Palm Springs, CA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 79.3°F in Palm Springs, CA (1 day missing), the warmest May since 2025, 34th warmest of 102.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 79.3°F; Warmest since 2025; 34th warmest of 102
Precipitation: 0.00 in; Ties the record; Driest of 105, provisional

A normal May in Palm Springs, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 80.3°F, between 75°F and 84.6°F in eight years of ten and 0.00 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.06 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Palm Springs, CA since 1922: 79.3°F in 2026; the highest is 86°F, in 1997.

Normal range, 75 to 84.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Palm Springs, CA from 1922 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	79.3	34	93	69	65.6	21	0.00	48	1
2025	81.9	9	96.1	30	67.7	8	0.11	10	0
2024	80.9	17	95.8	38	65.9	19	0.00	48	0
2023	78.5	41	91.9	79	65.1	26	trace	32	0
2022	81.6	12	95.9	35	67.4	10	0.00	48	0
2021	81.6	12	96	32	67.2	11	0.00	48	0
2020	84.6	4	100	5	69.3	3	0.00	48	0
2019	74.7	83	87.8	97	61.5	45	0.10	12	0
2018	79.9	28	93.8	61	66.1	18	trace	32	0
2017	80.1	26	94.9	52	65.4	24	trace	32	0
2016	77.5	55	90.8	86	64.4	28	0.02	25	1
2015	76	72	88.4	94	63.7	31	0.12	7	0
2014	82.1	8	96.4	24	67.9	7	trace	32	0
2013	81.3	14	95.1	47	67.5	9	trace	32	0
2012	81.9	9	97.5	13	66.3	15	0.00	48	0
2011	75.1	78	89.5	91	60.7	53	0.02	25	0
2010	76.2	71	90.7	88	61.7	43	trace	32	0
2009	84.7	3	100.2	4	69.3	3	0.00	48	0
2008	76.6	68	90.4	90	62.9	35	0.03	24	0
2007	81	15	95.8	38	66.3	15	trace	32	0
2006	82.7	6	97.4	15	68.1	6	0.01	31	0
2005	80.8	18	95.4	45	66.2	17	0.02	25	0
2004	80.4	25	95	48	65.7	20	0.00	48	1
2003	79.6	31	93.7	62	65.5	23	0.00	48	0
2002	78.4	42	93	69	63.7	31	0.00	48	0
2001	85.2	2	100.5	2	69.8	2	trace	32	0
2000	82.5	7	96.6	21	68.3	5	0.00	48	1
1999	77.2	60	91.7	83	62.6	36	trace	32	0
1998	70.9	99	84.2	102	57.6	81	0.07	16	0
1997	86	1	100.5	2	71.4	1	0.05	20	0
1996					67	13	0.00	48	6
1995	74	87	87.5	99	60.4	59	0.00	48	2
1994							0.00	48	5
1993	81	15	96.3	27	65.6	21	0.06	19	1
1992	81.9	9	97.5	13	66.5	14	trace	32	3
1991	77.4	58	94.7	53	59.8	64	0.00	48	2
1990	77.6	53	93.4	65	61.8	42	0.08	15	1
1989	80.6	23	97.4	15	63.8	30	0.00	48	0
1988	80	27	96.8	20	63.7	31	0.00	48	3
1987	80.7	21	96.2	29	65.2	25	0.00	48	2
1986	80.8	18	97.3	18	64.4	28	0.00	48	3
1985	78.9	37	96.1	30	61.5	45	0.00	48	1
1984	83.7	5	100.7	1	67.2	11	0.00	48	2
1983	79	36	96	32	62	40	0.00	48	2
1982	77.5	55	92.7	74	62.4	38	0.12	7	1
1981	78.9	37	94.1	57	63.7	31	0.16	6	0
1980	73.7	90	88.3	95	59	71	trace	32	0
1979	77.5	55	94.2	56	60.7	53	trace	32	0
1978	78.4	42	96.6	21	60.1	61	0.02	25	0
1977	71.7	98	86.9	100	56.5	89	0.10	12	0
1976	80.8	18	96.3	27	64.9	27	1.11	1	2
1975	77.4	58	93.6	63	61.3	48	trace	32	0
1974	78.1	46	94.3	55	62	40	0.00	48	0
1973	80.6	23	98.9	8	62.3	39	0.00	48	1
1972	78.1	46	95.5	43	60.6	56	0.00	48	0
1971	73.1	93	89.1	92	57.2	84	0.11	10	0
1970	78.4	42	95.9	35	61	51	0.00	48	1
