Poplar Bluff, MO: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 67.9°F in Poplar Bluff, MO, the warmest May since 2024, 54th warmest of 109.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 67.9°F; Warmest since 2024; 54th warmest of 109
Precipitation: 2.87 in; Driest since 2023; 30th driest of 114

A normal May in Poplar Bluff, MO (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 67.6°F, between 65.7°F and 71.3°F in eight years of ten and 4.32 in of precipitation, between 2.36 in and 7.34 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Poplar Bluff, MO since 1894: 67.9°F in 2026; the highest is 75°F, in 1962.

Normal range, 65.7 to 71.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Poplar Bluff, MO from 1893 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	54	78.1	73	57.7	39	2.87	85	0
2025	67	68	75.4	104	58.7	22	3.89	61	0
2024	72.1	6	81.1	32	63.1	2	7.38	16	0
2023	69.7	25	81.3	29	58.1	31	1.14	105	0
2022	69.8	24	80.6	40	59	20	7.04	21	0
2021	65.4	91	75.3	105	55.4	63	3.45	73	0
2020	65.7	86	74.8	108	56.5	51	6.76	24	0
2019	69.2	30	78.5	69	59.9	15	11.15	3	0
2018	74.9	2	85.4	5	64.4	1	3.46	72	0
2017	67.4	58	77.6	79	57.2	45	5.99	37	0
2016	66	81	75.9	97	56	55	8.14	11	0
2015	68	51	77.4	80	58.6	24	6.36	31	0
2014	69.4	27	79.2	64	59.6	17	4.31	56	0
2013	68	51	77.9	77	58.1	31	6.01	36	0
2012	73.8	4	86.8	3	60.8	7	0.52	113	0
2011	66.5	77	75.8	100	57.2	45	7.43	15	0
2010	70.7	16	80.7	39	60.6	11	2.71	90	0
2009	67	68	76.2	92	57.8	37	4.78	51	0
2008	66	81	76.9	83	55.2	67	3.94	60	0
2007	70.9	14	81.1	32	60.7	8	7.31	18	0
2006	67.6	56	77.7	78	57.5	41	3.42	75	0
2005	66.4	79	79.8	51	53	94	0.98	109	0
2004	70.4	19	79.8	51	61	6	5.59	43	0
2003	67.2	64	76.3	91	58	33	3.60	67	0
2002	65.7	86	76.4	88	55	71	7.00	22	1
2001	69	36	81	35	56.9	49	3.10	78	0
2000	69.5	26	79.5	61	59.5	18	4.32	55	0
1999	67.2	64	79.2	64	55.2	67	3.59	68	0
1998	72.7	5	84.1	10	61.3	4	2.97	82	0
1997	63.7	100	76.6	85	50.8	105	7.32	17	1
1996	70.8	15	80.1	47	61.3	4	5.10	46	1
1995	67.2	64	76.2	92	58	33	3.75	64	2
1994	64.4	98	76.4	88	52.4	96	0.75	111	1
1993	66.6	76	77.4	80	55.9	57			0
1992			80.9	36			2.85	86	4
1991	70.5	17	80.1	47	60.7	8	6.46	28	1
1990	63.6	101	73.9	111	53.3	87	5.60	42	1
1989							1.06	107	10
1988	68.7	41	82.4	19	55	71	2.19	97	0
1987			85	7			1.15	104	4
1986	68.9	37	79.3	63	58.5	25	5.08	47	3
1985			78.9	67			4.79	50	4
1983	63.6	101	75.2	107	51.9	98	7.44	14	1
1982	71.3	11	82.9	16	59.7	16	2.81	89	0
1981									11
1980							3.64	66	10
1979									12
1978	65.6	89	76.4	88	54.8	78	1.40	102	2
1977	71.9	8	83.8	11	60.3	13	4.62	52	1
1975	69.9	22	81.6	26	58.3	27	2.50	94	0
1974	67.4	58	77.4	80	57.3	44	6.16	35	0
1973	64.8	94	76.6	85	53.1	92	8.51	8	0
1972	68.2	47	80.3	43	56.1	54	2.95	84	1
1971	63.5	104	75.9	97	51	103	4.02	58	0
1970	69.9	22	82.5	18	57.6	40	3.51	70	1
1969	67.4	58	80	49	54.7	81	1.13	106	3
1968	64.1	99	75.9	97	52.1	97	6.76	24	1
1967	63.6	101	75.8	100	51.5	101	6.98	23	1
1965	71.8	9	83.4	13	60.2	14	6.45	29	0
1964	70.5	17	82.6	17	58.3	27	2.82	88	0
1963	68.2	47	81.1	32	55.3	65	5.70	40	0
1962	75	1	87.5	2	62.4	3	3.98	59	0
1961	64.6	96	76.1	94	53.1	92	11.06	4	0
1960	65.8	84	78.3	71	53.3	87	5.84	39	0
1959	71.1	13	81.8	23	60.5	12	5.18	45	0
1958	66.9	70	78	76	55.7	61	6.43	30	0
