Roanoke, VA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 64.8°F in Roanoke, VA, the coldest May since 2025, tied 54th coldest of 114 (with 2001 and 1980).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 64.8°F; Coldest since 2025; 54th coldest of 114
Precipitation: 1.89 in; Driest since 2015; 20th driest of 112

A normal May in Roanoke, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 65.3°F, between 62°F and 69.7°F in eight years of ten and 3.83 in of precipitation, between 1.74 in and 8.28 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Roanoke, VA since 1913: 64.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 59°F, in 1967.

Normal range, 62 to 69.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Roanoke, VA from 1912 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	64.8	59	76.1	64	53.4	54	1.89	92	0
2025	64.6	62	73.9	96	55.3	32	7.55	7	0
2024	69.6	7	80.1	20	59.1	4	3.74	51	0
2023	64.3	68	74.4	89	54.1	43	2.82	64	0
2022	67.1	28	78	40	56.3	17	7.03	11	0
2021	64.6	62	76.3	62	53	58	1.93	91	0
2020	62.4	94	71.6	110	53.3	56	11.44	1	0
2019	72	2	83.2	3	60.7	2	2.81	65	0
2018	72.5	1	82.6	6	62.3	1	9.50	4	0
2017	65.5	45	75.2	77	55.8	20	8.14	6	0
2016	64.3	68	73.9	96	54.7	36	6.12	17	0
2015	68.9	12	80.7	16	57.1	13	1.75	98	0
2014	67.4	25	78.7	35	56.2	18	2.38	78	0
2013	64.4	66	74.4	89	54.5	39	4.91	29	0
2012	68.9	12	79.2	30	58.7	7	4.03	45	0
2011	66	41	76.5	59	55.6	25	3.79	49	0
2010	67.8	18	77.9	41	57.7	10	5.35	26	0
2009	65.4	48	74.9	80	55.8	20	6.87	13	0
2008	64.2	73	75.5	71	52.9	61	2.08	87	0
2007	67.6	20	79	32	56.1	19	2.59	76	0
2006	63.3	86	75.4	74	51.3	86	1.46	107	0
2005	62.2	96	73.6	99	50.8	90	2.15	83	0
2004	70.8	4	81.1	13	60.4	3	3.87	47	0
2003	62.5	93	70.7	112	54.4	40	10.11	3	0
2002	64	77	75.5	71	52.4	70	2.67	70	0
2001	64.8	59	75.8	68	53.8	47	4.67	33	0
2000	67.6	20	79.8	23	55.4	30	2.67	70	0
1999	64.3	68	77.1	51	51.5	81	2.27	80	0
1998	67.1	28	76.6	57	57.6	11	4.47	39	0
1997	60.3	112	71.6	110	48.9	109	1.04	111	0
1996	65.2	50	75.7	70	54.6	37	4.58	35	0
1995	64.3	68	75.2	77	53.5	53	4.55	37	0
1994	60.5	111	72.3	107	48.8	110	1.69	99	0
1993	65.6	43	77.4	47	53.8	47	2.37	79	0
1992	60.2	113	70.1	113	50.2	97	6.06	18	0
1991	69.6	7	80.1	20	59.1	4	2.88	62	0
1990	64.2	73	74.4	89	54.1	43	7.45	9	0
1989	61.1	106	72.2	108	50.1	99	6.46	15	0
1988	63.3	86	76	66	50.7	92	2.76	67	0
1987	67.1	28	78.7	35	55.5	28	2.68	69	0
1986	63.9	80	75.3	76	52.4	70	4.15	41	0
1985	67	31	78.3	38	55.8	20	6.89	12	0
1984	63.1	91	74.6	84	51.6	79	4.49	38	0
1983	61	108	72.9	104	49.1	107	3.17	59	0
1982	67.5	23	80.4	18	54.6	37	4.83	31	0
1981	60.9	109	72.7	105	49.1	107	4.56	36	0
1980	64.8	59	77	52	52.5	67	2.66	72	0
1979	63.8	83	74.9	80	52.7	64	2.65	73	0
1978	63.7	84	74.5	86	53	58	4.85	30	0
1977	68	17	80.5	17	55.6	25	1.52	105	0
1976	62.2	96	74.3	92	50.2	97	6.13	16	0
1975	66.5	36	76.2	63	56.7	15	6.65	14	0
1974	64.3	68	75.8	68	52.8	62	3.76	50	0
1973	61.1	106	72.4	106	49.7	101	5.58	25	0
1972	62	98	73.6	99	50.4	94	6.00	19	0
1971	61.5	102	73.1	102	49.9	100	7.50	8	0
1970	66.7	34	79.2	30	54.3	41	1.51	106	0
1969	65	53	77.9	41	52.1	73	1.58	102	0
1968	62.4	94	73.7	98	51	88	1.89	92	0
1967	59	114	70	114	47.9	113	3.95	46	0
1966	63.3	86	74.8	83	51.7	78	3.49	54	0
1965	69.2	11	80.3	19	58.1	8	3.83	48	0
