San Jose, CA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 63.8°F in San Jose, CA, the warmest May since 2025, tied 28th warmest of 128 (with 2022).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 63.8°F; Warmest since 2025; 28th warmest of 128
Precipitation: 0.14 in; Driest since 2025; 56th driest of 133

A normal May in San Jose, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 63.1°F, between 59.9°F and 66.7°F in eight years of ten and 0.31 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 1.29 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in San Jose, CA since 1893: 63.8°F in 2026; the highest is 69.7°F, in 1997.

Normal range, 59.9 to 66.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in San Jose, CA from 1893 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	63.8	28	73.8	63	53.8	10	0.14	78	0
2025	63.9	25	75.7	31	52.1	34	0.11	82	1
2024	65	14	76.7	22	53.3	18	0.67	29	0
2023	61.9	64	70.7	101	53.1	19	0.44	46	0
2022	63.8	28	76.2	26	51.4	46	trace	108	1
2021	63.1	41	74.6	48	51.6	42	0.00	123	0
2020	66.4	5	78.5	9	54.2	8	0.13	79	0
2019	61.2	76	69.9	110	52.5	26	1.44	8	0
2018	63.1	41	72.4	85	53.8	10	trace	108	0
2017	64.9	16	75.5	35	54.3	7	trace	108	0
2016	64.6	18	74.7	46	54.5	5	0.32	56	0
2015	60.7	85	68.6	120	52.7	24	0.50	40	0
2014	65.2	12	77	18	53.4	16	trace	108	0
2013	63.6	33	74.8	44	52.5	26	0.01	102	0
2012	63.4	36	74.8	44	52	37	trace	108	0
2011	59.4	103	69.7	111	49.2	87	0.40	50	0
2010	59.7	100	70	109	49.5	80	0.35	55	0
2009	65	14	76.2	26	53.8	10	0.09	86	0
2008	62.9	50	74.5	50	51.4	46	0.00	123	0
2007	63.1	41	74.4	53	51.7	41	0.09	86	0
2006	63.9	25	75	40	52.9	21	0.45	45	0
2005	63	45	72.7	82	53.4	16	1.02	17	0
2004	63	45	73.5	68	52.4	31	0.07	93	0
2003	62.2	62	72.6	84	51.8	40	0.67	29	0
2002	61.3	75	72.1	89	50.5	63	0.44	46	0
2001	67.7	3	80.9	2	54.5	5	0.00	123	0
2000	63.3	38	73.5	68	53.1	19	0.29	57	0
1999	58.4	111	68.4	122	48.4	96	0.02	99	0
1998	60	96	69.1	115	51	53	1.93	4	0
1997	69.7	1	82.5	1	56.9	1	0.55	36	0
1996	65.9	6	78.3	10	53.5	13	1.42	9	0
1995	62.6	54	72.4	85	52.7	24	1.27	11	3
1994					52.5	26	1.21	13	6
1993	65.3	11	76.4	24	54.6	4	0.47	44	3
1992	67.8	2	80.4	3	55.3	3	0.00	123	0
1991	60.9	83	71.5	93	50.3	67	0.15	75	0
1990	63.5	34	74.5	50	52.5	26	2.38	2	0
1989	63.7	30	75.3	38	52.1	34	0.09	86	0
1988	62.7	52	74.1	57	51.4	46	0.66	32	0
1987	66.6	4	77.6	12	55.6	2	0.00	123	0
1986	63.3	38	75.3	38	51.3	50	0.16	72	0
1985	62.4	59	74	59	50.8	57	0.23	64	0
1984	65.5	10	79.1	4	51.9	39	0.00	123	0
1983	62.7	52	73.9	62	51.5	45	0.15	75	0
1982	63.1	41	74.9	41	51.3	50	0.00	123	0
1981	63.4	36	74.7	46	52.1	34	0.20	69	0
1980	60.6	88	70.7	101	50.5	63	0.13	79	0
1979	65.2	12	77.6	12	52.8	22	0.10	84	0
1978	65.8	8	79.1	4	52.4	31	trace	108	0
1977	58.2	113	68	123	48.4	96	1.70	6	0
1976	63.9	25	77	18	50.7	60	0.00	123	0
1975	63.7	30	77.5	15	49.9	73	0.01	102	0
1974	60.8	84	73.5	68	48.1	100	trace	108	0
1973	64.5	19	77.6	12	51.3	50	0.01	102	0
1972	63.7	30	76.5	23	50.8	57	trace	108	0
1971	60	96	70.5	105	49.4	84	0.08	89	0
1970	65.8	8	79.1	4	52.5	26	0.02	99	0
1969	64.1	23	77.2	17	51	53	0.03	96	0
1968	60.6	88	73.1	75	48.1	100	0.18	71	0
1967	62.6	54	75.6	34	49.5	80	0.03	96	0
1966	63.2	40	76.1	28	50.4	66	0.06	94	0
1965	60.5	90	73.7	65	47.3	106	0.00	123	0
1964	58.2	113	68.7	118	47.8	103	0.38	51	0
1963	61.7	67	70.6	103	52.8	22	0.52	39	0
1962	60.2	92	70.4	106	50	70	trace	108	0
1961	58.9	106	67.9	124	49.9	73	0.59	34	0
1960	60.7	85	71.5	93	49.8	76	0.28	59	0
1959	61	81	72.1	89	50	70	0.01	102	0
1958	64.5	19	75.4	37	53.5	13	0.53	37	0
1957	61.7	67	71.2	97	52.3	33	1.21	13	0
1956	62.4	59	73.4	73	51.4	46	1.15	15	0
