Tupelo, MS: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 70.2°F in Tupelo, MS, the coldest May since 2021, 41st coldest of 96.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 70.2°F; Coldest since 2021; 41st coldest of 96
Precipitation: 6.43 in; Wettest since 2015; 25th wettest of 96

A normal May in Tupelo, MS (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 70.6°F, between 68.7°F and 73.8°F in eight years of ten and 4.62 in of precipitation, between 1.33 in and 9.67 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Tupelo, MS since 1930: 70.2°F in 2026; the lowest is 64.2°F, in 1976.

Normal range, 68.7 to 73.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Tupelo, MS from 1930 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	70.2	56	80.2	73	60.2	38	6.43	25	0
2025	71.1	44	79.7	78	62.5	18	6.30	28	0
2024	75.5	3	85	18	65.9	1	4.28	53	0
2023	72.8	26	83.6	28	62	24	2.14	80	0
2022	74.6	6	85.2	13	64.1	8	6.41	26	0
2021	70.1	57	80.4	69	59.8	46	5.30	40	0
2020	69.6	66	80.2	73	58.9	56	5.45	37	0
2019	74.2	9	84.2	23	64.1	8	5.44	38	0
2018	75.9	2	87.1	2	64.6	5	4.44	49	0
2017	69.7	64	81.1	58	58.2	68	3.69	61	0
2016	70.3	55	81	60	59.6	49	1.19	91	0
2015	71.5	38	82.4	44	60.6	35	9.09	10	0
2014	71.3	40	82.4	44	60.2	38	4.40	51	0
2013	68.8	75	79.4	85	58.3	65	6.49	24	0
2012	74.1	10	85.4	9	62.8	15	2.27	78	0
2011	69.8	61	80.6	67	58.9	56	3.36	66	0
2010	72.6	28	82.8	39	62.4	19	10.42	4	0
2009	70.8	46	79.5	81	62.1	21	9.65	9	0
2008	69.6	66	80.2	73	58.9	56	6.34	27	0
2007	73.4	17	86.5	5	60.4	37	1.10	93	0
2006	72.1	32	82.8	39	61.3	30	4.79	47	0
2005	69.2	70	81.2	56	57.2	73	0.87	95	0
2004	72.5	29	82.1	46	62.9	14	6.23	29	0
2003	70.4	53	79.4	85	61.3	30	9.85	7	0
2002	68.1	85	79.2	88	57	75	6.65	22	0
2001	69.5	68	81.5	54	57.6	70	5.70	32	0
2000	73.6	16	85.1	15	62.1	21	1.39	89	0
1999	70.4	53	82	49	58.7	60	3.25	67	0
1998	73.2	20	84.5	21	61.9	26	1.91	83	0
1997	65.5	94	76.9	95	54.2	91	8.42	12	0
1996	72.9	25	84.1	24	61.6	27	2.05	81	0
1995	70.8	46	80.5	68	61	33	3.61	62	0
1994	66.6	91	78	92	55.3	88	3.78	59	0
1993	68.9	74	79.3	87	58.5	62	5.78	31	0
1992	69.1	71	81	60	57.3	72	1.34	90	0
1991	73.8	14	81.8	50	65.7	2	17.56	2	0
1990	68.5	81	78.7	90	58.3	65	4.26	54	0
1989	68.8	75	78.9	89	58.7	60	3.79	58	0
1988	69.7	64	83.1	34	56.3	82	2.92	73	0
1987	75	4	85.3	12	64.7	3	5.49	36	0
1986	71.9	34	81.7	51	62.1	21	5.19	42	0
1985	70.6	50	81	60	60.2	38	5.35	39	0
1984	68.7	77	80.7	65	56.6	78	8.44	11	0
