Saranac Lake, NY: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 48.4°F in Saranac Lake, NY, the coldest May since 2019, tied 19th coldest of 105 (with 1952).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 48.4°F; Coldest since 2019; 19th coldest of 105
Precipitation: 4.37 in; Wettest since 2019; 27th wettest of 111

A normal May in Saranac Lake, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 51.3°F, between 46.8°F and 54.1°F in eight years of ten and 3.39 in of precipitation, between 1.92 in and 5.45 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Saranac Lake, NY since 1903: 48.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 41.2°F, in 1917.

Normal range, 46.8 to 54.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Saranac Lake, NY from 1903 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	48.4	86	60.7	91	36.1	77	4.37	27	0
2025	51.3	54	61.6	87	41	16	4.21	28	0
2024	55.4	10	68.4	28	42.5	6	3.11	58	0
2023	48.8	83	65.5	51	32	106	2.32	81	0
2022	54.2	22	71	11	37.3	61	3.07	59	2
2021	49.1	79	63.7	66	34.5	92	1.01	108	0
2020	48.8	83	63.7	66	33.9	96	1.36	105	0
2019	48.1	88	59.6	98	36.6	70	5.38	8	0
2018	53.4	34	70.2	16	36.6	70	2.57	74	0
2017	49	80	60.9	89	37.2	62	6.42	2	0
2016	51.9	45	66.6	41	37.2	62	2.93	65	0
2015	55.4	10	71.7	8	39	37	3.59	47	0
2014	51.3	54	64.6	57	38	51	3.85	36	0
2013	52.4	39	67.2	33	37.6	55	5.74	4	0
2012	55.1	14	69.1	21	41	16	4.07	32	0
2011	53.7	27	65.4	53	42	9	6.30	3	0
2010	53.7	27	69	22	38.4	45	1.94	91	0
2009	49.5	75	62.5	77	36.4	74	4.72	21	0
2008	47.1	95	61.9	83	32.3	105	2.96	62	0
2007	50	71	66.4	44	33.6	100	2.44	78	0
2006	51.8	46	63.1	73	40.5	23	3.92	35	0
2005	46.1	101	58.1	105	34.2	95	1.94	91	0
2004	52.1	42	65.8	49	38.5	41	4.91	14	0
2003	49.3	78	62	82	36.6	70	4.71	22	1
2002	46.2	100	58.5	102	33.9	96	4.07	32	0
2001	51.3	54	65.6	50	36.9	68	3.25	54	0
2000									4
1999	51.6	47	67.9	29	35.3	86	1.72	99	1
1998			72.8	4			1.84	97	6
1997	44.3	103	56.7	108	33.8	98	3.22	56	3
1996	49.6	73	61.8	84	37.2	62	4.55	25	1
1995	51.4	52	63	74	39.4	35	2.04	86	3
1994	48.1	88	61.8	84	34.9	90	3.84	37	1
1993	51.5	49	64.6	57	38.7	40	2.45	77	2
1992	51.5	49	67	37	36	80	2.85	69	0
1991	55	16	68.7	25	41.2	15	3.39	51	1
1990	48.9	82	60.6	92	37.1	66	5.70	5	1
1989	53.6	31	65.5	51	41.6	13	3.24	55	1
1988	53.9	24	66.8	40	40.6	21	2.13	84	2
1987	51	59	64.5	59	37.7	53	1.78	98	3
1986	54.3	21	67.1	34	41.5	14	2.87	67	0
1985			65.3	54			3.34	52	8
1984			58.5	102			5.00	13	6
1983			60.8	90			4.76	17	8
1982			68.5	27			1.92	94	11
1981	52.2	41	66	47	38.4	45	2.36	79	0
1980	51.4	52	66.3	45	36.6	70	1.14	107	0
1979	53.2	36	64.5	59	42	9	3.29	53	0
1978	53.5	32	66.5	43	40.4	25	2.35	80	0
1977	54.8	17	69.7	17	39.8	30	1.27	106	0
1976	50.4	66	61.7	86	38.9	39	5.37	9	1
1975	58.3	2	72.8	4	43.9	3	1.71	100	0
1974	48.5	85	59.3	100	37.7	53	4.20	29	0
1973	50.4	66	60.1	95	40.8	18	5.67	6	0
1972	54.7	19	67.7	30	41.7	12	4.12	31	0
1971	51.6	47	64.3	64	39	37	5.14	12	0
1970	53.5	32	66.1	46	40.8	18	2.84	70	0
1969	50.5	63	62.4	78	38.5	41	4.19	30	0
1968	49.4	76	62.1	80	36.7	69	2.76	72	1
1967	45	102	56.3	109	33.7	99	3.49	49	0
1966	49	80	62.3	79	35.9	81	2.96	62	2
1965	55.8	8	71.9	6	39.7	32	1.85	96	0
1964	56.9	6	71.7	8	42.1	8	5.20	11	0
