Rhinelander, WI: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 51.7°F in Rhinelander, WI, the coldest May since 2020, tied 32nd coldest of 108 (with 1970, 1961 and 1913).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 51.7°F; Coldest since 2020; 32nd coldest of 108
Precipitation: 2.01 in; Driest since 2025; 26th driest of 115

A normal May in Rhinelander, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 53.1°F, between 50°F and 57.1°F in eight years of ten and 3.09 in of precipitation, between 1.35 in and 6.27 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Rhinelander, WI since 1908: 51.7°F in 2026; the lowest is 44.3°F, in 1924.

Normal range, 50 to 57.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Rhinelander, WI from 1908 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	51.7	74	65.6	60	37.8	95	2.01	90	0
2025	53.5	51	67.1	50	39.9	69	1.00	109	0
2024	55.4	30	68.2	41	42.7	30	3.79	37	0
2023	55.4	30	69.9	22	40.9	52	0.95	112	0
2022	55.4	30	67	51	43.9	20	3.83	35	0
2021	51.9	69	64.1	76	39.7	71	1.76	94	0
2020	51.6	78	63	92	40.2	65	1.35	102	0
2019	51.8	72	63.4	86	40.1	66	4.83	15	1
2018	62.6	2	77.3	2	48	4	1.75	95	0
2017	52.1	67	63.6	80	40.5	60	6.22	6	0
2016	54.2	44	67.8	44	40.6	56	2.90	63	0
2015	54.6	39	67.2	49	42.1	41	3.69	41	0
2014	53	54	65.4	62	40.6	56	2.88	64	0
2013	52.2	65	64.5	74	40	67	3.90	34	0
2012	56.2	26	70.3	18	42.2	39	4.84	14	0
2011	52.6	62	63.5	83	41.6	44	4.49	23	0
2010	56.3	24	69.3	28	43.3	26	1.34	103	0
2009	52.8	58	64.9	70	40.7	55	2.28	82	0
2008	49.1	97	62.6	96	35.6	108	3.28	52	0
2007	56.8	20	69.8	24	43.7	24	3.44	48	0
2006	54.8	37	65.5	61	44.2	19	6.75	5	0
2005	51.4	81	62.1	99	40.6	56	1.74	96	0
2004	50.1	90	61.5	102	38.6	80	4.54	20	0
2003	50.2	89	63.4	86	37	103	2.29	81	0
2002	47.4	106	59.2	111	35.6	108	1.65	99	0
2001	54.3	43	66.1	56	42.5	35	2.53	74	0
2000	53.7	49	66.6	52	40.9	52	1.07	106	0
1999	57	17	68.8	36	45.2	14	7.25	3	0
1998	60.6	3	73.8	5	47.5	6	4.43	24	0
1997	47.9	105	59.2	111	36.7	104	2.53	74	0
1996	50.9	85	63.3	89	38.6	80	0.97	111	0
1995	53.1	52	65.1	66	41	50	4.07	27	1
1994	54.9	36	68.8	36	40.9	52	1.71	97	0
1993	53	54	63.5	83	42.6	31	4.53	21	0
1992	55.6	29	69	32	42.1	41	2.66	70	0
1991	58.4	12	69.2	29	47.6	5	7.50	1	0
1990	51.1	83	63.5	83	38.7	79	4.97	11	0
1988	58.3	13	74	4	42.6	31	1.19	105	0
1987			72.3	11			2.81	68	9
1986			71.2	14			0.56	115	7
1985			69.1	30			4.85	13	5
1984			63.8	79			1.07	106	7
1983			60.2	108			4.36	26	8
1982			70.8	16			3.15	58	6
1981	52	68	65.9	58	38.4	85	4.01	29	2
1980	56.9	18	71.4	13	42.5	35	1.93	91	0
1979	49.3	96	60.6	107	38.1	92	3.25	54	0
1978	55.7	28	68.7	38	43.1	28	4.66	17	2
1977	63.2	1	78	1	48.4	1	2.87	65	0
1976	51.9	69	66.2	55	37.6	97	1.55	100	0
1975	57.1	16	70.3	18	43.9	20	2.22	83	0
1974	48.7	100	60.1	109	37.3	100	2.59	72	0
1973	48.3	102	58	114	38.5	83	6.86	4	0
1972	57.7	14	71.5	12	43.9	20	2.13	85	0
1971	49.5	95	61.6	100	37.5	99	4.05	28	0
1970	51.7	74	61.6	100	41.7	43	4.90	12	0
1969	56.8	20	70	21	43.5	25	3.58	45	0
1968	52.8	58	65.3	64	40.3	63	5.10	10	0
1967	49.9	92	63.6	80	36	106	1.67	98	1
1966	50.3	88	62.9	93	37.6	97	0.77	113	0
1965	59.2	9	72.4	10	46.1	10	4.50	22	0
1964	59.9	6	73	7	46.9	7	3.29	51	0
1963	53	54	65.4	62	40.5	60	2.86	66	0
1962	59.3	8	70.4	17	48.1	2	4.59	19	0