1969	78.6	40	96.4	24	60.8	52	0.88	2	0
1968	77.2	60	95.9	35	58.5	74	0.05	20	0
1967	76.5	69	93.5	64	59.5	67	0.00	48	0
1966	79.5	33	97.9	11	61.1	50	0.00	48	0
1965	75.8	74	93.2	67	58.4	77	0.00	48	0
1964	75	80	93.3	66	56.9	86	0.02	25	1
1963	77.1	64	94.5	54	59.7	65	0.00	48	0
1962	73	95	90.7	88	55.6	94	0.00	48	2
1961	73.9	88	90.8	86	56.9	86	0.00	48	0
1960	76.7	66	95	48	58.4	77	0.00	48	0
1959	74.4	85	92.3	76	56.5	89	0.00	48	0
1958	79.6	31	99.4	6	59.9	63	0.07	16	0
1957	73.1	93	91.8	81	54.5	98	trace	32	0
1956	75.7	76	93.9	60	57.4	83	0.00	48	0
1955	73.3	91	91.9	79	54.7	97	0.02	25	0
1954	76.5	69	95.5	43	57.5	82	trace	32	0
1953	69.8	102	87.9	96	51.8	103	0.00	48	1
1952	79.2	35	99.4	6	59	71	0.00	48	0
1951	77.9	49	94.1	57	61.7	43	0.05	20	0
1950	75.1	78	91.2	84	59.1	70	0.00	48	0
1949	75.8	74	91.2	84	60.4	59	0.00	48	0
1948	77.9	49	97.4	15	58.4	77	0.00	48	0
1947	77.6	53	96.4	24	58.7	73	0.00	48	1
1946	73.8	89	92.3	76	55.3	95	0.00	48	0
1945	74.8	82	92.9	71	56.6	88	0.00	48	0
1944	73.3	91	91.8	81	54.8	96	trace	32	1
1943	77.2	60	96.6	21	57.7	80	0.00	48	0
1942	72.6	96	92.5	75	52.8	102	0.00	48	0
1941	77.2	60	95	48	59.4	68	0.04	23	1
1940	79.8	29	98.8	10	60.7	53	0.17	5	1
1939	75.9	73	95.6	40	56.3	92	0.00	48	0
1938	74.7	83	93.2	67	56.2	93	0.00	48	0
1937	76.7	66	95	48	58.5	74	0.00	48	0
1936							0.00	48	31
1935	71.8	97	89.1	92	54.5	98	0.07	16	0
1934	80.7	21	98.9	8	62.5	37	0.00	48	0
1933	70.5	100	87.6	98	53.4	101	0.12	7	0
1932	74.4	85	92.3	76	56.5	89	0.09	14	0
1931	79.7	30	97.9	11	61.4	47	0.00	48	0
1930	69.9	101	85.7	101	54.1	100	0.60	3	0
1929	77.7	52	96	32	59.3	69	0.00	48	0
1928	77.8	51	95.6	40	60	62	0.00	48	0
1927	74.9	81	92.9	71	57	85	0.00	48	0
1926	75.6	77	92.8	73	58.5	74	0.00	48	0
1925	78.2	45	95.2	46	61.2	49	0.00	48	0
1924	78.7	39	97	19	60.5	57	0.00	48	3
1923	78	48	95.6	40	60.5	57	0.00	48	0
1922	76.9	65	94	59	59.7	65	0.27	4	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1997	86
2001	85.2
2009	84.7
2020	84.6
1984	83.7
2006	82.7
2000	82.5
2014	82.1
2025	81.9
2012	81.9
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1953	69.8
1930	69.9
1933	70.5
1998	70.9
1977	71.7
1935	71.8
1942	72.6
1962	73
1971	73.1
1957	73.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1976	1.11
1969	0.88
1930	0.60
1922	0.27
1940	0.17
1981	0.16
2015	0.12
1982	0.12
1933	0.12
2025	0.11
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	0.00
2024	0.00
2022	0.00
2021	0.00
2020	0.00
2012	0.00
2009	0.00
2004	0.00
2003	0.00
2002	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 108°F; 10 May 2026
Coldest night: 58°F; 6 May 2026, 5 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 0.00 in of precipitation in Palm Springs, CA, tying the record for the driest May, set in 2024, 2022, 2021 and 54 other years, in 105 years since 1922; provisional.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Palm Springs, CA: 108°F on Sunday 10 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Palm Springs, CA: a low of 58°F on Wednesday 6 May 2026 and Tuesday 5 May 2026.