Sheridan, WY: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 53.1°F in Sheridan, WY, the warmest May since 2025, 55th warmest of 120.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 53.1°F; Warmest since 2025; 55th warmest of 120
Precipitation: 2.34 in; Driest since 2023; 58th driest of 119

A normal May in Sheridan, WY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 52.9°F, between 48.8°F and 56.1°F in eight years of ten and 2.40 in of precipitation, between 0.71 in and 5.47 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Sheridan, WY since 1907: 53.1°F in 2026; the highest is 61.4°F, in 1934.

Normal range, 48.8 to 56.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Sheridan, WY from 1907 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
2026	53.1	55	69.2	27	37.1	98	2.34	62
2025	54	38	68.4	35	39.6	51	4.49	12
2024	51.4	80	65.6	67	37.2	94	2.90	47
2023	57.8	7	71.8	10	43.9	6	2.07	70
2022	50.7	87	63.8	81	37.6	89	3.16	34
2021	51.6	78	65.5	69	37.8	87	1.11	99
2020	53	56	67	47	38.9	64	0.74	110
2019	48.1	117	60.2	117	36	117	6.34	4
2018	57.5	8	70.5	18	44.5	2	3.57	28
2017	53.2	51	67.8	40	38.6	69	2.24	67
2016	52.6	63	67.2	45	38	81	1.06	102
2015	50.2	94	61.9	101	38.5	72	5.42	8
2014	53.6	45	66.9	51	40.3	40	1.73	80
2013	54.1	36	67.5	42	40.7	35	3.03	42
2012	51.8	75	66.8	53	36.7	105	2.42	58
2011	48	119	57.6	120	38.4	75	5.91	6
2010	48.1	117	60.6	113	35.7	118	4.43	14
2009	53.3	49	69.5	26	37.2	94	0.22	118
2008	50.8	86	62.2	99	39.5	54	4.73	11
2007	54.6	30	68.6	31	40.6	37	4.09	17
2006	54.5	31	70.6	16	38.4	75	0.98	105
2005	51	84	63.7	85	38.3	79	6.18	5
2004	52.9	58	67.2	45	38.6	69	0.72	111
2003	51.6	78	64.7	74	38.5	72	1.45	94
2002	50	97	64.8	72	35.1	119	1.02	103
2001	55.5	20	71.1	13	40	45	1.02	103
2000	52.9	58	66	62	39.8	49	3.52	29
1999	49.7	101	61.7	104	37.6	89	1.94	72
1998	54	38	70.9	14	37.2	94	0.29	117
1997	52.7	62	66.3	59	39.1	59	2.72	52
1996	49	109	60.5	115	37.5	91	3.69	23
1995	48.9	112	61.5	106	36.3	111	3.05	38
1994	58.7	4	74	5	43.4	7	0.65	113
1993	56.6	12	70	22	43.3	9	2.37	61
1992	56	18	70.6	16	41.4	29	2.02	71
1991	53	56	63.7	85	42.3	17	2.67	53
1990	51.1	82	64.1	80	38	81	1.92	74
1989	53.2	51	67.5	42	39	63	1.69	81
1988	56.5	13	71.5	11	41.5	27	2.43	57
1987	58.3	5	72.2	8	44.4	3	2.76	50
1986	52.5	64	67.7	41	37.2	94	1.78	78
1985	58.2	6	74.1	4	42.3	17	1.55	84
1984	52.8	61	67	47	38.6	69	1.55	84
1983	51	84	65.6	67	36.5	106	1.84	75
1982	50.7	87	64.2	77	37.1	98	1.46	92
1981	52	74	64.2	77	39.7	50	5.71	7
1980	55	26	69.1	28	40.8	34	3.65	25
1979	50.4	92	62.9	92	37.9	86	2.95	45
1978	49.9	98	61.8	103	38	81	6.80	2
1977	54.9	27	69.7	24	40.1	43	3.03	42
1976	54.2	34	69.1	28	39.4	57	1.11	99
1975	50.3	93	63.2	90	37.3	93	3.51	30
1974	49.9	98	63.3	89	36.5	106	1.44	95
1973	52.3	69	67.5	42	37.1	98	0.51	115
1972	54.1	36	66.7	55	41.5	27	1.35	96
1971	53.2	51	66.8	53	39.6	51	2.45	56
1970	53.6	45	66.9	51	40.3	40	5.20	9
1969	53.9	40	68.4	35	39.5	54	1.79	77
1968	49.3	107	62.2	99	36.5	106	2.29	63
1967	49.2	108	61.5	106	36.9	103	1.33	97
1966	53.8	41	70.5	18	37.1	98	1.08	101
1965	49.8	100	62.7	94	36.8	104	2.12	68
1964	54.3	33	66.4	57	42.1	22	1.76	79
1963	53.2	51	66	62	40.3	40	1.54	86
1962	53.8	41	65.2	70	42.5	14	2.28	65
1961	53.8	41	66.2	60	41.3	30	2.95	45