1961	51.7	74	65.2	65	38.3	88	2.67	69	0
1960	53.8	47	65	67	42.6	31	5.62	8	0
1959	59.5	7	72.6	9	46.6	8	3.37	50	1
1958	54.6	39	68.9	34	40.4	62	5.52	9	0
1957	54.6	39	67.9	43	41.3	45	3.04	61	0
1956	54.2	44	67.5	46	41	50	2.47	76	0
1955	59	10	73.1	6	45	15	3.50	47	0
1954	47	107	57.2	115	36.7	104	3.09	60	1
1953	55.4	30	69.8	24	40.3	63	3.17	57	1
1952	52.5	63	65	67	40	67	3.28	52	0
1951	56.7	23	68.9	34	44.6	18	4.39	25	0
1950	51.2	82	64	77	38.4	85	3.60	44	0
1949	55.1	35	69.1	30	41.1	48	3.00	62	0
1948	53	54	66.3	54	39.6	72	0.73	114	0
1947	49	99	60.1	109	38	94	2.83	67	0
1946	51.8	72	65	67	38.6	80	2.59	72	0
1945	49.1	97	61	106	37.2	102	4.00	30	0
1944					46.2	9	3.96	31	4
1943	52.2	65	63.2	90	41.2	46	3.96	31	0
1942	51.5	80	62.2	97	40.6	56			1
1941	56.9	18	68.3	40	45.5	13	3.22	55	0
1940	50	91	61.1	105	38.9	77	3.74	39	1
1939	56.3	24	69.5	27	43.1	28	3.91	33	1
1938	53.1	52	63.6	80	42.5	35	5.85	7	0
1937	54.4	42	67.5	46	41.2	46	3.63	43	0
1936	57.4	15	69.9	22	44.8	17	3.71	40	0
1935	50.8	86	63.4	86	38.2	91	2.12	86	0
1934	60.2	5	75.4	3	44.9	16	2.11	88	0
1933	54.7	38	66.1	56	43.3	26	4.63	18	0
1932	52.7	61	64.8	71	41.1	48	2.36	80	1
1931	50.7	87	62.9	93	38.4	85	1.07	106	0
1930	58.5	11	71	15	45.6	11	3.12	59	3
1929	49.7	93	61.5	102	37.7	96	3.80	36	1
1928	53.7	49	67.6	45	39.8	70	2.22	83	1
1927	48.7	100	59	113	38.3	88	3.42	49	1
1926	53.8	47	68.4	39	39.2	73	3.22	55	0
1925	48.2	103	61.4	104	35	110	1.27	104	0
1924	44.3	108	55.4	116	33.3	111	3.64	42	0
1923	52.8	58	67.4	48	38.3	88	2.09	89	0
1922	60.5	4	73	7	48.1	2	2.65	71	0
1921	55.8	27	69	32	42.6	31	1.93	91	0
1920	52.3	64	66.6	52	38.1	92	1.52	101	0
1919	51.9	69	64.8	71	38.9	77	1.91	93	0
1918			70.2	20	39.2	73	7.30	2	4
1917	48.2	103	63.2	90	33.3	111	0.98	110	0
1916	51.1	83	63.9	78	38.5	83	3.56	46	2
1915	49.7	93	62.2	97	37.3	100	3.79	37	0
1914	56.8	20	69.7	26	43.8	23	2.12	86	1
1913	51.7	74	64.6	73	39.1	76	4.68	16	1
1912	55.2	34	68.2	41	42.2	39			0
1911					45.6	11			4
1910			62.9	93	35.7	107	2.46	77	4
1909	51.6	78	64.2	75	39.2	73	2.43	79	1
1908	54	46	65.8	59	42.3	38	2.44	78	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	63.2
2018	62.6
1998	60.6
1922	60.5
1934	60.2
1964	59.9
1959	59.5
1962	59.3
1965	59.2
1955	59

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1924	44.3
1954	47
2002	47.4
1997	47.9
1925	48.2
1917	48.2
1973	48.3
1974	48.7
1927	48.7
1947	49

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1991	7.50
1918	7.30
1999	7.25
1973	6.86
2006	6.75
2017	6.22
1938	5.85
1960	5.62
1958	5.52
1968	5.10

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	0.56
1948	0.73
1966	0.77
2023	0.95
1996	0.97
1917	0.98
2025	1.00
2000	1.07
1984	1.07
1931	1.07

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 26 May 2026
Coldest night: 20°F; 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.21 in; 18 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 2.01 in of precipitation in Rhinelander, WI, the driest May since 2025, 26th driest of 115.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Rhinelander, WI: 88°F on Tuesday 26 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Rhinelander, WI: a low of 20°F on Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Rhinelander, WI: 1.21 in on Monday 18 May 2026.