Syracuse, NY: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 56°F in Syracuse, NY, the coldest May since 2017, tied 42nd coldest of 124 (with 2003, 1957 and 1938).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 56°F; Coldest since 2017; 42nd coldest of 124
Precipitation: 4.08 in; Wettest since 2025; 22nd wettest of 124

A normal May in Syracuse, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 58.2°F, between 54.1°F and 62.8°F in eight years of ten and 3.14 in of precipitation, between 1.62 in and 5.84 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Syracuse, NY since 1903: 56°F in 2026; the lowest is 48.1°F, in 1917.

Normal range, 54.1 to 62.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Syracuse, 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
2026	56	80	66.6	76	45.3	86	4.08	22
2025	57.4	68	66	85	48.8	35	5.29	11
2024	64.6	2	74.9	6	54.4	2	3.40	43
2023	57.8	62	70.5	38	45	92	1.28	115
2022	61.5	14	73.7	11	49.2	30	1.84	104
2021	59	45	70.4	39	47.5	49	2.55	80
2020	56.8	72	68	64	45.6	81	3.12	58
2019	57	69	67.2	69	46.8	61	6.50	3
2018	62.8	8	75.2	5	50.3	17	1.90	101
2017	55.7	86	65.5	88	46	77	6.46	4
2016	58.2	54	69.8	43	46.6	64	3.58	38
2015	64.1	4	76.6	1	51.6	7	3.93	24
2014	60.4	20	71	32	49.7	22	3.71	33
2013	60.4	20	72.3	21	48.4	38	3.91	25
2012	64.3	3	75.6	3	52.9	4	3.15	57
2011	62.8	8	72.5	17	53.2	3	3.90	26
2010	61.1	15	73.2	14	49	32	2.87	70
2009	57.5	65	68.8	58	46.1	76	3.53	39
2008	53.7	107	65.6	87	41.7	120	1.78	106
2007	58.5	49	71.7	27	45.4	84	0.86	118
2006	58.2	54	69.1	52	47.2	56	2.25	92
2005	54.2	99	65.5	88	42.9	112	0.59	122
2004	60.3	23	71	32	49.5	27	7.82	1
2003	56	80	66.2	80	45.9	79	5.27	12
2002	54	105	64.5	100	43.6	108	5.77	7
2001	59.3	39	70.8	35	47.8	47	2.24	94
2000	59.1	42	69.1	52	49	32	4.75	17
1999	60.7	19	73.2	14	48.1	43	0.81	119
1998	62.9	6	73.8	9	51.9	5	2.37	87
1997	52.2	117	61.9	114	42.5	115	2.43	83
1996	54.9	94	65.5	88	44.4	95	3.02	67
1995	56.9	71	67.7	65	46.2	73	1.70	107
1994	54.1	103	65.3	93	42.9	112	3.03	65
1993	58	59	69.7	44	46.3	71	2.25	92
1992	57.5	65	69.3	48	45.7	80	5.21	13
1991	62.7	10	74.5	8	51	9	3.90	26
1990	54.5	96	64.9	97	44	100	5.62	8
1989	58.2	54	68.6	59	47.7	48	4.27	21
1988	59.7	34	71.9	24	47.5	49	3.05	63
1987	60.3	23	72.4	20	48.2	39	1.41	111
1986	60.9	18	72.6	16	49.3	29	2.67	77
1985	59.5	35	71	32	48	45	3.39	46
1984	52.4	116	62.5	111	42.3	118	4.97	14
1983	53.6	110	64.8	98	42.5	115	3.33	49
1982	59.4	37	70.8	35	48	45	2.87	70
1981	59.1	42	71.9	24	46.4	67	2.61	78
1980	59.8	32	72.1	22	47.5	49	1.34	113
1979	58.6	46	69	56	48.2	39	3.07	61
1978	58.2	54	69.3	48	47.2	56	1.90	101
1977	60.3	23	73.6	12	47	59	0.75	121
1976	54.2	99	64.3	102	44.1	99	7.41	2
1975	62.9	6	75.3	4	50.5	15	2.74	76
1974	54.1	103	64.1	104	44	100	5.78	6
1973	54.3	98	62.9	110	45.6	81	5.58	9
1972	58.5	49	69.6	45	47.3	54	6.19	5
1971	55.8	85	67.3	67	44.2	96	3.40	43
1970	57.5	65	68.4	61	46.6	64	2.79	74
1969	55.6	87	67.1	71	44.2	96	4.34	20
1968	53.6	110	62.5	111	44.6	94	3.46	42
1967	50.2	123	59.8	121	40.5	124	3.33	49
1966	51.2	121	61.7	116	40.7	123	1.79	105
1965	59.3	39	72.5	17	46.2	73	1.61	109
1964	61.6	13	73.5	13	49.6	24	2.31	90
1963	54.7	95	66.1	83	43.3	110	2.84	72
1962	62.3	11	73.8	9	50.7	13	1.05	117
1961	55.5	88	66.2	80	44.7	93	2.40	86
1960	59.8	32	69.3	48	50.3	17	3.96	23
1959	60	30	71.5	29	48.5	36	1.97	99
