Salisbury, MD: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 63.7°F in Salisbury, MD, the coldest May since 2023, tied 57th coldest of 120 (with 1968).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 63.7°F; Coldest since 2023; 57th coldest of 120
Precipitation: 1.92 in; Driest since 2020; 27th driest of 119

A normal May in Salisbury, MD (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 63.3°F, between 59.9°F and 68.5°F in eight years of ten and 3.42 in of precipitation, between 1.68 in and 5.96 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Salisbury, MD since 1906: 63.7°F in 2026; the lowest is 56.3°F, in 2005.

Normal range, 59.9 to 68.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Salisbury, MD from 1906 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	63.7	63	74.6	68	52.8	57	1.92	93	0
2025	65.2	39	74.7	65	55.7	15	4.20	37	0
2024	65.1	41	75	60	55.1	22	2.78	70	0
2023	61.8	91	72.9	88	50.6	97	2.42	80	0
2022	65.6	30	74.4	71	56.7	7	5.93	18	1
2021	63.8	61	76.2	41	51.3	84	4.45	36	0
2020	61.6	93	70.9	110	52.2	67	1.86	94	0
2019	68.5	6	78.7	14	58.2	3	3.60	48	0
2018	69	3	79.5	10	58.5	2	9.79	2	0
2017	62.6	77	72.2	100	53	51	5.08	28	0
2016	61.5	95	70.5	115	52.5	61	6.43	10	0
2015	67.1	14	78.6	15	55.6	17	1.75	97	0
2014	67.1	14	78.2	21	56	12	3.51	50	0
2013	65.8	25	75.5	54	56	12	3.32	54	0
2012	69.1	2	79.2	11	59	1	2.60	78	0
2011	67.3	12	78.5	17	56.2	9	1.68	101	0
2010	66.1	24	77.8	24	54.5	30	2.65	76	0
2009	64	57	74.6	68	53.5	45	5.18	26	0
2008	59.9	114	73	87	46.7	115	6.02	16	0
2007	61.2	101	75.8	47	46.6	116	0.92	112	0
2006	60.6	107	74.3	73	46.9	114	3.01	62	0
2005	56.3	120	69.1	118	43.6	120	5.84	20	0
2004	68.8	5	80	8	57.5	5	2.69	74	0
2003	57.9	118	68.1	119	47.7	111	4.73	31	0
2002	61	104	74.7	65	47.2	112	1.73	99	0
2001	62	86	74.1	77	50	102	4.48	35	0
2000	65.5	31	76.4	35	54.6	28	2.68	75	0
1999	63.9	60	75.8	47	51.9	73	1.34	109	0
1998	62.3	83	72.5	95	52	72	3.85	47	0
1997	60.3	111	72.5	95	48.1	109	2.24	85	0
1996	61.5	95	71.3	107	51.8	74	5.55	22	0
1995	64.4	50	75.8	47	52.9	55	5.49	23	0
1994	60.1	112	72.1	102	48	110	2.39	81	0
1993	64.4	50	76.3	37	52.5	61	5.95	17	0
1992	59.7	115	70.8	113	48.6	105	3.96	43	0
1991	68.4	7	81.1	4	55.7	15	1.66	102	0
1990	61.9	88	72.1	102	51.7	79	6.88	5	0
1989	62.6	77	73.4	85	51.8	74	2.30	82	0
1988	63.3	67	74.2	74	52.5	61	2.77	71	0
1987	64.5	46	75.8	47	53.2	47	2.14	89	0
1986	65.5	31	77.4	27	53.6	44	0.48	116	0
1985	65.4	35	75.9	44	54.9	23	3.94	44	0
1984	63	74	73.1	86	52.9	55	6.15	14	0
1983	61.6	93	72.2	100	50.9	89	6.07	15	0
1982	66.8	17	78.4	20	55.3	21	1.43	105	0
1981	61.5	95	72.4	97	50.6	97	3.91	46	0
1980	65.7	28	76.8	32	54.7	26	1.75	97	0
1979	64.8	43	74.9	62	54.7	26	5.58	21	0
1978	63.8	61	72.7	90	54.8	25	6.96	4	0
1977	64.3	54	76.3	37	52.4	66	2.83	69	0
1976	61.9	88	72.4	97	51.4	82	4.81	30	0
1975	65.1	41	75.7	51	54.6	28	2.20	86	0
1974	61.5	95	71.5	106	51.5	81	4.14	40	0
1973	60.9	105	70.6	114	51.1	88	3.33	53	0
1972	63.3	67	72.3	99	54.4	31	6.29	13	0
1971	60.9	105	70.9	110	50.9	89	6.88	5	0
1970	64.4	50	75.9	44	53	51	3.01	62	0
1969	62.8	75	74.7	65	50.9	89	1.57	103	0
1968	63.7	63	73.9	80	53.5	45	2.75	72	0
1967	57.3	119	68.1	119	46.5	117	4.17	38	0
1966	61.1	103	71.7	105	50.5	100	4.73	31	0
1965	65.4	35	76.8	32	54	35	0.58	115	0
1964	64.5	46	75.9	44	53.2	47	0.30	118	0
1963	61.5	95	72.6	91	50.3	101	2.56	79	0
1962	65.3	37	76.3	37	54.3	32	2.28	83	0
