Redding, CA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 70.2°F in Redding, CA, the warmest May since 2025, tied 30th warmest of 128 (with 1958 and 1904).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 70.2°F; Warmest since 2025; 30th warmest of 128
Precipitation: 0.97 in; Driest since 2025; 58th driest of 127

A normal May in Redding, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 68.1°F, between 63.3°F and 71.2°F in eight years of ten and 0.97 in of precipitation, between 0.14 in and 4.37 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Redding, CA since 1893: 70.2°F in 2026; the highest is 75°F, in 1992.

Normal range, 63.3 to 71.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Redding, CA 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	70.2	30	83	45	57.5	14	0.97	67	0
2025	72.3	12	87.3	11	57.3	19	0.49	92	0
2024	71.7	15	86	19	57.5	14	1.47	53	0
2023	69.4	43	81.7	60	57.1	21	2.81	27	0
2022	68.3	55	82	52	54.6	60	0.11	113	0
2021	72.8	9	87.8	9	57.8	12	0.09	115	0
2020	68.3	55	81.8	57	54.8	57	4.30	11	0
2019	66	86	79.1	87	52.9	85	4.05	15	0
2018	70.6	24	84.4	30	56.9	25	0.70	81	0
2017	71	18	85.9	21	56.1	39	0.25	103	0
2016	70.1	33	82.9	49	57.3	19	0.97	67	0
2015	70.6	24	83.8	36	57.4	18	0.34	98	0
2014	69.6	38	85.3	26	54	69	0.15	108	0
2013	69.6	38	83	45	56.2	37	0.86	73	0
2012	68.1	61	83.6	40	52.6	88	0.05	118	0
2011	61	121	73.4	117	48.7	125	3.43	20	0
2010	60.8	124	73.3	118	48.2	127	1.08	65	0
2009	71.6	16	85.7	22	57.5	14	2.20	37	0
2008	70	35	84.2	32	55.7	42	0.35	97	0
2007	69.5	40	84.6	29	54.4	65	1.51	50	0
2006	70.3	28	84.3	31	56.3	35	0.64	87	0
2005	66	86	77.3	99	54.8	57	4.95	7	0
2004	68.1	61	81.8	57	54.4	65	1.38	57	0
2003	65.6	91	78.7	89	52.4	92	0.97	67	0
2002	67.5	69	81.1	66	53.8	72	0.68	82	0
2001	74	3	89.8	2	58.2	10	0.03	121	0
2000	65.7	89	78.4	91	53.1	80	1.18	61	0
1999	67.3	73	81.9	54	52.7	87	0.58	90	0
1998	57.1	128	65.3	128	48.9	124	7.67	2	0
1997	71.2	17	86	19	56.4	32	0.43	95	0
1996	65.5	93	79.1	87	51.9	97	4.28	12	0
1995	64.3	103	76.8	104	51.7	101	0.97	67	0
1994	67.5	69	80.5	72	54.5	64	1.41	55	0
1993	65.1	96	77.6	98	52.6	88	6.72	3	0
1992	75	1	91.5	1	58.6	7	0.03	121	0
1991	63.6	107	76.8	104	50.4	114	2.13	38	0
1990	65.4	94	77.7	97	53.1	80	6.60	4	0
1989	66.5	82	80.6	70	52.4	92	0.73	78	0
1988	63.4	110	77	103	49.9	119	3.99	16	0
1987	72.1	13	87	12	57.1	21	0.01	125	0
1986	66.9	78	81.5	63	51.9	97	0.81	76	2
1985					50.1	116	1.15	62	6
1984	70.1	33	86.5	16	53.8	72	0.27	101	0
1983	67.9	64	83.8	36	51.9	97	1.36	58	0
1982	68.8	51	87	12	50.6	111	0.07	117	0
1981	68.3	55	81.8	57	54.6	60	2.49	29	1
1980	63.3	112	79.6	81	47	129	1.23	59	0
1979	69	48	84.2	32	53.7	76	1.04	66	1
1978	69.4	43	83.9	35	55	53	0.11	113	0
1977	62.2	116	74.3	113	50	117	4.40	8	1
1976	72.5	10	88.3	7	56.6	29	0.02	124	0
1975	70.5	26	85.1	28	55.8	40	0.28	100	0
1974	70.5	26	85.3	26	55.6	44	0.08	116	0
1973	74.5	2	89.5	5	59.7	2	0.94	71	1
1972	70.9	19	86.2	18	55.5	47	1.41	55	0
1971	64.4	102	78.5	90	50.5	112	2.33	34	1
1970	72.5	10	87.8	9	57.1	21	0.26	102	0
1969	73.5	8	89.6	4	57.5	14	0.03	121	0
1968	68.9	49	83.1	43	54.6	60	0.17	106	0
1967	70.9	19	85.4	25	56.5	31	1.21	60	0
1966	74	3	88.6	6	59.4	4	0.01	125	0
1965	69.3	45	83.7	38	54.9	54	0.23	104	0
1963	68.9	49	81.2	65	56.6	29	1.58	49	0
1962	66.1	85	79.7	79	52.6	88	1.76	45	0
1961	64.5	100	77.8	95	51	107	2.04	41	1
1960	64.5	100	77.2	100	52.2	94	3.23	21	1
1959	67	77	80.4	73	53.7	76	0.23	104	0
1958	70.2	30	83.7	38	56.7	26	2.08	40	1
1957	67.3	73	80.8	68	53.8	72	3.05	23	0
1956	68.4	54	81.9	54	54.9	54	1.66	47	0