1955	61.2	76	72.9	79	49.6	78	0.74	27	0
1954	62	63	74	59	49.9	73	0.12	81	0
1953	59.1	104	69.6	113	48.6	93	0.38	51	0
1952	62.8	51	76	29	49.7	77	0.08	89	1
1951	62.6	54	74.3	55	50.9	55	0.53	37	0
1950	61.4	72	74.1	57	48.7	91	0.16	72	0
1949	61.1	79	71.5	93	50.8	57	0.43	49	0
1948	58.8	108	68.7	118	48.9	90	0.56	35	0
1947	64.5	19	77.3	16	51.6	42	0.22	65	0
1946	61	81	72.1	89	50	70	0.86	21	0
1945	60	96	69.1	115	50.9	55	0.28	59	0
1944	61.8	66	74.3	55	49.2	87	0.28	59	0
1943	63	45	76.9	20	49.1	89	trace	108	0
1942	59.6	101	70.8	100	48.5	94	0.48	42	0
1941	64	24	74.6	48	53.5	13	0.36	54	0
1940	63	45	75.5	35	50.5	63	0.10	84	0
1939	61.5	70	73.5	68	49.5	80	0.29	57	0
1938	61.5	70	73.6	66	49.5	80	trace	108	0
1937	61.6	69	74.9	41	48.4	96	0.03	96	0
1936	64.2	22	76.4	24	52	37	0.75	25	0
1935	61.1	79	73	76	49.3	85	trace	108	0
1934	63	45	74.5	50	51.6	42	1.23	12	0
1933	56.6	125	67.2	126	46.1	114	0.37	53	0
1932	61.4	72	72.8	80	50.1	69	0.48	42	0
1931	65.9	6	77.9	11	53.9	9	1.08	16	0
1930	57.6	119	68.6	120	46.5	111	1.01	18	0
1929	60.1	94	73.3	74	47	108	0.11	82	0
1928	62.5	58	74.9	41	50.2	68	0.15	75	0
1927	59.5	102	73.5	68	45.5	116	0.08	89	0
1926	61.9	64	75.7	31	48.1	100	0.21	67	0
1925	61.2	76	71.8	92	50.6	61	1.96	3	0
1924	62.6	54	76.8	21	48.3	99	0.05	95	0
1923	58.7	109	72.4	85	45	117	0.02	99	0
1922	60.2	92	74.4	53	46	115	0.50	40	0
1921	57	122	67.8	125	46.3	113	0.82	22	0
1920	58.4	111	73	76	43.7	124	trace	108	0
1919	60.7	85	74	59	47.4	105	0.01	102	0
1918	57	122	69.7	111	44.3	121	trace	108	0
1917	55.8	128	67.1	127	44.5	119	0.22	65	0
1916	57.4	120	70.2	107	44.5	119	0.01	102	0
1915	58	116	66.8	128	49.3	85	2.69	1	0
1914	60.4	91	71.1	98	49.6	78	0.19	70	0
1913	60.1	94	72.8	80	47.3	106	0.77	24	0
1912	60	96	72.3	88	47.6	104	0.70	28	0
1911	56.5	126	69.2	114	43.8	123	0.21	67	0
1910	62.3	61	75.9	30	48.7	91	trace	108	0
1909	56.9	124	70.2	107	43.6	125	0.00	123	0
1908	55.9	127	69.1	115	42.6	126	0.67	29	0
1907	59	105	71	99	46.9	110	0.08	89	0
1906							0.75	25	31
1905	58.9	106	71.3	96	46.5	111	1.77	5	1
1904	63.5	34	78.6	8	48.5	94	0.26	62	0
1903							0.00	123	31
1902	57.7	118	70.6	103	44.6	118	0.88	20	3
1901							0.82	22	31
1900	64.8	17	79	7	50.6	61	0.96	19	0
1899							0.65	33	31
1897	61.4	72	75.7	31	47	108	0.16	72	0
1896	57.2	121	72.7	82	41.7	129	0.44	46	0
1895	58.1	115	73.8	63	42.4	127	1.36	10	0
1894	58.5	110	73	76	44	122	1.48	7	0
1893	57.9	117	73.6	66	42.2	128	0.25	63	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1997	69.7
1992	67.8
2001	67.7
1987	66.6
2020	66.4
1996	65.9
1931	65.9
1978	65.8
1970	65.8
1984	65.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	55.8
1908	55.9
1911	56.5
1933	56.6
1909	56.9
1921	57
1918	57
1896	57.2
1916	57.4
1930	57.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1915	2.69
1990	2.38
1925	1.96
1998	1.93
1905	1.77
1977	1.70
1894	1.48
2019	1.44
1996	1.42
1895	1.36

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2021	0.00
2008	0.00
2001	0.00
1992	0.00
1987	0.00
1984	0.00
1982	0.00
1976	0.00
1965	0.00
1909	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 87°F; 20 May 2026, 19 May 2026
Coldest night: 48°F; 4 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.14 in; 28 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 0.14 in of precipitation in San Jose, CA, the driest May since 2025, 56th driest of 133.
The hottest day of May 2026 in San Jose, CA: 87°F on Wednesday 20 May 2026 and Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in San Jose, CA: a low of 48°F on Monday 4 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in San Jose, CA: 0.14 in on Thursday 28 May 2026.