57.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1883	11.29
2024	11.13
2007	10.63
1959	10.33
1896	9.51
1982	9.00
2001	8.78
1877	8.62
1892	8.33
1903	8.32

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2023	0.17
1989	0.55
1925	0.55
1948	0.56
1934	0.60
1894	0.61
1933	0.73
1941	1.05
1895	1.11
1955	1.21

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 15 May 2026
Coldest night: 30°F; 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.28 in; 30 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 3.54 in of precipitation in Omaha, NE, the driest May since 2025, 71st driest of 156.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Omaha, NE: 93°F on Friday 15 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Omaha, NE: a low of 30°F on Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Omaha, NE: 1.28 in on Saturday 30 May 2026.