1955	70.7	23	86.5	16	54.7	59	0.05	118	2
1954	70.9	19	86.6	15	55.5	47	0.00	127	1
1953	60.5	126	73.2	119	48	128	3.78	18	2
1952	69.5	40	84.2	32	54.9	54	1.49	51	0
1951	67.9	64	82.1	50	53.6	78	2.35	33	0
1950	69.9	37	86.9	14	53.1	80	1.14	63	1
1949	67.2	75	83.2	42	51.2	106	2.01	42	0
1948	60.6	125	71.4	126	49.9	119	2.12	39	0
1947							1.63	48	7
1946	66.8	80	83.1	43	50.5	112	1.70	46	0
1945	63.6	107	75.8	108	51.3	105	4.24	14	0
1944	66.7	81	77.9	92	55.5	47	2.45	30	0
1943	68.2	59	80.2	75	56.3	35	0.66	85	0
1942	61	121	71.8	125	50.3	115	2.32	35	0
1941	65.1	96	74.8	111	55.4	50	4.38	9	0
1940	70.8	22	81.9	54	59.7	2	1.12	64	0
1939	67.7	67	79.7	79	55.7	42	4.28	12	0
1938	68.5	53	80.3	74	56.7	26	0.53	91	0
1937	69.1	47	81.6	61	56.7	26	0.12	112	0
1936	67.9	64	79.5	83	56.4	32	0.72	79	0
1935	68.1	61	79.9	78	56.4	32	0.66	85	0
1934	70.3	28	81.6	61	58.9	6	0.67	84	0
1933	62.8	114	73.5	116	52.1	96	1.45	54	0
1932	67.5	69	77.9	92	57	24	1.77	44	0
1931	73.9	6	85.7	22	62.2	1	0.62	89	0
1928	73.6	7	87.9	8	59.2	5	0.16	107	0
1927	65.7	89	80	77	51.4	104			0
1926	69.3	45	83	45	55.6	44	0.79	77	0
1925	67.4	72	79.2	85	55.6	44	2.82	26	0
1924	74	3	89.7	3	58.3	8	0.05	118	0
1923	67.6	68	81.1	66	54.2	67	0.64	87	0
1922							2.40	32	18
1921	64	104	79.6	81	48.4	126			0
1920	66.9	78	80.7	69	53.1	80	0.15	108	1
1919	69.5	40	83.3	41	55.8	40	0.30	99	0
1918	65.1	96	79.2	85	51	107	0.46	93	0
1917	62.4	115	74.8	111	50	117	0.44	94	0
1916	63.5	109	77.9	92	49	122	0.91	72	0
1915	62.1	117	72.4	123	51.9	97	6.12	5	0
1914	68.3	55	81.3	64	55.3	51	0.72	79	1
1913	68.8	51	83	45	54.6	60	1.48	52	0
1912	67.1	76	80.6	70	53.6	78	2.85	25	2
1911	62.9	113	74.3	113	51.5	102	0.86	73	0
1910	70	35	82	52	58	11	0.68	82	0
1909	66.5	82	79.3	84	53.8	72	0.15	108	0
1908	61	121	72.9	121	49	122	3.84	17	0
1907	64.8	99	76.8	104	52.8	86	4.38	9	0
1906	63.4	110	73.6	115	53.1	80	5.31	6	0
1905	62.1	117	72.4	123	51.5	102			1
1904	70.2	30	82.1	50	58.3	8	0.14	111	0
1903	68.2	59	80.2	75	56.2	37	2.29	36	0
1902	61.7	120	72.5	122	50.9	109	2.94	24	0
1901	65.6	91	77.1	102	54	69	0.41	96	0
1900	66.2	84	77.2	100	55.3	51	3.12	22	0
1899	62	119	73.1	120	50.8	110	0.82	75	0
1898	63.8	105	75	110	52.5	91	3.64	19	0
1897	71.8	14	85.7	22	57.8	12			0
1896	60.1	127	70.9	127	49.3	121	8.97	1	0
1895	65.9	88	77.8	95	54	69	2.61	28	0
1894	65.3	95	76.5	107	54.1	68	2.45	30	0
1893	63.8	105	75.4	109	52.2	94	1.86	43	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1992	75
1973	74.5
2001	74
1966	74
1924	74
1931	73.9
1928	73.6
1969	73.5
2021	72.8
1976	72.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1998	57.1
1896	60.1
1953	60.5
1948	60.6
2010	60.8
2011	61
1942	61
1908	61
1902	61.7
1899	62

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1896	8.97
1998	7.67
1993	6.72
1990	6.60
1915	6.12
1906	5.31
2005	4.95
1977	4.40
1941	4.38
1907	4.38

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1954	0.00
1987	0.01
1966	0.01
1976	0.02
2001	0.03
1992	0.03
1969	0.03
2012	0.05
1955	0.05
1924	0.05

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 96°F; 22 May 2026
Coldest night: 47°F; 27 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.38 in; 28 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 0.97 in of precipitation in Redding, CA, the driest May since 2025, tied 58th driest of 127 (with 2016, 2003 and 1995).
The hottest day of May 2026 in Redding, CA: 96°F on Friday 22 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Redding, CA: a low of 47°F on Wednesday 27 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Redding, CA: 0.38 in on Thursday 28 May 2026.