1958	54.5	96	65.5	88	43.4	109	3.70	35
1957	56	80	66.4	79	45.6	81	2.88	69
1956	53.4	112	64.5	100	42.2	119	3.03	65
1955	60.4	20	71.9	24	48.9	34	1.90	101
1954	56.2	78	67.1	71	45.2	87	3.17	55
1953	58.3	53	67.2	69	49.5	27	4.35	19
1952	54.2	99	64.2	103	44.2	96	3.88	28
1951	58	59	69.6	45	46.3	71	1.97	99
1950	57.9	61	68.9	57	46.9	60	2.43	83
1949	58.4	52	71.4	31	45.4	84	2.37	87
1948	54.2	99	65.2	94	43.2	111	3.87	30
1947	55.5	88	67	73	44	100	5.54	10
1946	55.9	84	66.6	76	45.2	87	2.43	83
1945	52.7	114	61.6	117	43.7	107	3.47	41
1944	63.3	5	76	2	50.5	15	3.22	53
1943	56.8	72	66.2	80	47.4	53	3.88	28
1942	60	30	70.1	42	49.8	21	3.71	33
1941	57.7	63	70.2	40	45.2	87	2.90	68
1940	57	69	67.3	67	46.8	61	3.11	59
1939	59.1	42	72.1	22	46.2	73	1.31	114
1938	56	80	66.9	75	45.1	91	2.61	78
1937	59.4	37	69.1	52	49.6	24	3.23	52
1936	61	17	71.5	29	50.6	14	1.63	108
1935	52.7	114	61.3	118	44	100	2.48	82
1934	60.3	23	72.5	17	48.2	39	0.80	120
1933	61.1	15	70.6	37	51.5	8	3.17	55
1932	58.6	46	68.1	62	49.1	31	1.57	110
1931	59.2	41	68.5	60	49.9	20	4.42	18
1930	60.1	28	69.2	51	51	9	3.39	46
1929	56.4	76	66.1	83	46.7	63	3.61	37
1928	55.5	88	64.7	99	46.4	67	1.39	112
1927	54	105	61.9	114	46	77	3.33	49
1926	53.7	107	63.4	109	43.9	104	1.25	116
1925	51.7	119	61.1	119	42.4	117	2.06	97
1924	51.4	120	59	123	43.8	106	3.06	62
1923	53.1	113	63.6	106	42.6	114	2.54	81
1922	60.2	27	70.2	40	50.2	19	3.84	32
1921	58.5	49	67.5	66	49.6	24	2.27	91
1920	55	93	63.6	106	46.4	67	0.19	124
1919	56.8	72	65.4	92	48.2	39	4.91	15
1918	61.8	12	71.6	28	51.9	5	3.35	48
1917	48.1	124	55.2	124	40.9	122	3.65	36
1916	56.5	75	65.8	86	47.2	56	3.87	30
1915	51.9	118	60	120	43.9	104	2.02	98
1914	59.5	35	68.1	62	50.9	11	3.05	63
1913	55.1	92	63.5	108	46.6	64	2.79	74
1912	57.7	63	67	73	48.5	36	3.22	53
1911	64.7	1	74.7	7	54.6	1	2.21	95
1910	53.7	107	62.2	113	45.2	87	4.76	16
1909	55.2	91	63.9	105	46.4	67	2.84	72
1908	58.2	54	66.6	76	49.7	22	3.49	40
1907	50.5	122	59.8	121	41.3	121	2.36	89
1906	56.2	78	65.2	94	47.3	54	3.10	60
1905	56.3	77	65.1	96	47.5	49	2.21	95
1904	60.1	28	69.4	47	50.8	12	3.40	43
1903	58.6	46	69.1	52	48.1	43	0.28	123

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1911	64.7
2024	64.6
2012	64.3
2015	64.1
1944	63.3
1998	62.9
1975	62.9
2018	62.8
2011	62.8
1991	62.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	48.1
1967	50.2
1907	50.5
1966	51.2
1924	51.4
1925	51.7
1915	51.9
1997	52.2
1984	52.4
1945	52.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	7.82
1976	7.41
2019	6.50
2017	6.46
1972	6.19
1974	5.78
2002	5.77
1990	5.62
1973	5.58
1947	5.54

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1920	0.19
1903	0.28
2005	0.59
1977	0.75
1934	0.80
1999	0.81
2007	0.86
1962	1.05
1926	1.25
2023	1.28

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 91°F; 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 33°F; 12 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.84 in; 24 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 4.08 in of precipitation in Syracuse, NY, the wettest May since 2025, 22nd wettest of 124.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Syracuse, NY: 91°F on Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Syracuse, NY: a low of 33°F on Tuesday 12 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Syracuse, NY: 0.84 in on Sunday 24 May 2026.