Paducah, KY: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 67.1°F in Paducah, KY, the coldest May since 2025, tied 42nd coldest of 88 (with 1969 and 1952).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 67.1°F; Coldest since 2025; 42nd coldest of 88
Precipitation: 4.27 in; Driest since 2023; 41st driest of 89

A normal May in Paducah, KY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 67.5°F, between 65.3°F and 71.3°F in eight years of ten and 5.06 in of precipitation, between 1.95 in and 8.03 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Paducah, KY since 1938: 67.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 61.5°F, in 1961.

Normal range, 65.3 to 71.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Paducah, KY from 1938 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	67.1	45	76.7	58	57.5	37	4.27	49	0
2025	66.2	57	74.8	73	57.6	34	6.05	23	0
2024	72.4	4	82.3	9	62.5	3	8.37	11	0
2023	69	25	80.3	20	57.7	33	3.98	56	0
2022	70.5	16	80.5	18	60.5	10	5.73	28	0
2021	65.5	62	76.2	65	54.8	59	5.69	30	0
2020	66	59	75.9	67	56	50	4.74	43	0
2019	69.5	21	79.6	24	59.5	17	11.09	1	0
2018	75.4	1	85.6	1	65.1	1	6.25	21	0
2017	67.9	36	78.6	37	57.3	41	4.95	41	0
2016	65.5	62	76.4	61	54.6	64	5.27	35	0
2015	68.7	28	78.9	34	58.5	27	3.71	60	0
2014	70.9	14	80.9	15	60.8	8	2.89	73	0
2013	66.8	52	77.1	51	56.4	48	4.33	47	0
2012	72.3	6	85.6	1	59.1	21	0.39	89	0
2011	66.1	58	75.7	69	56.5	47	8.74	7	0
2010	69.6	20	79.3	27	59.9	15	5.99	26	0
2009	67.4	40	76.8	55	58	32	6.13	22	0
2008	65.3	67	76.1	66	54.5	65	5.63	32	0
2007	70.5	16	82.5	8	58.5	27	2.53	77	0
2006	66.5	55	77	53	55.9	55	6.89	17	0
2005	65.1	68	77.7	45	52.4	82	0.82	87	0
2004	71.2	9	80.5	18	61.8	5	5.73	28	0
2003	66.3	56	75.6	70	57.1	43	6.04	24	0
2002	65.4	66	76.3	64	54.5	65	8.78	6	0
2001	68.4	33	79.9	23	56.8	44	4.42	46	0
2000	69.1	23	79	32	59.3	18	5.16	38	0
1999	66	59	78.4	39	53.6	72	3.71	60	0
1998	71.1	10	81.6	14	60.5	10	3.23	65	0
1997	62.1	86	73.3	82	50.9	87	7.95	13	0
1996	69.7	18	78.8	35	60.5	10	5.22	36	0
1995	67.5	38	77.3	49	57.6	34	5.68	31	0
1994	64	75	76.4	61	51.7	84	0.71	88	0
1993	67.3	41	78.6	37	56	50	2.59	76	0
1992	66	59	77.8	42	54.1	69	2.08	83	0
1991	72.4	4	81.9	12	63	2	4.29	48	0
1990	63.8	78	74.1	80	53.6	72	7.49	16	0
1989	64.5	73	76.5	60	52.6	79	2.33	79	0
1988	67.3	41	82	11	52.6	79	3.14	68	0
1987	73	3	85.5	3	60.5	10	1.43	86	0
1986	68.7	28	79.2	28	58.2	30	8.51	8	0
1985	66.8	52	76.8	55	56.7	45	4.13	50	0
1984	64.6	71	74.4	76	54.7	61	6.50	18	0
1983	64	75	73.3	82	54.8	59	8.89	5	0
1982	71	13	82.2	10	59.9	15	3.88	58	0
1981	62.8	83	72.1	88	53.5	74	8.42	10	0
1980	66.7	54	77.4	48	56	50	5.47	33	0
1979	64.9	69	74.8	73	55	58	5.32	34	0
