Poughkeepsie, NY: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 59.3°F in Poughkeepsie, NY, the coldest May since 2023, tied 44th coldest of 90 (with 1960).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 59.3°F; Coldest since 2023; 44th coldest of 90
Precipitation: 2.23 in; Driest since 2023; 21st driest of 90

The mean temperature of every May in Poughkeepsie, NY since 1931: 59.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 51.8°F, in 1967.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Poughkeepsie, NY 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	59.3	46	71.7	41	46.9	46	2.23	70	0
2025	61.1	22	71.4	44	50.9	11	8.10	3	2
2024	63.2	8	74.1	22	52.2	4	4.37	36	0
2023	57.9	64	72.5	34	43.2	84	0.97	89	0
2022	62.5	14	73.8	23	51.2	8	3.18	54	0
2021	58.7	52	71	51	46.4	57	4.33	38	0
2020	58.1	61	70.2	59	46	64	3.47	50	0
2019	59.9	38	69.6	61	50.2	15	4.77	23	0
2018	63.8	5	75.4	11	52.3	3	3.11	57	0
2017	57.4	66	67.7	73	47	44	4.50	31	0
2016	61.4	21	72.9	28	49.9	16	3.21	53	0
2015	65.4	2	79.3	2	51.5	7	1.97	75	0
2014	61.1	22	72.7	31	49.4	22	2.57	65	0
2013	59.5	43	72.5	34	46.6	52	4.19	39	0
2012	64.5	4	74.8	18	54.2	2	4.60	26	0
2011	62.6	12	73	27	52.2	4	5.16	17	0
2010	61.6	19	74.9	17	48.4	29	1.77	80	0
2009	58.7	52	70.5	57	46.9	46	6.32	10	0
2008	55.1	86	67.7	73	42.5	86	1.98	73	0
2007	60.9	28	75.1	14	46.7	50	1.37	84	0
2006	58.8	51	70.7	54	47	44	3.73	46	0
2005	55.6	81	67.3	78	43.8	82	1.98	73	0
2004	63.2	8	75.4	11	51	9	2.43	68	0
2003	56.5	74	66.9	83	46.1	63	3.83	44	0
2002	55.7	79	67.5	76	43.9	80	4.51	29	0
2001	60	37	72.5	34	47.5	38	2.52	66	0
2000									8
1999									7
1998	61	27	72.9	28	49.1	24	6.33	9	0
1997									8
1996	56.6	73	68.6	66	44.5	73	3.71	47	0
1995									8
1994									6
1993	59.6	42	72.9	28	46.3	60			0
1992	56.4	75	68.5	67	44.3	77	2.83	62	0
1991	63.8	5	76.8	6	50.7	13	5.05	19	0
1990	55.8	78	66.6	84	45	69	6.04	12	0
1989	57.9	64	68.5	67	47.2	43	11.81	1	0
1988	58.3	58	69.6	61	46.9	46	4.51	29	0
1987	58.9	50	71.4	44	46.4	57	2.22	71	0
1986	61.1	22	74.3	20	48	32	2.10	72	0
1985	60.2	34	72.7	31	47.6	37	4.19	39	0
1984	55.2	84	66.3	89	44.1	78	11.49	2	0
1983	55.6	81	66.5	86	44.8	70	6.84	7	0
1982	61.1	22	72.6	33	49.6	19	2.97	58	0
1981							4.82	22	7
1980	60.9	28	73.6	25	48.3	31	1.38	83	0
1979	60.8	30	70.8	53	50.7	13	4.39	34	0
1978	58.4	56	69.6	61	47.3	42	7.00	6	0
1977	60.7	31	74.8	18	46.5	53	2.24	69	0
1976	57.3	67	69.2	65	45.5	67	3.36	51	0
1975	63.1	10	75.4	11	50.8	12	3.14	55	0
1974	57.1	71	67.9	72	46.4	57	4.46	32	0
1973	56.8	72	66.6	84	46.9	46	6.17	11	0
1972	59.7	41	71.6	43	47.8	35	7.74	4	0
1971	56.2	76	67.6	75	44.7	71	5.03	20	0
1970	60.5	33	71.3	47	49.6	19	2.96	59	0
1969	58.6	54	71.3	47	45.9	65	3.27	52	0
