Richmond, VA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 66.4°F in Richmond, VA, the warmest May since 2025, tied 59th warmest of 130 (with 1964).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 66.4°F; Warmest since 2025; 59th warmest of 130
Precipitation: 3.97 in; Wettest since 2025; 60th wettest of 140

A normal May in Richmond, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 66.3°F, between 63.3°F and 72.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.37 in of precipitation, between 1.87 in and 7.67 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Richmond, VA since 1897: 66.4°F in 2026; the highest is 73.4°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 63.3 to 72.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Richmond, VA from 1887 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	66.4	59	78.1	56	54.7	72	3.97	60	0
2025	67	48	77	73	57	31	6.50	15	0
2024	70.1	13	79.9	29	60.2	6	6.89	9	0
2023	64.8	96	75.5	102	54.1	80	4.47	45	0
2022	68.5	26	78.7	44	58.3	16	3.86	63	0
2021	65.9	68	79.1	39	52.7	102	2.33	116	0
2020	63.8	110	73.8	120	53.8	83	1.90	123	0
2019	72.7	3	83.5	4	61.9	3	5.83	17	0
2018	73.4	1	84.3	1	62.5	1	10.35	1	0
2017	65.9	68	76	95	55.8	47	7.57	7	0
2016	63.8	110	72.6	126	54.9	65	9.79	2	0
2015	71.5	6	82.6	7	60.5	4	1.61	127	0
2014	70	14	81.1	18	58.8	13	2.44	111	0
2013	66.7	56	77.5	62	55.9	46	2.50	104	0
2012	70.5	9	80.8	20	60.1	7	2.45	110	0
2011	69.1	21	80	27	58.2	17	4.35	47	0
2010	70.2	12	80.8	20	59.7	9	2.62	100	0
2009	68.1	29	78.4	50	57.9	20	3.71	70	0
2008	65.5	80	77.2	69	53.8	83	5.10	27	0
2007	67.4	39	78.4	50	56.5	37	3.69	72	0
2006	65.4	85	77.5	62	53.3	93	3.24	86	0
2005	63.3	117	74	119	52.7	102	4.22	53	0
2004	73	2	83.6	3	62.5	1	3.06	90	0
2003	63.5	115	72.2	127	54.8	68	8.59	5	0
2002	65.4	85	77.2	69	53.5	91	3.49	76	0
2001	65.2	89	76.5	84	53.9	82	2.03	121	0
2000	68	30	79.3	37	56.7	33	3.03	92	0
1999	65.5	80	77.5	62	53.4	92	2.75	97	0
1998	67.4	39	76.8	78	57.9	20	3.72	68	0
1997	62.9	123	75.4	104	50.3	128	1.36	132	0
1996	64.8	96	74.4	116	55.2	58	3.18	87	0
1995	65.8	72	76.8	78	54.8	68	4.33	49	0
1994	63.1	119	75.3	105	51	123	2.49	107	0
1993	67.7	34	79.7	32	55.6	52	4.66	41	0
1992	61.7	127	72.7	125	50.7	126	4.95	30	0
1991	72.1	4	84.1	2	60.1	7	0.91	137	0
1990	65.7	75	76.5	84	55	63	6.85	10	0
1989	64.1	104	75.5	102	52.7	102	5.02	29	0
1988	65.7	75	77.8	58	53.7	86	4.81	35	0
1987	67.3	41	79.1	39	55.5	54	2.94	96	0
1986	66.9	53	79.2	38	54.5	76	3.15	88	0
1985	68	30	80.2	25	55.8	47	2.36	114	0
1984	65.4	85	77.1	72	53.7	86	4.52	44	0
1983	66.1	64	77.3	68	54.8	68	2.50	104	0
1982	70.4	10	82	9	58.8	13	3.48	77	0
1981	64.1	104	75.3	105	52.9	99	6.62	14	0
1980	68.2	27	80.1	26	56.4	39	4.68	40	0
1979	67.1	45	77.8	58	56.4	39	3.80	65	0
1978	65.5	80	76.5	84	54.5	76	3.92	61	0
1977	68.2	27	81.4	16	54.9	65	3.99	59	0
1976	65.1	90	77.9	57	52.4	110	3.76	67	0
1975	67.7	34	79.6	33	55.8	47	2.59	101	0
1974	65.7	75	76.3	90	55.2	58	3.02	94	0
1973	65.1	90	76.6	82	53.6	90	3.56	74	0
1972	64.5	101	74.5	115	54.6	74	8.87	4	0
1971	63.2	118	74.8	114	51.7	118	6.82	11	0
1970	69	23	81.6	13	56.5	37	1.84	124	0
1969	65.5	80	78.5	47	52.5	107	3.32	82	0
1968	64.6	99	76.5	84	52.8	101	3.13	89	0
1967	60.6	130	73.1	122	48.2	130	3.71	70	0
1966	63	121	74.2	118	51.9	115	2.58	102	0
1965	69.6	17	81.8	10	57.4	27	0.87	138	0
1964	66.4	59	79.1	39	53.7	86	1.14	135	0
1963	64	107	76.2	92	51.7	118	2.39	113	0
1962	70.6	8	83.4	6	57.8	22	4.08	56	0
1961	63.6	114	76.2	92	51	123	4.83	33	0
1960	64.8	96	76.5	84	53.2	96	3.59	73	0
1959	69.4	20	81.1	18	57.6	25	2.44	111	0
1958	65.7	75	76.3	90	55.1	62	5.79	18	0
1957	67.8	32	78.9	42	56.6	35	2.75	97	0
1956	65	92	77.5	62	52.5	107	4.35	47	0
1955	67.2	43	79.4	35	55	63	1.79	125	0
1954	63	121	74.3	117	51.6	120	4.36	46	0
1953	71.5	6	82.6	7	60.4	5	2.35	115	0
