Parkersburg, WV: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 61.3°F in Parkersburg, WV, the coldest May since 2025, tied 28th coldest of 97 (with 1928).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 61.3°F; Coldest since 2025; 28th coldest of 97
Precipitation: 5.72 in; Wettest since 2020; 14th wettest of 97

The mean temperature of every May in Parkersburg, WV since 1926: 61.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 56.5°F, in 1997.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Parkersburg, WV from 1926 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	61.3	69	72.5	66	50.1	70	5.72	14	0
2025	61.1	71	71	82	51.3	57	5.07	22	0
2024	67.5	10	78.4	18	56.6	9	2.45	73	0
2023	61.1	71	73.6	54	48.6	86	2.84	67	0
2022	65.7	22	77.2	25	54.1	23	4.16	35	1
2021	60.6	77	73.1	58	48	91	3.82	42	0
2020	60	82	70.9	83	49.2	81	8.49	2	0
2019	66.6	17	77.1	27	56.1	12	3.24	58	0
2018	71.2	1	82.6	3	59.8	1	4.40	33	0
2017	63.3	46	73.6	54	52.9	34	2.59	71	0
2016	61.8	61	72.9	61	50.8	60	3.81	44	0
2015	67.2	13	80	8	54.3	21	1.90	81	0
2013	63.8	40	75.4	38	52.2	42	2.98	63	0
2012	68	7	79.1	12	56.8	8	5.90	13	0
2011	64.3	35	74.2	50	54.4	20	3.24	58	0
2010	65.5	26	76.9	31	54.2	22	7.72	5	0
2009	63.4	45	74.7	44	52	46	4.07	38	0
2008	59.2	92	70.9	83	47.6	92	4.75	30	0
2007	65.7	22	80	8	51.5	52	0.60	96	0
2006	60	82	72	71	48.1	90	2.54	72	0
2005	58.1	95	71.5	76	44.7	97	2.28	75	0
2004	67.3	12	78.9	14	55.6	14	4.81	27	0
2003	61.6	62	70.6	86	52.6	38	5.43	16	0
2002	59.4	91	71.6	75	47.2	93	3.81	44	0
2001	62.4	55	73.9	52	50.8	60	6.61	10	0
1997	56.5	97	67.8	97	45.2	96	4.15	36	0
1996	61.6	62	71.5	76	51.6	50	7.11	7	0
1995	62	59	72.7	65	51.4	55	8.11	4	0
1994	57.7	96	69.9	91	45.6	95	3.42	52	0
1993	63.1	49	75.5	37	50.6	63	2.24	76	0
1992	60.8	75	72.2	68	49.4	78	3.73	48	0
1991	70.3	3	81.5	5	59.1	2	1.81	84	0
1990	59.8	87	69.4	94	50.2	69	8.40	3	0
1989	58.9	93	68.5	96	49.3	79	4.91	25	0
1988	62	59	74.6	46	49.5	75	1.70	86	0
1987	66.5	18	79.5	11	53.5	29	1.89	82	0
1986	64	38	74.3	48	53.6	28	1.79	85	0
1985	66.1	19	77	29	55.2	15	5.08	21	0
1984	60.5	78	70.4	88	50.6	63	4.01	39	0
1983	60.1	80	70.6	86	49.5	75	7.06	8	0
1982	69.2	5	81.8	4	56.6	9	5.28	18	0
1981	60	82	71.2	81	48.9	84	4.54	32	0
1980	63.7	42	74.9	43	52.5	39	4.25	34	0
1979	62.1	56	73.8	53	50.5	66	5.34	17	0
1978	61.4	67	70.8	85	51.9	47	3.25	57	0
1977	67.4	11	80.3	7	54.6	17	1.36	89	0
1976	60.7	76	71.9	73	49.5	75	2.77	69	0
1975	66.7	16	77.5	22	55.9	13	5.01	24	0
1974	62.9	50	72.9	61	53	33	6.12	12	0
1973	60.9	73	69.8	93	51.9	47	3.35	55	0
1972	63.8	40	75	41	52.7	35	2.07	80	0
1971	59.9	86	71.3	78	48.6	86	3.82	42	0
1970	66.8	15	78.8	15	54.9	16	2.16	77	0
1969	64.4	34	76.5	32	52.2	42	2.15	78	0
1968	60	82	69.9	91	50.1	70	10.00	1	0
1967	58.8	94	69.2	95	48.5	88	6.94	9	0
1966	60.4	79	72.5	66	48.3	89	0.82	95	0