1978	67	48	76.6	59	57.3	41	3.20	66	0
1977	71.8	7	82.9	6	60.6	9	3.70	62	0
1976	62.5	85	73	85	51.9	83	4.95	41	0
1975	69.5	21	79.1	31	60	14	4.00	54	0
1974	67.6	37	76.8	55	58.5	27	3.75	59	0
1973	63.6	81	73.2	84	54.1	69	9.32	3	0
1972	67.2	44	77.8	42	56.7	45	3.44	63	0
1971	62.7	84	74.2	78	51.3	85	3.92	57	0
1970	68.7	28	79.2	28	58.1	31	3.99	55	0
1969	67.1	45	78.4	39	55.9	55	2.31	81	0
1968	64.7	70	74.2	78	55.3	57	6.28	19	0
1967	63.9	77	74.3	77	53.5	74	7.63	15	0
1966	63.7	80	74.5	75	52.9	76	9.08	4	0
1965	71.5	8	81.8	13	61.3	6	2.23	82	0
1964	68.5	31	79.4	26	57.6	34	2.32	80	0
1963	65.5	62	76.4	61	54.7	61	3.18	67	0
1962	73.8	2	85.1	4	62.5	3	1.86	85	0
1961	61.5	88	72.4	86	50.6	88	7.65	14	0
1960	63.8	78	75	71	52.6	79	4.60	44	0
1959	70.6	15	80.2	21	60.9	7	4.13	50	0
1958	66.9	50	77.8	42	56	50	5.20	37	0
1957	67.3	41	77	53	57.5	37	9.87	2	0
1956	68.8	27	78.7	36	58.9	26	4.45	45	0
1955	69	25	79	32	59	23	4.99	40	0
1954	63	82	73.4	81	52.7	77	4.04	52	0
1953	68.1	35	77.2	50	59	23	3.14	68	0
1952	67.1	45	78.1	41	56	50	2.98	72	0
1951	67.5	38	80.7	16	54.3	68	2.52	78	0
1950	68.4	33	77.7	45	59.1	21	5.79	27	0
1949							4.01	53	31
1948	66.9	50	77.7	45	56.1	49	6.04	24	0
1947	65.5	62	77.1	51	54	71	6.27	20	0
1946	64.6	71	74.9	72	54.4	67	8.23	12	0
1945	61.8	87	72.4	86	51.3	85	5.04	39	0
1944	71.1	10	82.9	6	59.3	18	3.34	64	1
1943	68.5	31	79.5	25	57.5	37	8.51	8	0
1942	67	48	79.2	28	54.7	61	3.11	71	0
1941	71.1	10	83.3	5	59	23	2.74	75	0
1940	64.3	74	75.9	67	52.7	77	2.75	74	0
1939	69.1	23	80.6	17	57.4	40	1.95	84	1
1938	69.7	18	80.2	21	59.2	20	3.13	70	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	75.4
1962	73.8
1987	73
2024	72.4
1991	72.4
2012	72.3
1977	71.8
1965	71.5
2004	71.2
1998	71.1
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1961	61.5
1945	61.8
1997	62.1
1976	62.5
1971	62.7
1981	62.8
1954	63
1973	63.6
1966	63.7
1990	63.8
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	11.09
1957	9.87
1973	9.32
1966	9.08
1983	8.89
2002	8.78
2011	8.74
1986	8.51
1943	8.51
1981	8.42

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2012	0.39
1994	0.71
2005	0.82
1987	1.43
1962	1.86
1939	1.95
1992	2.08
1965	2.23
1969	2.31
1964	2.32

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 38°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.17 in; 20 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 4.27 in of precipitation in Paducah, KY, the driest May since 2023, 41st driest of 89.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Paducah, KY: 88°F on Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Paducah, KY: a low of 38°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Paducah, KY: 1.17 in on Wednesday 20 May 2026.