Palmdale, CA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 67.9°F in Palmdale, CA, the warmest May since 2025, 32nd warmest of 95.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 67.9°F; Warmest since 2025; 32nd warmest of 95
Precipitation: 0.00 in; Ties the record; Driest of 95, provisional

A normal May in Palmdale, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 68°F, between 62.7°F and 72.2°F in eight years of ten and 0.01 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.36 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Palmdale, CA since 1931: 67.9°F in 2026; the highest is 75.2°F, in 1997.

Normal range, 62.7 to 72.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Palmdale, CA from 1931 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	67.9	32	82.8	43	53	25	0.00	62	0
2025	69.4	15	84.4	23	54.4	10	0.25	13	0
2024	68.2	27	83.6	31	52.7	28	trace	45	0
2023	66	55	79.5	70	52.5	30	0.19	19	0
2022	68.7	21	83.8	29	53.5	19	0.00	62	0
2021	70.3	7	85	19	55.6	5	0.00	62	0
2020	69.8	11	85.8	12	53.8	14	trace	45	0
2019	61.7	87	74.4	91	49	67	0.41	5	0
2018	67.3	37	80.7	62	53.8	14	trace	45	0
2017	68.2	27	83.1	36	53.3	22	0.02	39	0
2016	66.8	42	79.9	67	53.6	16	trace	45	0
2015	64.5	70	76.6	84	52.4	32	0.10	32	0
2014	69.2	16	84	27	54.5	8	0.96	2	0
2013	68.8	20	82.4	51	55.3	6	0.15	25	0
2012	70.2	8	86.2	10	54.3	12	trace	45	0
2011	62.4	83	76.7	83	48	79	0.01	44	0
2010	62.7	79	76.4	86	48.9	69	trace	45	1
2009	74.3	2	89.9	4	58.8	1	trace	45	0
2008	65.4	62	79.7	68	51	42	0.16	24	0
2007	69.5	14	85.5	17	53.4	21	0.00	62	0
2006	69.9	10	86.5	8	53.3	22	0.03	37	0
2005	66.9	40	83.1	36	50.4	50	0.24	16	2
2004	68.3	26	83	41	53.6	16	0.00	62	0
2003	67.7	35	82.7	47	52.8	27	0.32	11	1
2002	67.6	36	82.8	43	52.4	32	0.02	39	2
2001	74.3	2	91.3	2	57.3	3	trace	45	1
2000	69.1	17	84.3	24	53.9	13	trace	45	2
1999	66.1	52	80.8	60	51.4	37	0.18	21	0
1998	57.6	94	69.9	95	45.2	93	0.78	3	0
1997	75.2	1	92.2	1	58.2	2	0.00	62	0
1996	70.8	6	86.3	9	55.3	6	0.00	62	0
1995	63.2	77	76.6	84	50	54	0.00	62	1
1994	67.2	38	83.2	33	51.1	40	0.35	8	3
1993	68.5	25	84	27	53.1	24	0.00	62	0
1992	72	4	87.8	5	56.1	4	0.10	32	1
1991	64.7	67	80	65	49.2	66	0.00	62	1
1990	66.1	52	80.8	60	51.1	40	0.02	39	3
1989	67.8	33	83.1	36	52.5	30	0.24	16	0
1988	66.5	46	83.1	36	49.9	55	0.12	28	0
1987	68.1	30	83.2	33	52.3	35	0.20	18	1
1986	68.6	23	84.6	21	52.6	29	0.00	62	0
1985	66	55	82.8	43	49.5	61	0.00	62	1
1984	71.4	5	90.4	3	52.4	32	0.00	62	0
1983	65	64	83.4	32	46.4	87	0.00	62	1
1982	66.4	48	82.4	51	50.4	50	0.19	19	0
1981	66	55	82.6	48	49.5	61	0.00	62	0
1980	61.2	90	75.5	88	47	82	0.66	4	0
1979	66.2	51	83.7	30	48.8	71	0.00	62	0
1978	64.6	69	82.6	48	46.5	86	0.00	62	1
1977	59.4	92	73.1	93	45.7	91	1.66	1	0
1976	69.1	17	84.1	26	53.5	19	0.12	28	2
1975	66.4	48	82.8	43	49.9	55	0.00	62	1
1974	66.5	46	81.6	56	51.4	37	0.08	34	0