1960	54.9	27	69.7	24	40.1	43	0.83	107
1959	49	109	60.9	112	37	102	1.46	92
1958	60.4	2	75.2	3	45.5	1	0.30	116
1957	53.5	47	64.4	75	42.5	14	3.63	26
1956	55.3	23	66.5	56	44.1	4	4.94	10
1955	53.8	41	66.2	60	41.3	30	4.17	16
1954	52.4	65	65.7	65	39.1	59	1.58	83
1953	49.4	106	62.6	95	36.2	113	2.08	69
1952	55.3	23	68.3	38	42.2	20	3.61	27
1951	55.4	22	69	30	41.8	24	0.93	106
1950	48.9	112	61.6	105	36.1	114	1.51	89
1949	56.1	17	69.9	23	42.2	20	2.83	48
1948	56.4	15	70.4	21	42.4	16	0.81	108
1947	54.2	34	67	47	41.3	30	2.59	54
1946	50.1	96	61.3	109	38.9	64	4.46	13
1945	52.2	71	63.8	81	40.5	38	2.29	63
1944	55.8	19	68.5	32	43.1	10	3.46	31
1943	49.6	104	61	111	38.2	80	3.98	18
1942	49.7	101	60.6	113	38.8	66	4.28	15
1941	56.5	13	71.4	12	41.7	26	1.52	87
1940	56.3	16	73	6	39.6	51	0.67	112
1939	57.3	10	72.8	7	41.8	24	3.82	22
1938	51.8	75	63.7	85	40	45	6.82	1
1937	57.1	11	70.7	15	43.4	7	2.39	59
1936	60.1	3	77.4	2	42.7	11	0.15	119
1935	48.2	116	58.7	118	37.7	88	3.12	35
1934	61.4	1	78.7	1	44	5	0.53	114
1933	51.7	77	63.8	81	39.5	54	2.75	51
1932	55.3	23	68.5	32	42	23	3.35	32
1931	52.9	58	68.2	39	37.5	91	2.38	60
1930	52.3	69	65.2	70	39.4	57	1.50	91
1929	50.5	90	64.8	72	36.1	114	2.55	55
1928	57.4	9	72.1	9	42.7	11	1.62	82
1927	49.6	104	61.2	110	38	81	3.98	18
1926	55.5	20	68.4	35	42.7	11	3.05	38
1925	54.5	31	68.5	32	40.5	38	1.84	75
1924	49.7	101	63.1	91	36.4	109	1.51	89
1923	53.5	47	67	47	39.9	48	3.27	33
1922	52.4	65	63.8	81	40.9	33	3.04	40
1921	53.3	49	64.4	75	42.3	17	2.98	44
1920	51.1	82	62.3	97	40	45	3.12	35
1919	54.8	29	70.5	18	39.1	59	0.81	108
1918	50.7	87	62.9	92	38.4	75	2.83	48
1917	48.3	115	60.5	115	36.1	114	3.66	24
1916	49	109	61.5	106	36.4	109	3.04	40
1915	50.5	90	61.9	101	39.1	59	3.98	18
1914	52.2	71	65.7	65	38.8	66	3.10	37
1913	52.4	65	64.2	77	40.7	35	1.52	87
1912	51.2	81	63.7	85	38.7	68	2.27	66
1911	52.4	65	66.4	57	38.4	75	1.22	98
1910	52.2	71	65.8	64	38.5	72	1.93	73
1909	48.5	114	62.3	97	34.8	120	3.84	21
1908	50.2	94	62.4	96	38	81	6.65	3
1907	47.4	120	58.5	119	36.3	111

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1934	61.4
1958	60.4
1936	60.1
1994	58.7
1987	58.3
1985	58.2
2023	57.8
2018	57.5
1928	57.4
1939	57.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	47.4
2011	48
2019	48.1
2010	48.1
1935	48.2
1917	48.3
1909	48.5
1995	48.9
1950	48.9
1996	49
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1938	6.82
1978	6.80
1908	6.65
2019	6.34
2005	6.18
2011	5.91
1981	5.71
2015	5.42
1970	5.20
1956	4.94

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1936	0.15
2009	0.22
1998	0.29
1958	0.30
1973	0.51
1934	0.53
1994	0.65
1940	0.67
2004	0.72
2020	0.74

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 13 May 2026
Coldest night: 16°F; 6 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.88 in; 31 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 2.34 in of precipitation in Sheridan, WY, the driest May since 2023, 58th driest of 119.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Sheridan, WY: 95°F on Wednesday 13 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Sheridan, WY: a low of 16°F on Wednesday 6 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Sheridan, WY: 0.88 in on Sunday 31 May 2026.