1963	51.5	49	66	47	37.4	58	3.62	44	1
1962	55.3	12	70.5	15	40.2	28	2.06	85	0
1961	51.2	57	64.4	61	38.1	50	3.82	39	0
1960	57.5	4	71.1	10	44.1	2	3.45	50	1
1959	55.1	14	69.2	20	40.6	21	2.46	76	2
1958	49.6	73	62.9	75	36.3	76	3.75	42	0
1957							3.97	34	10
1956	47	96	60.6	92	33.2	102	4.76	17	2
1955			69.5	18	42.2	7	3.04	61	4
1954	50.7	62	63.7	66	37.6	55	3.62	44	1
1953	53.7	27	67.1	34	40.3	27	3.62	44	0
1952	48.4	86	61.5	88	35.3	86	4.58	24	0
1951	52.1	42	67.3	31	37.6	55	1.98	89	3
1950	52.3	40	66.6	41	38	51	2.28	82	1
1947									15
1946	43.2	104	55.4	110	31.1	108			0
1945	47.2	93	58.5	102	35.6	85	6.87	1	2
1944	57.7	3	73.5	2	41.9	11	1.86	95	0
1943	48.1	88	57.9	106	38.2	48	2.87	67	0
1942	56	7	66.9	39	45.2	1	1.99	88	0
1941	51.1	58	67.3	31	34.9	90	1.93	93	0
1940	54.1	23	68.6	26	39.6	34	1.50	103	0
1939							3.18	57	31
1938					35.9	81	2.91	66	5
1937	53.4	34	67.1	34	39.7	32			2
1936									8
1935					33.1	103	3.83	38	4
1934	54.8	17	73.4	3	36.1	77	2.03	87	0
1933	55.3	12	70.8	12	39.8	30	3.78	41	1
1932	53	37	69	22	37.1	66	1.97	90	0
1931									8
1930									8
1928	50.5	63	65.3	54	35.7	84			1
1927	49.4	76	60.4	94	38.4	45	3.68	43	3
1926	46.5	98	59.7	97	33.6	100	2.20	83	2
1925	46.7	97	59	101	34.4	94	3.50	48	0
1924	46.5	98	57.9	106	35.1	88	4.74	19	0
1923	48	91	63.2	72	32.9	104	2.83	71	0
1921	54.4	20	69.5	18	39.3	36	0.75	110	0
1920	50.4	66	64.4	61	36.4	74	1.64	102	0
1919	52	44	63.3	70	40.8	18	4.84	15	1
1918	57	5	70.8	12	43.1	5	4.51	26	2
1917	41.2	105	50.6	111	32	106	3.06	60	1
1916	50.9	60	62.7	76	38.5	41	5.36	10	1
1915	47.4	92	59.8	96	35	89	2.67	73	0
1914	53.7	27	68.9	24	38.5	41	1.48	104	2
1913	50.5	63	63.8	65	37.2	62	3.80	40	0
1912	52.5	38	65.2	56	39.9	29	5.55	7	0
1911	59.4	1	75.5	1	43.2	4	2.95	64	0
1910	50.2	69	62.1	80	38.2	48	4.73	20	0
1909	50.1	70	63.3	70	37.4	58	4.68	23	2
1908	53.8	26	67	37	40.5	23	4.83	16	0
1907	47.2	93	59.5	99	34.5	92			3
1906	50.9	60	64.4	61	37.4	58	0.89	109	0
1905	49.8	72	63.4	69	36.1	77	1.65	101	2
1904	55.6	9	70.8	12	40.4	25	2.50	75	1
1903	53.9	24	71.9	6	35.9	81	0.20	111	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1911	59.4
1975	58.3
1944	57.7
1960	57.5
1918	57
1964	56.9
1942	56
1965	55.8
1904	55.6
2024	55.4
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	41.2
1946	43.2
1997	44.3
1967	45
2005	46.1
2002	46.2
1926	46.5
1924	46.5
1925	46.7
1956	47

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1945	6.87
2017	6.42
2011	6.30
2013	5.74
1990	5.70
1973	5.67
1912	5.55
2019	5.38
1976	5.37
1916	5.36

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1903	0.20
1921	0.75
1906	0.89
2021	1.01
1980	1.14
1977	1.27
2020	1.36
1914	1.48
1940	1.50
1920	1.64

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 20°F; 9 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.69 in; 6 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 4.37 in of precipitation in Saranac Lake, NY, the wettest May since 2019, 27th wettest of 111.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Saranac Lake, NY: 86°F on Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Saranac Lake, NY: a low of 20°F on Saturday 9 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Saranac Lake, NY: 0.69 in on Wednesday 6 May 2026.