1964	67.3	27	79.4	29	55.3	32	1.79	97	0
1963	64.4	66	76.1	64	52.7	64	1.94	90	0
1962	69.9	5	81.8	10	58	9	2.70	68	0
1961	61.4	103	73.2	101	49.7	101	2.05	88	0
1960	63.2	89	74.5	86	51.8	77	5.91	20	0
1959	68.7	15	79.9	22	57.6	11	3.17	59	0
1958	64.6	62	75.4	74	53.8	47	5.00	27	0
1957	67.6	20	79.6	27	55.6	25	2.23	81	0
1956	65.7	42	77.6	45	53.7	51	1.58	102	0
1955	67.7	19	79.8	23	55.5	28	3.12	61	0
1954	60.7	110	72	109	49.4	104	3.42	55	0
1953	70.9	3	83	5	58.8	6	4.12	43	0
1952	65.1	51	76.5	59	53.8	47	3.53	53	0
1951	64.2	73	76.6	57	51.9	76	1.33	109	0
1950	65.5	45	75.5	71	55.4	30	8.42	5	0
1949	65	53	77.2	49	52.8	62	3.37	58	0
1948	63.9	80	74.1	95	53.7	51	5.70	22	0
1947	65.1	51	78.7	35	51.5	81			0
1946	63	92	74.5	86	51.5	81	5.66	24	0
1945	61.8	99	74.3	92	49.3	105	2.79	66	0
1944	69.8	6	83.7	1	55.8	20	4.08	44	0
1943	66.9	33	79.5	28	54.3	41	4.67	33	0
1942	67.5	23	79.7	26	55.2	34	7.36	10	0
1941	66.6	35	82.4	7	50.8	90	2.15	83	0
1940	63.9	80	76.8	53	50.9	89	10.14	2	0
1939	66.1	39	79.8	23	52.4	70	1.59	101	0
1938	64.9	57	76.4	61	53.4	54	3.39	57	0
1937	64.6	62	78.9	33	50.4	94	1.53	104	0
1936	67.4	25	83.1	4	51.4	84	1.42	108	1
1935	63.2	89	75.2	77	51.2	87	2.87	63	0
1934	67	31	81	14	53	58	1.96	89	0
1933	69.3	10	81.5	12	56.8	14	4.20	40	1
1932	65	53	77.5	46	52.6	66	3.54	52	0
1931	65	53	77.8	43	52.1	73	5.67	23	0
1930	68.5	16	83.7	1	53.3	56	1.85	94	0
1929	65.3	49	78.1	39	52.5	67	4.72	32	0
1928	64.2	73	78.8	34	49.6	103			0
1927	65.5	45	76.7	54	54	45	1.85	94	1
1926	66.1	39	81.7	11	50.5	93	1.08	110	0
1925	61.4	103	74.9	80	47.8	114	1.85	94	0
1924	61.6	100	74.3	92	48.7	111	4.94	28	1
1923	63.5	85	76.7	54	50.4	94	1.64	100	0
1922	66.4	37	77.8	43	55	35	4.14	42	0
1921	64	77	76	66	52.1	73	2.64	74	0
1920	61.6	100	74.6	84	48.6	112	2.62	75	0
1919	64.9	57	77.2	49	52.5	67	3.40	56	0
1918	69.5	9	82.3	8	56.6	16	2.59	76	0
1917	61.2	105	73.1	102	49.2	106	2.09	86	0
1916	68.8	14	81.9	9	55.7	24	2.13	85	0
1915	65.6	43	77.3	48	54	45	2.23	81	0
1914	66.3	38	80.9	15	51.6	79	0.63	112	1
1913	64	77	76.7	54	51.4	84	5.84	21	0
1912									9

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	72.5
2019	72
1953	70.9
2004	70.8
1962	69.9
1944	69.8
2024	69.6
1991	69.6
1918	69.5
1933	69.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	59
1992	60.2
1997	60.3
1994	60.5
1954	60.7
1981	60.9
1983	61
1989	61.1
1973	61.1
1917	61.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2020	11.44
1940	10.14
2003	10.11
2018	9.50
1950	8.42
2017	8.14
2025	7.55
1971	7.50
1990	7.45
1942	7.36

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1914	0.63
1997	1.04
1926	1.08
1951	1.33
1936	1.42
2006	1.46
1970	1.51
1977	1.52
1937	1.53
1969	1.58
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 20 May 2026, 19 May 2026
Coldest night: 38°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.68 in; 11 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 1.89 in of precipitation in Roanoke, VA, the driest May since 2015, tied 20th driest of 112 (with 1968).
The hottest day of May 2026 in Roanoke, VA: 94°F on Wednesday 20 May 2026 and Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Roanoke, VA: a low of 38°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Roanoke, VA: 0.68 in on Monday 11 May 2026.