Topeka, KS: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 65.2°F in Topeka, KS, the warmest May since 2024, tied 56th warmest of 139 (with 1969).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 65.2°F; Warmest since 2024; 56th warmest of 139
Precipitation: 5.99 in; Wettest since 2022; 35th wettest of 139

A normal May in Topeka, KS (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 64.7°F, between 62.6°F and 69.5°F in eight years of ten and 4.52 in of precipitation, between 1.74 in and 9.49 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Topeka, KS since 1888: 65.2°F in 2026; the highest is 74.7°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 62.6 to 69.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Topeka, KS from 1888 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	65.2	56	77.3	45	53	83	5.99	35
2025	63.3	92	75.4	72	51.2	107	3.92	76
2024	67.9	26	79.3	23	56.4	30	2.60	110
2023	68.4	21	81.5	8	55.4	40	4.65	57
2022	67.8	28	77.7	40	57.9	15	11.68	3
2021	63	99	71.9	119	54.2	65	6.93	23
2020	63.2	94	72.2	113	54.2	65	6.03	34
2019	64	78	73.7	95	54.3	62	9.99	7
2018	74.7	1	86.8	1	62.6	1	3.80	81
2017	65.1	58	76.7	51	53.4	79	3.69	90
2016	63.5	88	74.2	88	52.8	88	8.82	13
2015	64.3	74	73.4	101	55.3	44	9.43	8
2014	67.9	26	80.3	13	55.6	39	1.63	131
2013	64.6	66	75.1	77	54	70	6.76	25
2012	71.4	3	83.7	3	59.1	7	2.58	111
2011	64.6	66	75.3	74	53.9	73	5.58	39
2010	64.7	64	74	91	55.3	44	6.58	27
2009	65.7	48	76.8	50	54.5	56	1.44	133
2008	64.6	66	75.9	63	53.2	80	3.55	93
2007	68.7	18	78.4	35	58.9	10	10.25	6
2006	66.1	43	77.2	46	54.9	50	3.20	100
2005	65	61	77.4	44	52.5	95	4.58	60
2004	67.6	31	78.1	38	57.2	23	4.46	62
2003	64.2	75	75.7	65	52.7	90	3.70	89
2002	62.6	104	73.7	95	51.5	103	4.87	51
2001	67.6	31	78.6	32	56.6	27	3.85	80
2000	68.1	23	79.8	18	56.3	33	2.08	121
1999	64.7	64	75.3	74	54.2	65	6.38	30
1998	70.3	8	82.5	5	58	14	2.08	121
1997	60.4	126	72.6	112	48.3	134	3.54	94
1996	65.7	48	74.5	84	56.9	26	7.72	16
1995	59.3	134	67.7	136	50.9	113	11.81	2
1994	64.5	70	77	48	51.9	101	0.95	136
1993	63.1	95	72.2	113	53.9	73	6.95	22
1992	62.4	108	74.5	84	50.4	121	1.75	129
1991	69.4	12	79	25	59.7	5	7.09	19
1990	60.3	127	70.1	129	50.5	120	4.45	64
1989	64.2	75	76.1	60	52.3	98	4.05	73
1988	68.7	18	81.1	11	56.4	30	3.08	102
1987	70.4	5	81.3	10	59.5	6	3.89	77
1986	65.9	46	76.3	57	55.4	40	7.53	17
1985	66.5	40	77.6	41	55.4	40	3.79	82
1984	62.4	108	74	91	50.8	116	3.45	96
1983	62.5	105	73.5	99	51.5	103	4.93	48
1982	63.7	83	73	105	54.4	59	9.39	9
1981	60.9	122	72	117	49.8	125	5.93	37
1980	62.8	102	75.5	71	50.1	123	4.85	52
1979	63.1	95	74.9	80	51.2	107	2.25	117
1978	63	99	73.8	93	52.2	99	5.75	38
1977	70.1	9	79.6	20	60.6	2	7.83	15
1976	60.3	127	71.9	119	48.8	129	4.63	58
1975	67.3	35	80.1	14	54.5	56	3.88	79
1974	67.2	36	78.5	34	55.9	36	3.59	91
1973	61.3	119	73.4	101	49.2	128	4.37	67
1972	63.6	87	74.6	83	52.6	93	2.90	105
1971	61.4	118	73.5	99	49.3	127	4.83	54
1970	68	24	79.9	15	56.2	35	5.46	40
1969	65.2	56	75.1	77	55.4	40	3.77	85
1968	59.1	136	70	131	48.1	135	3.37	98
1967	60.7	124	71.1	126	50.4	121	5.07	45
1966	63.8	80	78.8	29	48.8	129	0.41	139
1965	68.6	20	79.4	22	57.8	17	3.41	97
1964	68.8	17	79.9	15	57.8	17	2.09	120
1963	65.3	55	76.1	60	54.4	59	4.91	50
1962	72.7	2	85	2	60.3	3	4.23	70
1961	59.7	131	69.8	133	49.7	126	5.29	42
1960	63.3	92	75.3	74	51.3	106	1.70	130
1959	65.7	48	75.7	65	55.8	37	4.70	56
1958	65.7	48	77.5	42	54	70	2.29	116
1957	62.8	102	73	105	52.6	93	4.18	71
1956	69.2	13	81.4	9	57.1	24	2.36	115
1955	66.7	38	78.2	36	55.2	47	4.62	59
1954	60	129	71.9	119	48.1	135	4.38	66
1953	63.7	83	74.2	88	53.2	80	4.53	61
1952	64.5	70	76.4	54	52.7	90	3.78	83