1968	55.9	77	67.1	80	44.7	71	6.50	8	0
1967	51.8	90	62.6	90	41	90	2.91	61	0
1966	55.3	83	67	81	43.6	83	3.13	56	0
1965	62.4	15	77	5	47.8	35	1.05	88	0
1964	61.5	20	76.4	7	46.5	53	0.94	90	0
1963	57.2	70	71.2	50	43.2	84	1.36	85	0
1962	60.1	36	73.8	23	46.5	53	1.36	85	0
1961	55.7	79	67.4	77	43.9	80	4.10	41	0
1960	59.3	46	71.3	47	47.4	41	3.51	49	0
1959	62.1	17	75.1	14	49.2	23	1.83	77	0
1958	55.2	84	66.4	88	44.1	78	3.85	43	0
1957	58	62	71.4	44	45.2	68	2.94	60	2
1956	54.4	88	67	81	41.7	89	2.78	64	0
1955	60.6	32	75	16	46.3	60	1.75	81	0
1954	54.3	89	66.5	86	42	88	4.57	28	0
1953	59.9	38	70.3	58	49.5	21	5.22	16	0
1952	54.9	87	67.3	78	42.4	87	5.33	15	0
1951	58.2	60	72	40	44.4	74	3.78	45	0
1950	57.3	67	68.4	70	46.2	62	4.34	37	0
1949	58.4	56	72.4	37	44.4	74	4.60	26	0
1948	59.8	40	70.7	54	48.9	26	4.41	33	0
1947	59.4	44	72.3	38	46.5	53	5.06	18	0
1946	58.3	58	70.9	52	45.7	66	4.61	25	0
1945	58	62	68.5	67	47.5	38	7.49	5	0
1944	67.7	1	79.1	3	56.3	1	1.79	78	0
1943	59.4	44	72.1	39	46.7	50	5.51	14	0
1942	62.6	12	73.6	25	51.6	6	2.79	63	0
1941	65.3	3	79.6	1	51	9	1.64	82	0
1940	59	49	69.3	64	48.7	27	5.58	13	0
1939	62.9	11	76	9	49.8	17	1.18	87	0
1938	59.1	48	70.6	56	47.5	38	4.39	34	2
1937	62.1	17	75.7	10	47.9	33	4.08	42	2
1936	63.8	5	77.6	4	49.7	18	2.48	67	1
1935	57.3	67	69.8	60	44.4	74	1.79	78	1
1934	62.2	16	76.1	8	48.4	29	4.91	21	0
1933	61.1	22	74.3	20	47.9	33	1.86	76	0
1932	60.2	34	71.7	41	48.6	28	3.55	48	0
1931	58.6	54	68.2	71	49	25	4.69	24	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1944	67.7
2015	65.4
1941	65.3
2012	64.5
2018	63.8
1991	63.8
1936	63.8
2024	63.2
2004	63.2
1975	63.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	51.8
1954	54.3
1956	54.4
1952	54.9
2008	55.1
1984	55.2
1958	55.2
1966	55.3
2005	55.6
1983	55.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1989	11.81
1984	11.49
2025	8.10
1972	7.74
1945	7.49
1978	7.00
1983	6.84
1968	6.50
1998	6.33
2009	6.32

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1964	0.94
2023	0.97
1965	1.05
1939	1.18
1963	1.36
1962	1.36
2007	1.37
1980	1.38
1941	1.64
1955	1.75

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 19 May 2026
Coldest night: 34°F; 12 May 2026, 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.60 in; 24 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 2.23 in of precipitation in Poughkeepsie, NY, the driest May since 2023, 21st driest of 90.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Poughkeepsie, NY: 97°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Poughkeepsie, NY: a low of 34°F on Tuesday 12 May 2026 and Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Poughkeepsie, NY: 0.60 in on Sunday 24 May 2026.