Salina, KS: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 66.7°F in Salina, KS, the warmest May since 2023, tied 40th warmest of 126 (with 1974 and 1933).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 66.7°F; Warmest since 2023; 40th warmest of 126
Precipitation: 6.43 in; Wettest since 2022; 21st wettest of 125

A normal May in Salina, KS (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 65°F, between 62.7°F and 69.4°F in eight years of ten and 3.91 in of precipitation, between 1.21 in and 8.41 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Salina, KS since 1900: 66.7°F in 2026; the highest is 74.8°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 62.7 to 69.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Salina, KS from 1900 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	66.7	40	79.9	30	53.5	56	6.43	21	0
2025	64.4	72	76.7	61	52	83	4.07	56	0
2024	66.5	44	79.4	35	53.6	51	3.69	62	0
2023	68.2	20	81.3	14	55.1	33	2.19	98	0
2022	67.1	33	77.8	48	56.5	22	8.72	4	0
2021	63	92	72.5	111	53.5	56	6.62	18	0
2020	62.2	101	72.9	105	51.5	91	4.73	43	0
2019	62.8	98	73	104	52.6	74	8.72	4	0
2018	74.8	1	88.3	1	61.3	1	2.09	100	0
2017	65.8	50	78.4	45	53.3	61	3.87	60	0
2016	64.4	72	76.6	63	52.2	77	5.51	32	1
2015	64	74	73.8	95	54.2	45	8.28	8	0
2014	67.9	27	81.5	12	54.4	40	3.95	59	0
2013	64.8	64	76.6	63	53	68	7.02	13	0
2012	71.9	3	86	2	57.7	12	0.40	124	0
2011	64.6	69	77.1	58	52.2	77	4.23	51	0
2010	63.5	82	73.9	92	53.1	63	4.16	54	0
2009	65	60	76.8	60	53.1	63	1.19	117	0
2008	63.7	79	75.5	78	51.9	86	4.20	52	0
2007	67.9	27	77.7	52	58.1	9	15.96	2	2
2006	67.9	27	79.8	31	56	27	2.01	103	0
2005	66.3	46	78.8	41	53.7	49	2.90	84	0
2004	69.2	12	80.9	17	57.4	13	2.80	87	0
2003	65	60	76.3	74	53.6	51	3.42	69	0
2002	63.5	82	75.8	76	51.3	94	2.87	85	0
2001	66.9	35	78.8	41	54.9	35	3.45	68	0
2000	68.1	23	80	29	56.2	25	2.74	89	0
1999	64.9	62	76.6	63	53.2	62	6.34	22	0
1998	69.5	10	81.7	10	57.4	13	1.22	116	0
1997	61.5	105	74.5	87	48.5	118			0
1995	59.5	120	68.9	126	50.2	104	15.60	3	0
1994	66.8	37	80.5	23	53.1	63	0.68	123	0
1993	63.3	88	72.9	105	53.7	49	7.82	10	0
1992	63.5	82	73.9	92	53.1	63	3.49	65	0
1991	69.4	11	79.6	33	59.1	4	6.61	19	0
1990	61.8	103	71.4	115	52.2	77	5.00	40	0
1989	66.6	43	78.7	44	54.5	38	4.20	52	0
1988	68	25	80.2	25	55.9	28	5.87	28	0
1987	68.6	19	78.8	41	58.4	7	4.70	45	0
1986	65.4	54	76	75	54.8	36	3.69	62	0
1985	66.5	44	77.9	47	55.2	32	2.04	102	0
1984	63	92	73.8	95	52.2	77	1.87	108	0
1983	59.7	119	70.4	122	49.1	117	6.68	17	0
1982	64.9	62	75.1	81	54.7	37	5.41	34	0
1981	61.4	108	71.9	114	50.9	100	6.50	20	0
1980	64.6	69	76.4	70	52.9	70	1.86	109	0
1979	62.5	99	73.6	98	51.3	94	3.47	67	0
1978	63.6	81	73.5	99	53.6	51	5.18	37	0
1977	69	16	79.1	38	58.9	5	4.66	47	0
1976	60.4	116	71.4	115	49.5	110	3.37	71	0
1975	64.7	68	76.5	67	52.8	71	5.35	35	0
1974	66.7	40	77.5	53	55.8	29	6.16	26	0
1973	61.2	111	73.2	101	49.3	115	2.98	83	0
1972	63.3	88	74.2	89	52.4	76	5.77	30	0
1971	61.2	111	72.6	109	49.7	109	8.30	7	0
1970	69.1	13	82	8	56.2	25	2.13	99	0
1969	64.8	64	74.2	89	55.4	30	6.91	14	0
1968	59.4	121	70.6	120	48.1	120	3.41	70	0
1967	61.4	108	72.9	105	50	106	3.02	81	0
1966	65.2	57	80.2	25	50.2	104	0.25	125	0
1965	68.1	23	78.9	40	57.3	16	4.41	48	0
1964	69.1	13	81.2	15	57	18	2.00	104	0
1963	66.8	37	77.3	55	56.4	23	1.76	111	0
1962	73.6	2	85.9	3	61.3	1	3.56	64	0
1961	60.8	115	71.2	119	50.4	103	6.28	24	0
1960	63	92	75.3	80	50.8	101	1.91	105	0
1959	65.9	49	76.4	70	55.4	30	5.47	33	0