1961	60.6	107	70.4	116	50.8	92	6.36	11	0
1960	62.1	84	72.8	89	51.4	82	2.90	66	0
1959	66.6	18	77.3	28	55.8	14	1.35	108	0
1958	62.6	77	72.6	91	52.7	59	5.41	25	0
1957	64	57	75.5	54	52.5	61	0.64	114	0
1956	60.5	110	72.6	91	48.3	108	4.69	33	0
1955	64	57	74.9	62	53.1	50	1.71	100	0
1954	61.2	101	71.3	107	51.2	86	1.79	96	0
1953	67.3	12	78.5	17	56.1	10	2.18	87	0
1952	61.7	92	72.6	91	50.8	92	4.06	41	0
1951	61.9	88	74.2	74	49.7	103	3.55	49	0
1950	61.5	95	71.8	104	51.3	84	2.95	65	0
1949	63.2	72	75.7	51	50.7	95	3.19	58	0
1948	65.2	39	76.1	43	54.3	32	10.38	1	0
1947	66.3	22	78.8	13	53.9	38	2.71	73	0
1946	65.5	31	76.2	41	54.9	23	6.68	8	0
1945	63.5	66	74.9	62	52.1	70	3.10	61	0
1944	70.2	1	83.1	1	57.4	6	1.19	111	0
1943	67.6	10	79	12	56.3	8	4.16	39	1
1942	67.7	9	80	8	55.5	18	2.06	90	0
1941	64.6	44	78	23	51.2	86	1.80	95	0
1940	62.7	76	73.5	82	51.8	74	5.10	27	0
1939	66.6	18	78.6	15	53.8	39	0.80	113	1
1938	63.3	67	74.1	77	52.5	61	3.15	59	0
1937	64.5	46	76.7	34	52.2	67	3.23	55	0
1936	66.3	22	80.4	6	52.2	67	0.31	117	0
1935	62	86	73.5	82	50.6	97	5.85	19	0
1934	65.5	31	77.1	29	54	35	9.12	3	0
1933	66.5	20	77	30	56.1	10	4.87	29	0
1932	63.6	65	74.6	68	52.6	60	3.14	60	0
1931	64.1	55	74.2	74	53.8	39	3.94	44	1
1930	67.1	14	80.4	6	53.7	42	2.62	77	0
1929	64.6	44	75.3	57	53.8	39	2.27	84	0
1928	63.3	67	73.8	81	52.8	57	1.37	107	0
1927	64.1	55	75.3	57	53	51	3.37	52	0
1926	62.1	84	75.6	53	48.6	105	2.88	67	0
1925	60.6	107	74.1	77	47.2	112	1.30	110	0
1924							6.50	9	12
1923	62.5	81	76.4	35	48.6	105	1.40	106	0
1922	65.8	25	77.7	25	54	35	1.93	92	0
1921	62.6	77	73.5	82	51.6	80			0
1920	58.1	117	70.4	116	45.8	119	1.54	104	1
1919	64.5	46	75	60	54.2	34	6.78	7	2
1918	69	3	80.5	5	57.6	4	3.20	57	0
1917	58.7	116	70.9	110	46.5	117	2.86	68	0
1916	65.8	25	76.3	37	55.4	19	6.35	12	0
1915	63.2	72	75.5	54	50.8	92	3.38	51	1
1914	67.4	11	81.2	3	53.7	42	3.01	62	1
1913	65.3	37	78.5	17	52.1	70	2.18	87	0
1912	65.7	28	78.1	22	53.2	47	3.23	55	1
1911	68	8	82.9	2	53	51	0.18	119	0
1910	62.5	81	74.4	71	50.7	95	4.00	42	1
1909	63.3	67	75.1	59	51.8	74			2
1908	66.4	21	77.6	26	55.4	19	4.59	34	3
1907	60	113	71.3	107	48.7	104	5.45	24	1
1906	64.4	50	77	30	51.8	74	1.97	91	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1944	70.2
2012	69.1
2018	69
1918	69
2004	68.8
2019	68.5
1991	68.4
1911	68
1942	67.7
1943	67.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2005	56.3
1967	57.3
2003	57.9
1920	58.1
1917	58.7
1992	59.7
2008	59.9
1907	60
1994	60.1
1997	60.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1948	10.38
2018	9.79
1934	9.12
1978	6.96
1990	6.88
1971	6.88
1919	6.78
1946	6.68
1924	6.50
2016	6.43

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1911	0.18
1964	0.30
1936	0.31
1986	0.48
1965	0.58
1957	0.64
1939	0.80
2007	0.92
1944	1.19
1925	1.30

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 20 May 2026, 19 May 2026
Coldest night: 37°F; 12 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.59 in; 25 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 1.92 in of precipitation in Salisbury, MD, the driest May since 2020, 27th driest of 119.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Salisbury, MD: 94°F on Wednesday 20 May 2026 and Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Salisbury, MD: a low of 37°F on Tuesday 12 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Salisbury, MD: 0.59 in on Monday 25 May 2026.