1951	64.6	66	76.5	53	52.8	88	4.12	72
1950	65.6	53	77.5	42	53.6	76	6.12	31
1949	67.5	34	78	39	57.1	24	5.16	44
1948	63.7	83	75.8	64	51.5	103	4.85	52
1947	61.7	116	72.8	110	50.6	119	2.91	104
1946	62	114	72.9	107	51.2	107	2.41	114
1945	61.1	121	71.2	125	50.9	113	6.68	26
1944	69.1	14	79.7	19	58.5	13	2.81	106
1943	62.2	110	71.3	123	53.2	80	3.74	86
1942	63.7	83	73.8	93	53.6	76	5.29	42
1941	70.4	5	81.8	7	59	8	3.78	83
1940	64.5	70	76	62	52.9	85	4.01	74
1939	70.6	4	82.5	5	58.6	12	1.33	134
1938	64.8	63	75.1	77	54.5	56	11.16	4
1937	67.8	28	79	25	56.6	27	3.12	101
1936	69.8	10	80.7	12	58.9	10	4.79	55
1935	59.4	133	67.6	138	51.1	110	11.08	5
1934	70.4	5	83.5	4	57.3	21	6.47	29
1933	65.1	58	75.6	67	54.7	54	2.55	112
1932	66	44	77.1	47	55	49	1.85	128
1931	60.9	122	71.1	126	50.8	116	2.03	123
1930	63.8	80	73.7	95	54	70	3.89	77
1929	61.2	120	70.1	129	52.4	97	5.96	36
1928	66.9	37	79	25	54.8	52	2.46	113
1927	64.5	70	74.2	88	54.7	54	2.69	107
1926	67.6	31	78.8	29	56.4	30	3.01	103
1925	62.2	110	73.2	103	51.1	110	1.92	124
1924	58.8	137	70	131	47.5	138	2.11	119
1923	62.1	112	72	117	52.2	99	5.02	46
1922	66	44	75.6	67	56.5	29	3.93	75
1921	66.2	42	76.6	52	55.8	37	3.71	88
1920	63.1	95	72.1	116	54.1	69	2.23	118
1919	62.5	105	71.9	119	53	83	2.68	108
1918	68.9	15	79.9	15	57.9	15	7.14	18
1917	57.9	139	67.3	139	48.5	132	4.30	68
1916	64.9	62	75.6	67	54.2	65	4.95	47
1915	61.5	117	71.1	126	51.9	101	9.23	11
1914	65.1	58	75.4	72	54.9	50	1.60	132
1913	65.8	47	76.3	57	55.3	44	4.46	62
1912	68.4	21	79.2	24	57.6	19	3.31	99
1911	68	24	78.6	32	57.3	21	1.91	125
1910	59.2	135	67.7	136	50.8	116	6.96	20
1909	63.1	95	73.6	98	52.7	90	4.93	48
1908	63.5	88	72.7	111	54.3	62	9.06	12
1907	58.6	138	69.2	134	48.1	135	1.87	127
1906	65.7	48	76.2	59	55.1	48	1.00	135
1905	64	78	74.5	84	53.5	78	5.30	41
1904	62.1	112	71.3	123	52.9	85	6.96	20
1903	63.5	88	72.2	113	54.8	52	8.63	14
1902	68.9	15	78.7	31	59	8	4.43	65
1901	63.8	80	74.7	82	52.9	85	0.54	138
1900	66.3	41	76.4	54	56.3	33	3.56	92
1899	67.8	28	78.2	36	57.4	20	4.28	69
1898	63.4	91	72.9	107	53.9	73	6.10	32
1897	64.1	77	75.6	67	52.5	95	2.62	109
1896	69.8	10	79.6	20	60	4	9.30	10
1895	66.6	39	78.9	28	54.4	59	3.74	86
1894	65.6	53	77	48	54.3	62	1.91	125
1893	62	114	73.1	104	50.9	113	6.54	28
1892	59.5	132	69	135	50.1	123	14.10	1
1891	60.7	124	72.9	107	48.5	132	6.86	24
1890	62.5	105	76.4	54	48.7	131	3.50	95
1889	62.9	101	74.9	80	51	112	6.08	33
1888	60	129	74.3	87	45.8	139	0.87	137

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	74.7
1962	72.7
2012	71.4
1939	70.6
1987	70.4
1941	70.4
1934	70.4
1998	70.3
1977	70.1
1936	69.8
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	57.9
1907	58.6
1924	58.8
1968	59.1
1910	59.2
1995	59.3
1935	59.4
1892	59.5
1961	59.7
1954	60
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1892	14.10
1995	11.81
2022	11.68
1938	11.16
1935	11.08
2007	10.25
2019	9.99
2015	9.43
1982	9.39
1896	9.30

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1966	0.41
1901	0.54
1888	0.87
1994	0.95
1906	1.00
1939	1.33
2009	1.44
1914	1.60
2014	1.63
1960	1.70

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 91°F; 16 May 2026
Coldest night: 34°F; 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.87 in; 18 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 5.99 in of precipitation in Topeka, KS, the wettest May since 2022, 35th wettest of 139.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Topeka, KS: 91°F on Saturday 16 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Topeka, KS: a low of 34°F on Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Topeka, KS: 1.87 in on Monday 18 May 2026.