1958	66	48	77.8	48	54.3	42	2.31	95	0
1957	61.5	105	71.4	115	51.6	90	7.63	11	0
1956	68	25	80.9	17	55.1	33	4.16	54	0
1955	66.9	35	80.7	21	53	68	1.31	115	0
1954	59.4	121	70.3	123	48.4	119	4.73	43	0
1953	63	92	74.9	84	51.2	98	5.59	31	0
1952	63.9	76	76.5	67	51.3	94	4.28	50	0
1951	65.6	51	76.9	59	54	46	6.22	25	1
1950	65.5	53	79	39	52	83	4.86	41	0
1949	67.3	32	77.4	54	57.2	17	3.28	73	0
1948	66.1	47	77.8	48	54.3	42	2.56	91	0
1947	61.2	111	73.1	103	49.4	113	4.79	42	0
1946	61.3	110	73.2	101	49.5	110	5.21	36	0
1945	63.5	82	75.5	78	51.4	93	3.75	61	0
1944	69.1	13	80.1	27	58.1	9	2.06	101	0
1943	63	92	73.9	92	52.2	77	2.74	89	0
1942	64.8	64	77.2	57	52.5	75	2.51	92	0
1941	70.6	6	82.9	6	58.3	8	3.12	79	0
1940	65.6	51	79.3	36	51.8	87	4.39	49	0
1939	71.3	5	85.2	4	57.4	13	1.91	105	0
1938	65.4	54	76.4	70	54.3	42	7.90	9	0
1937	68.9	17	81.1	16	56.6	21	4.01	58	0
1936	70	7	80.9	17	59.2	3	5.79	29	0
1935	60.3	117	69.6	124	51.5	91	8.58	6	1
1934	71.5	4	85.1	5	57.8	11	4.06	57	0
1933	66.7	40	79.5	34	54	46	3.26	74	0
1932	68.2	20	81.9	9	54.5	38	2.32	94	0
1931	62.3	100	74.7	85	50	106	2.20	96	0
1930	65.1	58	76.7	61	53.6	51	6.14	27	0
1929	63.1	91	73.5	99	52.8	71	6.88	15	0
1928	66.8	37	81.6	11	52	83	2.75	88	0
1927	64.5	71	77.3	55	51.7	88	0.84	122	0
1926	67	34	80.1	27	53.9	48	1.04	120	0
1925	62.9	97	77.8	48	48	121	1.16	118	0
1924	58.6	124	72.6	109	44.7	125	1.72	112	0
1923	61	114	72.2	113	49.8	108	6.33	23	0
1922	64.8	64	76.5	67	53.1	63	3.24	76	0
1921	67.4	31	80.3	24	54.4	40	3.03	80	0
1920	64	74	74.6	86	53.4	59	3.35	72	0
1919	61.5	105	72.4	112	50.5	102	2.20	96	0
1918	69.6	8	82.2	7	57	18	2.86	86	0
1917	58.1	126	70.6	120	45.6	124	1.64	113	0
1916	63.5	82	75.7	77	51.3	94	3.13	78	1
1915	60.3	117	71.3	118	49.2	116	7.36	12	1
1914	63.8	77	74.2	89	53.4	59	2.37	93	0
1913	67.5	30	81.5	12	53.6	51	1.83	110	1
1912	68.8	18	80.9	17	56.4	23	1.01	121	3
1911	68.2	20	79.8	31	56.7	20	3.18	77	0
1910	58.3	125	69.2	125	47.3	122	4.67	46	0
1909	63.2	90	79.3	36	46.8	123	3.48	66	1
1908	63.7	79	76.4	70	51	99	5.01	39	0
1907	58.7	123	72.8	108	44.7	125	1.13	119	1
1906	65.3	56	78	46	52.7	73	1.56	114	0
1905	63.4	87	75.1	81	51.7	88	3.25	75	1
1904	61.7	104	73.8	95	49.5	110	6.88	15	0
1903	63.8	77	74.3	88	52.1	82	17.34	1	3
1902	69.6	8	80.7	21	58.5	6	5.11	38	0
1901	62.2	101	75	83	49.4	113	1.88	107	1
1900	65.1	58	76.6	63	53.5	56	2.99	82	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	74.8
1962	73.6
2012	71.9
1934	71.5
1939	71.3
1941	70.6
1936	70
1918	69.6
1902	69.6
1998	69.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	58.1
1910	58.3
1924	58.6
1907	58.7
1968	59.4
1954	59.4
1995	59.5
1983	59.7
1935	60.3
1915	60.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1903	17.34
2007	15.96
1995	15.60
2022	8.72
2019	8.72
1935	8.58
1971	8.30
2015	8.28
1938	7.90
1993	7.82

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1966	0.25
2012	0.40
1994	0.68
1927	0.84
1912	1.01
1926	1.04
1907	1.13
1925	1.16
2009	1.19
1998	1.22

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 98°F; 16 May 2026
Coldest night: 35°F; 1 May 2026
Wettest day: 3.32 in; 28 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 6.43 in of precipitation in Salina, KS, the wettest May since 2022, 21st wettest of 125.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Salina, KS: 98°F on Saturday 16 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Salina, KS: a low of 35°F on Friday 1 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Salina, KS: 3.32 in on Thursday 28 May 2026.