1952	65.4	85	76.9	74	53.8	83	3.72	68	0
1951	64.6	99	76.9	74	52.2	112	2.51	103	0
1950	65	92	75.2	108	54.7	72	4.27	50	0
1949	66	66	77.8	58	54.1	80	5.11	26	0
1948	66.3	61	77.2	69	55.4	56	6.32	16	0
1947	67	48	78.9	42	55.2	58	4.69	38	0
1946	65.9	68	76.9	74	54.8	68	7.73	6	0
1945	63.9	109	75.1	109	52.7	102	5.09	28	0
1944	71.6	5	83.5	4	59.7	9	1.41	130	0
1943	69	23	79.9	29	58.1	18	4.04	57	0
1942	69.5	18	81.8	10	57.2	29	1.11	136	0
1941	66.8	55	81.7	12	51.9	115	1.31	133	0
1940	65	92	76.7	81	53.3	93	4.26	51	0
1939	66.9	53	79.6	33	54.2	78	1.39	131	0
1938	64.9	95	76.2	92	53.7	86	4.92	31	0
1937	65.8	72	80	27	51.6	120	1.64	126	0
1936	66.5	57	81.5	15	51.5	122	0.45	140	0
1935	63.4	116	75	110	51.8	117	3.81	64	0
1934	66.2	62	77.5	62	54.9	65	4.83	33	0
1933	69.1	21	80.5	24	57.7	23	4.84	32	0
1932	63.8	110	75.3	105	52.3	111	4.17	54	0
1931	64.4	102	75.9	99	52.9	99	5.64	21	0
1930	67.5	37	79.8	31	55.2	58	2.46	109	0
1929	65.8	72	76	95	55.7	50	4.00	58	0
1928	64.1	104	74.9	111	53.3	93	1.99	122	0
1927	66.2	62	76	95	56.4	39	3.30	83	0
1926	65.7	75	78.3	53	53.1	97	1.59	128	0
1925	61.9	126	73	123	50.9	125	2.15	119	0
1924	62.8	124	73	123	52.5	107	7.36	8	0
1923	64.3	103	75.7	101	53	98	1.16	134	0
1922	67	48	77.5	62	56.7	33	3.27	85	1
1921	63.1	119	72	129	54.2	78	3.89	62	0
1920	60.8	129	71.3	130	50.4	127	3.06	90	0
1919	66.1	64	76.6	82	55.6	52	5.19	23	0
1918	70.4	10	81.3	17	59.5	11	3.30	83	0
1917	61.2	128	72.1	128	50.3	128	4.59	42	0
1916	69.7	16	80.6	23	58.8	13	4.74	37	0
1915	65.9	68	75.8	100	56.1	43	3.00	95	0
1914	68.7	25	80.7	22	56.6	35	2.50	104	0
1913	66.5	57	78.5	47	54.6	74	4.80	36	0
1912	67	48	77.7	61	56.3	42	4.59	42	0
1911	69.8	15	81.6	13	58	19	0.60	139	0
1910	63.8	110	74.9	111	52.6	106	2.67	99	0
1909	66	66	76.5	84	55.5	54	3.41	79	0
1908	67.1	45	76.8	78	57.5	26	6.71	13	0
1907	62.7	125	73.3	121	52.1	113	5.78	19	0
1906	67.1	45	78.4	50	55.7	50	3.37	80	0
1905	69.5	18	79.4	35	59.5	11	4.09	55	0
1904	67.2	43	78.5	47	56	45	1.45	129	0
1903	67.7	34	78.2	55	57.3	28	3.36	81	0
1902	67.8	32	78.6	45	57.1	30	3.42	78	0
1901	65.5	80	74.9	111	56.1	43	3.80	65	0
1900	67	48	78.6	45	55.3	57	2.20	118	0
1899	67.5	37	78.3	53	56.8	32	2.14	120	0
1898	67.3	41	76.9	74	57.7	23	5.28	22	0
1897	64	107	76	95	52	114	2.48	108	0
1896							3.03	92	31
1895							4.24	52	31
1894							6.74	12	31
1893							5.15	25	31
1892							2.32	117	31
1891							5.18	24	31
1890							4.69	38	31
1889							9.13	3	31
1888							5.70	20	31
1887							3.56	74	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	73.4
2004	73
2019	72.7
1991	72.1
1944	71.6
2015	71.5
1953	71.5
1962	70.6
2012	70.5
1982	70.4
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	60.6
1920	60.8
1917	61.2
1992	61.7
1925	61.9
1907	62.7
1924	62.8
1997	62.9
1966	63
1954	63

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2018	10.35
2016	9.79
1889	9.13
1972	8.87
2003	8.59
1946	7.73
2017	7.57
1924	7.36
2024	6.89
1990	6.85

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1936	0.45
1911	0.60
1965	0.87
1991	0.91
1942	1.11
1964	1.14
1923	1.16
1941	1.31
1997	1.36
1939	1.39

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 96°F; 20 May 2026, 19 May 2026, 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 41°F; 12 May 2026, 1 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.03 in; 25 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 3.97 in of precipitation in Richmond, VA, the wettest May since 2025, 60th wettest of 140.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Richmond, VA: 96°F on Wednesday 20 May 2026, Tuesday 19 May 2026 and Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Richmond, VA: a low of 41°F on Tuesday 12 May 2026 and Friday 1 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Richmond, VA: 1.03 in on Monday 25 May 2026.