1965	69.1	6	80.9	6	57.2	6	1.22	91	0
1964	65.5	26	77.8	21	53.2	32	1.10	93	0
1963	61.6	62	73.3	57	49.9	72	0.99	94	0
1962	70.3	3	82.7	2	57.8	5	2.88	65	0
1961	59.5	89	72.2	68	46.9	94	3.40	53	0
1960	60.9	73	71.3	78	50.5	66	3.06	61	0
1959	68	7	79.7	10	56.3	11	3.30	56	0
1958	62.5	54	74.1	51	50.8	60	4.81	27	0
1957	64.6	31	77	29	52.3	41	4.10	37	2
1956	62.7	53	74.7	44	50.6	63	5.22	19	0
1955	65.5	26	77.3	24	53.7	26	2.35	74	0
1954	60.1	80	71.3	78	49	82	3.13	60	0
1953	68	7	79.1	12	56.9	7	3.06	61	0
1952	63.3	46	74.5	47	52.1	44	3.78	46	0
1951	64.9	30	77.1	27	52.7	35	2.85	66	0
1950	64.3	35	75.1	40	53.5	29	3.85	41	0
1949	64.5	32	77.4	23	51.7	49	2.93	64	0
1948	62.1	56	73	59	51.3	57	2.79	68	0
1947	61.4	67	73.5	56	49.3	79	3.59	49	0
1946	62.8	52	72	71	53.3	31	4.66	31	1
1945	59.5	89	70.2	90	48.9	84	5.21	20	0
1944	71	2	83.1	1	58.9	3	3.55	50	0
1943	65.1	29	75.7	36	54.5	18	5.53	15	0
1942	64.5	32	75.2	39	53.7	26	3.87	40	0
1941	64.3	35	78	20	50.5	66	3.37	54	0
1940	61.5	66	73	59	49.9	72	3.77	47	0
1939	66.1	19	78.4	18	53.8	25	0.53	97	0
1938	62.9	50	74.3	48	51.5	52	4.81	27	0
1937	63.2	48	75	41	51.5	52	3.49	51	0
1936	65.6	25	78.7	17	52.5	39	1.46	87	0
1935	59.7	88	70.4	88	49	82	6.41	11	0
1934	65.8	21	78.8	15	52.7	35	2.09	79	0
1933	67.1	14	75.9	35	58.2	4	7.50	6	0
1932	63.9	39	76.3	33	51.6	50	1.22	91	0
1931	62.1	56	72.1	70	52.1	44	4.82	26	0
1930	65.7	22	77.2	25	54.1	23	1.29	90	0
1929	61.6	62	71.8	74	51.4	55	5.02	23	0
1928	61.3	69	72.9	61	49.6	74	1.84	83	0
1927	63.7	42	72.9	61	54.5	18	2.76	70	0
1926	63.7	42	76.3	33	51.2	59	1.41	88	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	71.2
1944	71
1991	70.3
1962	70.3
1982	69.2
1965	69.1
2012	68
1959	68
1953	68
2024	67.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1997	56.5
1994	57.7
2005	58.1
1967	58.8
1989	58.9
2008	59.2
2002	59.4
1961	59.5
1945	59.5
1935	59.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1968	10.00
2020	8.49
1990	8.40
1995	8.11
2010	7.72
1933	7.50
1996	7.11
1983	7.06
1967	6.94
2001	6.61

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1939	0.53
2007	0.60
1966	0.82
1963	0.99
1964	1.10
1965	1.22
1932	1.22
1930	1.29
1977	1.36
1926	1.41

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 19 May 2026, 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 30°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.34 in; 22 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 5.72 in of precipitation in Parkersburg, WV, the wettest May since 2020, 14th wettest of 97.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Parkersburg, WV: 89°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026 and Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Parkersburg, WV: a low of 30°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Parkersburg, WV: 1.34 in on Friday 22 May 2026.