1973	69	19	86.6	7	51.3	39	0.07	35	0
1972	66.4	48	83.1	36	49.6	59	trace	45	0
1971	60.4	91	75	90	45.8	90	0.25	13	0
1970	66.9	40	84.3	24	49.5	61	trace	45	0
1969	68.1	30	85.6	14	50.7	46	0.13	27	0
1968	66	55	82.5	50	49.4	64	0.00	62	0
1967	64.9	66	81.5	58	48.4	77	trace	45	0
1966	68.2	27	85.9	11	50.6	47	trace	45	0
1965	62.7	79	78.5	72	46.8	84	0.00	62	0
1964	63.3	76	79.6	69	46.9	83	0.18	21	0
1963	66	55	82.1	55	49.9	55	trace	45	0
1962	62.1	86	78	79	46.3	88	0.03	37	0
1961	63.8	72	78.6	71	48.9	69	0.00	62	0
1960	66	55	83	41	49	67	trace	45	0
1959	64	71	78.3	73	49.8	58	trace	45	0
1958	67.8	33	84.9	20	50.8	45	0.00	62	0
1957	61.3	89	75.5	88	47.1	81	0.11	30	0
1956	63.5	73	78.1	77	48.8	71	0.02	39	0
1955	62.3	84	78.3	73	46.3	88	0.15	25	0
1954	68.6	23	87	6	50.2	52	0.00	62	0
1953	57.6	94	72.7	94	42.6	95	0.11	30	0
1952	67.2	38	85.7	13	48.7	74	0.00	62	0
1951	66.7	44	82.4	51	51	42	0.27	12	0
1950	65.1	63	81.5	58	48.7	74	0.02	39	0
1949	63.2	77	78.1	77	48.4	77	0.04	36	0
1948	62.2	85	77.8	81	46.7	85	0.00	62	0
1947	69.6	13	85.6	14	53.6	16	0.17	23	0
1946	63.4	75	77.9	80	48.8	71	0.00	62	1
1945	63.5	73	78.3	73	48.7	74	0.00	62	0
1944	62.7	79	78.2	76	47.2	80	0.00	62	0
1943	66.8	42	83.2	33	50.5	48	0.00	62	0
1942	61.6	88	77.5	82	45.7	91	0.00	62	0
1941	65	64	80.1	64	49.6	59	0.25	13	1
1940	69.8	11	85.1	18	54.5	8	trace	45	0
1939	66.1	52	81.6	56	50.5	48	0.38	7	1
1938	64.7	67	80	65	50.1	53	0.00	62	3
1937	66.7	44	82.3	54	51	42	0.33	10	0
1936	65.8	61	80.4	63	51.6	36	0.00	62	3
1935	62.6	82	75.9	87	49.4	64	0.00	62	1
1934	70	9	85.6	14	54.4	10	0.00	62	1
1933	59.1	93	74.3	92	43.9	94	0.35	8	1
1931	68.7	21	84.5	22	52.9	26	0.40	6	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1997	75.2
2009	74.3
2001	74.3
1992	72
1984	71.4
1996	70.8
2021	70.3
2012	70.2
1934	70
2006	69.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1998	57.6
1953	57.6
1933	59.1
1977	59.4
1971	60.4
1980	61.2
1957	61.3
1942	61.6
2019	61.7
1962	62.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1977	1.66
2014	0.96
1998	0.78
1980	0.66
2019	0.41
1931	0.40
1939	0.38
1994	0.35
1933	0.35
1937	0.33

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	0.00
2022	0.00
2021	0.00
2007	0.00
2004	0.00
1997	0.00
1996	0.00
1995	0.00
1993	0.00
1991	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 11 May 2026
Coldest night: 45°F; 19 May 2026, 18 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 0.00 in of precipitation in Palmdale, CA, tying the record for the driest May, set in 2022, 2021, 2007 and 30 other years, in 95 years since 1931 (1932 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing); provisional.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Palmdale, CA: 99°F on Monday 11 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Palmdale, CA: a low of 45°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026 and Monday 18 May 2026.