Rochester, MN: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 58.6°F in Rochester, MN, the warmest May since 2025, 37th warmest of 112.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 58.6°F; Warmest since 2025; 37th warmest of 112
Precipitation: 0.86 in; Driest since 1934; 2nd driest of 113

A normal May in Rochester, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 57.8°F, between 53.9°F and 62.6°F in eight years of ten and 3.80 in of precipitation, between 1.85 in and 7.20 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Rochester, MN since 1887: 58.6°F in 2026; the highest is 65.8°F, in 1934.

Normal range, 53.9 to 62.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Rochester, MN 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	58.6	37	70.3	31	46.9	45	0.86	112	0
2025	58.9	34	69.4	39	48.5	24	1.92	97	0
2024	59.5	29	71.3	24	47.7	38	4.33	38	0
2023	60.9	16	72.6	18	49.1	18	4.51	33	0
2022	59.3	30	69.7	37	48.8	20	4.20	41	0
2021	57.6	51	67.8	57	47.3	41	4.10	46	0
2020	56.2	64	66.1	75	46.4	51	5.00	24	0
2019	53.9	91	63.5	100	44.3	74	9.42	2	0
2018	64.1	3	74.8	8	53.5	1	5.19	21	0
2017	56.2	64	66.1	75	46.4	51	3.07	72	0
2016	58.9	34	69.4	39	48.3	30	4.59	29	0
2015	57.7	50	67	68	48.4	29	5.25	20	0
2014	57.9	46	68.6	50	47.1	43	1.78	100	0
2013	55.7	68	65	91	46.4	51	12.26	1	0
2012	63.3	5	74.4	9	52.1	5	4.85	25	0
2011	57.8	47	67.3	62	48.3	30	3.92	48	0
2010	59.1	33	69.8	35	48.5	24	2.04	95	0
2009	58	45	68.8	48	47.1	43	3.77	55	0
2008	56.2	64	67.3	62	45	68	3.47	61	0
2007	62.5	8	74.3	10	50.8	10	3.35	65	0
2006	59.3	30	69.2	42	49.5	14	1.86	99	0
2005	55	77	64.2	96	45.8	62	3.54	60	0
2004	56.7	58	67.3	62	46	57	6.38	12	0
2003	55.3	73	65.8	81	44.8	69	4.65	28	0
2002	53.9	91	65.5	86	42.2	97	1.47	108	0
2001	57.6	51	66.4	72	48.8	20	7.18	7	0
2000	58.8	36	69.1	45	48.6	23	7.38	5	0
1999	58.1	42	67.6	59	48.5	24	5.32	17	0
1998	63.2	7	74.3	10	52.1	5	3.38	64	0
1997	51.3	108	62.3	106	40.3	108	3.05	73	0
1996	53.3	97	62.3	106	44.4	72	2.13	91	0
1995	55	77	65.8	81	44.3	74	3.18	67	0
1994	58.3	40	70.8	27	45.7	64	3.22	66	0
1993	55.6	72	64.5	93	46.8	46	4.32	39	0
1992	58.2	41	70.5	29	45.9	60	1.60	104	0
1991	60.9	16	69.5	38	52.4	3	3.84	50	0
1990	53.8	93	64.6	92	43	86	4.52	32	0
1989	55.7	68	67.4	60	44.1	77	1.74	102	0
1988	61.7	12	75.2	6	48.2	33	2.35	83	0
1987	61	15	73.2	15	48.8	20	2.12	92	0
1986	57.5	54	67.7	58	47.2	42	3.40	63	0
1985	60.3	22	72.4	21	48.3	30	1.74	102	0
1984	52.5	98	62.8	101	42.1	98	2.89	76	0
1983	51.8	103	61.7	110	41.9	100	3.92	48	0
1982	60.3	22	68.9	46	51.7	7	8.41	3	0
1981	55	77	66.6	71	43.3	83	2.69	79	0
1980	60.3	22	73.9	14	46.8	46	3.72	57	0
1979	55.1	74	67.1	66	43.1	85	3.83	53	0
1978	57.8	47	69.3	41	46.3	55	3.84	50	0
1977	64.5	2	76.3	2	52.6	2	3.74	56	0
1976	55.7	68	68.9	46	42.6	91	2.09	94	0
1975	60.7	20	72	23	49.4	17	2.34	87	0
1974	53.8	93	64.1	98	43.5	82	4.53	31	0
1973	53.4	96	64.1	98	42.7	89	5.26	19	0
1972	60.1	27	72.6	18	47.5	40	1.76	101	0
1971	54.4	86	66.4	72	42.3	95	3.65	58	0
1970	58.1	42	67.9	55	48.2	33	6.70	9	0
1969	57.6	51	69.2	42	46	57	3.04	74	0
1968	51.6	107	62.6	104	40.6	106	4.37	35	0
1967	51.2	109	62.2	109	40.3	108	1.36	109	0
1966	51.8	103	64.2	96	39.4	110	1.54	106	0
1965	58.4	38	68.2	53	48.5	24	4.14	44	0
