Sanford, FL: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 80.8°F in Sanford, FL, the warmest May since 2024, 2nd warmest of 78.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 80.8°F; Warmest since 2024; 2nd warmest of 78
Precipitation: 2.77 in; Wettest since 2025; 34th wettest of 72

A normal May in Sanford, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 77.9°F, between 75.1°F and 79.4°F in eight years of ten and 2.73 in of precipitation, between 0.99 in and 5.49 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Sanford, FL since 1949: 80.8°F in 2026; the highest is 81.2°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 75.1 to 79.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Sanford, FL from 1949 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	80.8	2	90.9	8	70.7	1	2.77	34	0
2025	80.4	3	90.8	9	70	3	8.96	3	0
2024	81.2	1	91.7	2	70.6	2	1.67	54	0
2023	77.1	34	86.9	55	67.2	18	4.40	15	0
2022	79.1	8	89.3	23	69	7	3.57	24	0
2021	77.8	23	88.2	39	67.5	15	1.38	58	0
2020	77.8	23	88.4	34	67.2	18	4.36	17	0
2019	79.9	4	90.2	12	69.7	5	2.54	38	0
2018	76.2	45	84.5	74	67.9	13	10.46	2	0
2017	79	9	90.8	9	67.3	16	2.91	33	0
2016	77.6	29	88.7	30	66.6	20	3.52	25	0
2015	78.9	10	89.1	25	68.7	10	1.33	59	0
2014	77.6	29	87.9	43	67.3	16	3.45	28	0
2013	74.8	65	84.5	74	65	44	5.24	9	0
2012	78.7	12	88.6	32	68.8	8	4.38	16	0
2011	78.2	19	90	14	66.3	25	0.47	69	0
2010	79.4	7	89.1	25	69.6	6	2.12	46	0
2009	78.7	12	88.6	32	68.8	8	17.03	1	0
2008	78.5	17	89.4	20	67.7	14	1.49	56	0
2007	75.6	51	86	62	65.1	42	1.16	62	0
2006	78.1	20	89.7	16	66.5	21	1.26	61	0
2005	76.2	45	86.2	58	66.1	28	4.72	13	0
2004	78	21	89.8	15	66.1	28	1.05	66	0
2003	79.9	4	90.1	13	69.8	4	3.41	29	1
2002	77.2	32	88.2	39	66.3	25	1.50	55	0
2001	76.5	40	87.9	43	65.2	38	2.06	48	0
2000	78.7	12	91.1	6	66.4	22	0.26	72	0
1999	75.3	56	86	62	64.5	47	2.08	47	0
1998	78.6	15	92	1	65.2	38	0.30	71	0
1997	75.1	59	85.8	66	64.1	53	2.34	41	1
1996	77	35	87.9	43	66	30	4.22	18	0
1995	79.5	6	91	7	68	12	3.29	31	0
1994	76.3	42	88.3	36	64.3	49	2.20	45	0
1993	72.5	77	84.1	77	60.9	74	3.88	21	0
1992	72.7	76	84.9	72	60.6	76	3.46	27	0
1991	78.3	18	87.9	43	68.7	10	7.69	5	1
1990	78	21	89.6	17	66.3	25	1.03	67	0
1989	75.5	52	88.3	36	62.6	68	3.81	23	1
1988	71.1	78	82.5	78	59.6	77	5.11	10	0
1987	74.4	70	85.3	69	63.4	61	2.43	39	0
1986	74.2	71	87.5	52	60.9	74	1.81	50	2
1985	75.4	53	87.8	48	62.9	66			2
1984	74.8	65	85.4	68	64.4	48			1
1983	74.1	72	85.1	70	63.2	64	2.29	43	0
1982	73.4	74	84.4	76	62.6	68			1
1981	74.8	65	88	41	61.5	72	1.16	62	0
1980	75.3	56	85.5	67	65.2	38	4.21	19	0
1979	75	61	85.1	70	65.1	42			3
1978	75.4	53	87.2	53	63.7	57	2.66	37	0
1977	72.8	75	86.1	60	59.5	78			0
1976	74.1	72	84.7	73	63.5	60	8.54	4	0
1975	77.5	31	89	27	66	30	7.11	6	0
1974	76.6	38	89.2	24	64	55	3.86	22	0
1973	76	49	88.9	29	63	65	4.52	14	0
1972	75.1	59	86	62	64.1	53			0
1971	76.3	42	89	27	63.6	58	4.90	12	0
1970	74.6	69	86.6	57	62.7	67	2.31	42	2
1969	75.4	53	86.1	60	64.7	45	1.87	49	0
1968	76.3	42	88.3	36	64.3	49	2.67	35	0
1967	77.7	27	91.4	5	64	55	2.67	35	1
1966	76.6	38	86.8	56	66.4	22	3.93	20	1
1965	75	61	88.7	30	61.4	73	0.32	70	0
1964	76.1	47	87.6	50	64.6	46	1.79	51	0
1963	76.7	37	87.9	43	65.4	37	5.02	11	0
1962	78.6	15	91.7	2	65.5	36	1.49	56	0
1961	76.1	47	88	41	64.3	49	1.12	65	0
1960	74.8	65	87.6	50	62	71	0.69	68	0
1959	77.2	32	88.4	34	66	30	2.35	40	0
1958	75	61	85.9	65	64.2	52	3.41	29	0
1957	76.9	36	87.8	48	66	30	5.28	8	2
1956	77.8	23	90.4	11	65.2	38	2.26	44	0
1955	77.7	27	89.6	17	65.9	35	6.33	7	0
1954	74.9	64	86.2	58	63.6	58	1.29	60	0
1953	78.9	10	91.5	4	66.4	22	1.69	53	1
1952	76.4	41	89.4	20	63.4	61	3.11	32	0
1951	75.3	56	87.2	53	63.4	61	3.50	26	0
1950	77.8	23	89.5	19	66	30	1.73	52	0
1949	76	49	89.4	20	62.6	68	1.15	64	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	81.2
2026	80.8
2025	80.4
2019	79.9
2003	79.9
1995	79.5
2010	79.4
2022	79.1
2017	79
2015	78.9
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1988	71.1
1993	72.5
1992	72.7
1977	72.8
1982	73.4
1983	74.1
1976	74.1
1986	74.2
1987	74.4
1970	74.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2009	17.03
2018	10.46
2025	8.96
1976	8.54
1991	7.69
1975	7.11
1955	6.33
1957	5.28
2013	5.24
1988	5.11

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2000	0.26
1998	0.30
1965	0.32
2011	0.47
1960	0.69
1990	1.03
2004	1.05
1961	1.12
1949	1.15
2007	1.16
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 7 May 2026
Coldest night: 61°F; 5 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.47 in; 28 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 2.77 in of precipitation in Sanford, FL, the wettest May since 2025, 34th wettest of 72.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Sanford, FL: 97°F on Thursday 7 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Sanford, FL: a low of 61°F on Tuesday 5 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Sanford, FL: 1.47 in on Thursday 28 May 2026.