1957	68.9	37	79.5	61	58.3	27	10.29	5	0
1956	68.8	40	79.8	51	57.9	35	3.07	79	2
1955	69.4	27	81.3	29	57.5	41	6.19	34	0
1954	63.5	104	75.8	100	51.2	102	7.11	20	0
1953	68.7	41	79.8	51	57.5	41	2.96	83	0
1952	68	51	80.8	37	55.2	67	3.53	69	1
1951	67.8	55	82.3	20	53.2	90	2.18	98	0
1950	69.1	33	79.9	50	57.9	35	8.43	9	1
1949	70	21	83.1	15	57	48	3.50	71	0
1948	67.4	58	79.8	51	55	71	2.84	87	0
1947	66.1	80	78.9	67	53.3	87	5.26	44	0
1946	65.5	90	76.1	94	54.8	78	11.47	2	0
1945	63.3	106	74.8	108	51.8	99	6.26	33	0
1944	71.7	10	85.5	4	57.8	37	4.33	54	0
1943	69.4	27	80.5	42	58.3	27	7.13	19	0
1942	67.4	58	79.8	51	55	71	3.82	62	0
1941	72	7	85.4	5	58.7	22	3.27	77	0
1940	64.6	96	78.2	72	51	103	2.58	91	0
1939	67.4	58	79.8	51	54.9	76	3.05	80	0
1938	67.5	57	78.1	73	56.8	50	4.49	53	0
1937	68.4	45	80.8	37	55.8	59	2.12	99	1
1936	68.6	43	81.7	24	55.3	65	1.99	100	1
1935	64.7	95	74.4	110	54.9	76	9.88	6	1
1934	69.2	30	84.4	9	54	84	0.51	114	0
1933	69.1	33	79.6	60	58.5	25	6.70	27	0
1932	66.9	70	80.6	40	53.2	90	0.85	110	1
1931	62.8	107	75.3	105	50.3	107	3.76	63	0
1930	66.8	75	78.5	69	55.1	70	3.43	74	0
1929	65	92	76.5	87	53.5	86	8.16	10	0
1928	66.9	70	79.7	59	54.1	83	3.29	76	0
1927	68.1	49	79.8	51	56.5	51	13.10	1	0
1926	68.1	49	84.5	8	51.6	100	3.71	65	0
1925	65.9	83	81.4	27	50.4	106	0.54	112	0
1924	60.8	108	72.9	113	48.7	108	6.76	24	0
1923	65.7	86	75.6	103	55.8	59	8.52	7	0
1922	70.2	20	81.4	27	59	20	1.01	108	0
1921	68.9	37	81.9	22	55.9	57	2.56	92	0
1920	68.4	45	80.3	43	56.4	53	5.63	41	0
1919	65	92	76.1	94	53.7	85	4.88	49	1
1918	69.1	33	82.3	20	56	55	7.57	13	0
1917	60.6	109	73.9	111	47.2	109	2.43	95	0
1916	68.5	44	81.7	24	55.4	63	2.53	93	0
1915	67.2	64	80.2	46	54.3	82	7.60	12	0
1903	66.9	70	78.1	73	55.7	61	5.01	48	1
1902	74.3	3	87.9	1	60.7	8	1.95	101	1
1901	66.5	77	80.3	43	52.6	95	2.39	96	0
1900	69.2	30	81.2	31	57.2	45	5.95	38	0
1899	71.3	11	83.5	12	59.2	19	6.33	32	0
1897							3.02	81	8
1896			83.4	13			4.27	57	7
1895	66.9	70	79	66	54.8	78	1.21	103	1
1894	65.8	84	76.8	84	55	71			2
1893									17

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1962	75
2018	74.9
1902	74.3
2012	73.8
1998	72.7
2024	72.1
1941	72
1977	71.9
1965	71.8
1944	71.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	60.6
1924	60.8
1931	62.8
1945	63.3
1971	63.5
1954	63.5
1990	63.6
1983	63.6
1967	63.6
1997	63.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1927	13.10
1946	11.47
2019	11.15
1961	11.06
1957	10.29
1935	9.88
1923	8.52
1973	8.51
1950	8.43
1929	8.16

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	0.51
2012	0.52
1925	0.54
1994	0.75
1932	0.85
2005	0.98
1922	1.01
1989	1.06
1969	1.13
2023	1.14

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 17 May 2026
Coldest night: 40°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.68 in; 29 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 2.87 in of precipitation in Poplar Bluff, MO, the driest May since 2023, 30th driest of 114.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Poplar Bluff, MO: 90°F on Sunday 17 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Poplar Bluff, MO: a low of 40°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Poplar Bluff, MO: 0.68 in on Friday 29 May 2026.