1964	60.2	25	72.1	22	48.2	33	1.91	98	0
1963	55.1	74	66.1	75	44.1	77	1.17	111	0
1962	61.2	14	70.1	33	52.4	3	3.84	50	0
1961	54.1	89	65.8	81	42.4	92	5.32	17	0
1960	56.7	58	67.1	66	46.4	51	6.53	10	0
1959	60.2	25	71	26	49.5	14	5.80	14	0
1958	57.2	55	70.5	29	44	79	2.50	81	0
1957	54.8	82	65.2	89	44.4	72	4.73	26	0
1956	57	56	67.9	55	46.1	56	5.13	22	0
1955	60.8	18	74	13	47.6	39	2.12	92	0
1954	51.7	106	62.5	105	40.8	105	3.93	47	0
1953	57	56	68.2	53	45.8	62	2.82	78	0
1952	55.1	74	65.8	81	44.5	71	2.46	82	0
1951	60.7	20	72.5	20	48.9	19	3.17	68	0
1950	56.5	60	67.4	60	45.6	65	1.52	107	0
1949	60.8	18	73	16	48.5	24	2.35	83	0
1948	56.5	60	68.4	52	44.6	70	1.23	110	0
1947	52	101	62.8	101	41.3	102	4.19	42	0
1946	54.3	87	66.1	75	42.4	92	3.44	62	0
1945	51	110	61.4	111	40.5	107	7.28	6	0
1944	61.3	13	71.2	25	51.4	8	4.22	40	0
1943	54.8	82	66.1	75	43.6	81	2.30	89	0
1942	54.5	84	65.2	89	43.9	80	6.06	13	0
1941	62.3	10	74.9	7	49.8	13	4.42	34	0
1940	55.8	67	68.8	48	42.7	89	2.65	80	0
1939	62.1	11	76.3	2	47.8	36	2.35	83	0
1938	54.9	81	64.4	94	45.5	66	6.42	11	0
1937	55	77	65.5	86	45.1	67	3.13	70	2
1936	62.5	8	74.3	10	50.8	10	4.13	45	0
1935	51.9	102	62.7	103	41.1	103	4.34	36	0
1934	65.8	1	82.3	1	49.5	14	0.40	113	1
1933	56.4	62	66.9	69	45.9	60	3.64	59	0
1932	58.1	42	70.2	32	46	57	3.15	69	0
1931	54.2	88	66.4	72	42.1	98	2.96	75	0
1930	57.8	47	68.6	50	46.8	46	5.36	16	2
1929	53.8	93	66.8	70	40.9	104	2.86	77	0
1920	56.4	62	69.8	35	42.8	87	3.79	54	1
1919			69.2	42			2.25	90	8
1918	59.9	28	72.9	17	46.8	46	4.34	36	0
1917	52.3	100	65.3	88	39.4	110	4.73	26	0
1916	55.7	68	67.3	62	44.2	76	5.02	23	0
1915	52.5	98	62.3	106	42.8	87	7.14	8	3
1914	58.4	38	70.1	33	46.7	50	1.96	96	0
1913	54.5	84	65.8	81	43.2	84	4.57	30	0
1912	59.2	32	70.6	28	47.8	36	5.47	15	0
1911	63.6	4	75.9	4	50.7	12	4.17	43	1
1910	51.8	103	64.4	94	39.3	112	2.35	83	0
1909							3.08	71	8
1893	54	90	66	80	42.3	95	2.33	88	1
1892	50.4	111	59	112	41.7	101			1
1888	49.7	112	57	113	42.4	92	7.42	4	0
1887	63.3	5	75.6	5	51	9	1.56	105	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1934	65.8
1977	64.5
2018	64.1
1911	63.6
2012	63.3
1887	63.3
1998	63.2
2007	62.5
1936	62.5
1941	62.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1888	49.7
1892	50.4
1945	51
1967	51.2
1997	51.3
1968	51.6
1954	51.7
1983	51.8
1966	51.8
1910	51.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2013	12.26
2019	9.42
1982	8.41
1888	7.42
2000	7.38
1945	7.28
2001	7.18
1915	7.14
1970	6.70
1960	6.53

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	0.40
2026	0.86
1963	1.17
1948	1.23
1967	1.36
2002	1.47
1950	1.52
1966	1.54
1887	1.56
1992	1.60

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 26 May 2026
Coldest night: 30°F; 6 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.37 in; 17 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 0.86 in of precipitation in Rochester, MN, the driest May since 1934, 2nd driest of 113.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Rochester, MN: 88°F on Tuesday 26 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Rochester, MN: a low of 30°F on Wednesday 6 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Rochester, MN: 0.37 in on Sunday 17 May 2026.