Pocatello, ID: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 56.9°F in Pocatello, ID, the warmest May since 2025, tied 18th warmest of 88 (with 1985).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 56.9°F; Warmest since 2025; 18th warmest of 88
Precipitation: 0.18 in; Driest since 1940; 2nd driest of 88

A normal May in Pocatello, ID (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 54.4°F, between 51.1°F and 57.5°F in eight years of ten and 1.19 in of precipitation, between 0.35 in and 2.93 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Pocatello, ID since 1939: 56.9°F in 2026; the highest is 61.4°F, in 1958.

Normal range, 51.1 to 57.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Pocatello, ID from 1939 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	56.9	18	74.3	6	39.5	45	0.18	87
2025	57	16	72.2	16	41.7	25	1.82	25
2024	50.5	81	64.7	70	36.3	86	1.63	31
2023	57.8	9	72.6	14	42.9	15	2.02	17
2022	50.5	81	63.6	75	37.5	82	1.93	21
2021	54.4	39	69.7	32	39.2	50	0.57	71
2020	55.3	33	70.7	25	39.9	41	1.25	44
2019	52.3	63	65.8	63	38.9	57	1.67	29
2018	57.9	8	72.7	13	43	13	0.89	57
2017	53.7	49	69.1	38	38.3	70	0.56	72
2016	53.9	47	68.6	44	39.1	52	1.28	41
2015	55.7	26	68.7	42	42.7	18	2.94	6
2014	56.1	24	71.5	22	40.7	30	0.34	82
2013	55.4	31	70.3	27	40.5	32	0.61	68
2012	54.1	45	69.5	34	38.7	62	1.05	51
2011	49	86	60.1	88	37.8	79	2.67	8
2010	48.5	88	61.5	86	35.5	88	0.95	53
2009	54.4	39	69.9	31	38.9	57	1.45	35
2008	52.2	64	66.8	56	37.7	81	1.55	34
2007	55.7	26	72.8	11	38.7	62	0.27	84
2006	55.3	33	71.3	23	39.3	49	0.90	56
2005	53.3	55	66.6	57	40	39	3.00	5
2004	54.4	39	67.7	48	41.1	28	1.02	52
2003	54.5	37	70	30	38.9	57	0.59	69
2002	53.6	51	69	39	38.1	74	1.12	47
2001	57.3	14	74.2	7	40.4	34	0.35	81
2000	55.6	30	70.3	27	40.9	29	0.85	60
1999	50.9	78	63.5	76	38.3	70	2.15	12
1998	52	65	65.9	62	38.1	74	2.17	11
1997	56.5	22	72.6	14	40.4	34	0.86	59
1996	51.8	68	64.2	73	39.4	47	2.93	7
1995	52	65	64.5	72	39.5	45	1.76	27
1994	58.2	6	74	8	42.4	19	1.57	32
1993	57.5	13	71.8	19	43.3	10	1.93	21
1992	60.2	2	77	2	43.4	9	0.25	85
1991	51.1	77	63.1	81	39.1	52	3.02	4
1990	51.8	68	65.4	69	38.2	73	1.37	37
1989	53.4	54	67.6	49	39.1	52	0.76	65
1988	54.1	45	69.4	35	38.9	57	0.78	63
1987	57.7	11	71.2	24	44.1	3	2.02	17
1986	52.7	59	67.1	53	38.4	68	1.90	23
1985	56.9	18	71.9	18	41.9	21	1.27	43
1984	54.5	37	66.9	55	42.1	20	0.69	67
1983	51.5	75	64.1	74	38.8	61	1.99	19
1982	51.7	71	66.1	61	37.4	83	1.06	49
1981	51.6	74	63.3	78	39.9	41	3.24	2
1980	51.4	76	62.7	83	40	39	3.29	1
1979	54.4	39	68.3	46	40.5	32	0.33	83
1978	50.9	78	63.2	80	38.7	62	1.99	19
1977	51.7	71	63.3	78	40.1	38	2.09	14
1976	57.7	11	71.6	20	43.7	5	0.51	75
1975	50.8	80	63	82	38.6	66	1.64	30
1974	53.3	55	67.5	50	39	55	1.28	41
1973	55.7	26	72	17	39.4	47	0.44	77
1972	53.8	48	69.7	32	37.9	77	0.54	73
1971	52.6	60	66.6	57	38.7	62	0.50	76
1970	53.5	52	66.4	60	40.7	30	2.03	15
1969	58.1	7	74.8	5	41.4	27	0.19	86
1968	51.7	71	65.6	64	37.8	79	1.70	28
1967	52.9	57	67.1	53	38.6	66	1.14	46
1966	56.8	20	75.4	4	38.3	70	0.93	54
1965	50.5	81	63.5	76	37.4	83	0.84	61
1964	53.5	52	67.3	51	39.8	43	1.41	36
1963	56.3	23	69	39	43.6	8	2.26	10
1962	52.6	60	64.7	70	40.4	34	1.16	45
1961	55.1	35	68.5	45	41.7	25	1.29	40
1960	53.7	49	67.2	52	40.2	37	0.53	74
1959	49.5	84	61.8	84	37.2	85	1.11	48
1958	61.4	1	77.1	1	45.8	1	0.40	78
1957	54.3	43	65.5	66	43.1	12	3.11	3
1956	57	16	70.3	27	43.7	5	1.06	49
1955	51.8	68	65.6	64	38.1	74	0.76	65
1954	57.3	14	72.8	11	41.9	21	0.87	58
1953	48.8	87	61.7	85	35.9	87	1.57	32
1952	56.6	21	70.5	26	42.8	16	0.59	69
1951	56.1	24	69.2	37	43	13	0.39	79
1950	51.9	67	65.5	66	38.4	68	0.77	64
1949	57.8	9	71.6	20	44	4	2.03	15
1948	54.2	44	69.3	36	39.2	50	0.92	55
1947	58.8	4	73.1	10	44.6	2	1.30	39
1946	52.8	58	66.5	59	39	55	1.86	24
1945	54.9	36	68	47	41.9	21	2.14	13
1944	55.4	31	68.9	41	41.9	21	1.31	38
1943	52.6	60	65.5	66	39.7	44	0.84	61
1942	49.4	85	60.9	87	37.9	77	2.29	9
1941	55.7	26	68.7	42	42.8	16	1.78	26
1940	59.7	3	75.7	3	43.7	5	0.05	88
1939	58.3	5	73.5	9	43.2	11	0.37	80

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1958	61.4
1992	60.2
1940	59.7
1947	58.8
1939	58.3
1994	58.2
1969	58.1
2018	57.9
2023	57.8
1949	57.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2010	48.5
1953	48.8
2011	49
1942	49.4
1959	49.5
2024	50.5
2022	50.5
1965	50.5
1975	50.8
1999	50.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1980	3.29
1981	3.24
1957	3.11
1991	3.02
2005	3.00
2015	2.94
1996	2.93
2011	2.67
1942	2.29
1963	2.26

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1940	0.05
2026	0.18
1969	0.19
1992	0.25
2007	0.27
1979	0.33
2014	0.34
2001	0.35
1939	0.37
1951	0.39

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 13 May 2026, 12 May 2026
Coldest night: 23°F; 19 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.15 in; 26 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 0.18 in of precipitation in Pocatello, ID, the driest May since 1940, 2nd driest of 88.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Pocatello, ID: 89°F on Wednesday 13 May 2026 and Tuesday 12 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Pocatello, ID: a low of 23°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Pocatello, ID: 0.15 in on Tuesday 26 May 2026.