1983	68.6	78	80.4	69	56.8	76	10.35	5	0
1981	66.9	89	80.7	65	53.1	94	6.66	21	0
1980	69.9	59	83.5	32	56.4	80	2.89	74	0
1979	67.9	87	80.3	71	55.5	87	9.89	6	0
1978	69.1	71	82.1	46	56.2	83	17.96	1	0
1977	71.3	40	86.3	6	56.4	80	2.04	82	0
1976	64.2	96	77.4	93	51	96	3.72	60	0
1975	71.1	44	83	36	59.3	53	5.19	42	0
1974	71.4	39	83.1	34	59.8	46	11.08	3	0
1973	66.8	90	79.9	76	53.6	93	4.29	52	0
1972	68.1	85	81.2	56	55.3	88	7.47	16	1
1971	65.4	95	79.5	81	51.4	95	4.91	46	0
1970	70.1	57	84.5	21	55.8	85	6.59	23	0
1969	69.8	61	83.6	28	56	84	3.13	70	0
1968	69.8	61	79.5	81	60	42	8.04	14	0
1967	69	73	79.5	81	58.5	62	6.69	20	0
1966	68.6	78	79.7	78	57.5	71	4.57	48	0
1965	73.4	17	85.4	9	61.4	29	1.74	86	0
1964	72.2	31	83.7	27	60.7	34	3.23	68	0
1963	71.3	40	82.8	39	59.8	46	5.27	41	0
1962	76.9	1	89.3	1	64.6	5	4.14	56	0
1961	67	88	79.9	76	54.2	91	5.10	45	0
1960	68.5	81	80.3	71	56.8	76	3.88	57	0
1959	74.9	5	85.2	13	64.5	7	4.41	50	0
1958	71.9	34	83.8	26	60	42	3.00	72	0
1957	73.3	19	83.6	28	63	12	0.94	94	0
1956	74.4	8	85	18	63.8	10	2.63	75	0
1955	74.6	6	86	7	63.2	11	9.80	8	0
1954	65.8	93	75.8	96	55.7	86	3.43	64	0
1953	72.8	26	82.7	42	62.8	15	6.86	18	0
1952	71.7	37	82.7	42	60.1	41	3.50	63	2
1951	71.2	43	83.3	33	59.1	55	2.17	79	0
1950	73.9	13	83	36	64.7	3	4.18	55	1
1949	73.1	23	83.6	28	62.7	17	2.52	76	0
1948	71.8	36	83	36	60.6	35	2.41	77	0
1947	69.3	69	80.8	63	57.8	69	3.23	68	0
1946	68.3	84	78.2	91	58.3	65	8.06	13	0
1945	68.4	83	79.7	78	57.1	74	3.05	71	0
1944	73.1	23	84	25	62.2	20	6.20	30	0
1943	73.8	14	85.4	9	62	24	1.88	84	1
1942	70.8	46	82.1	46	59.5	51	1.64	87	0
1941	74	11	86.9	3	61.2	32	0.85	96	0
1940	68.6	78	80.8	63	56.5	79	1.81	85	0
1939	70.5	52	81.6	53	59.4	52	6.70	19	0
1938	73.2	20	84.9	20	61.5	28	5.56	35	0
1937	72.5	29	85.7	8	59.3	53	3.42	65	1
1936	73.2	20	86.7	4	59.6	49	1.52	88	0
1935	70.8	46	81.7	51	59.9	45	7.94	15	0
1934	72	33	85.1	15	58.9	56	5.58	33	0
1933	74	11	85.1	15	63	12	5.58	33	0
1932	69.9	59	81.3	55	58.5	62	1.12	92	0
1931	66.2	92	77.2	94	55.2	90	5.16	44	0
1930	70.6	50	81.1	58	60	42	7.28	17	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1962	76.9
2018	75.9
2024	75.5
1987	75
1959	74.9
2022	74.6
1955	74.6
1956	74.4
2019	74.2
2012	74.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1976	64.2
1971	65.4
1997	65.5
1954	65.8
1931	66.2
1994	66.6
1973	66.8
1981	66.9
1961	67
1979	67.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1978	17.96
1991	17.56
1974	11.08
2010	10.42
1983	10.35
1979	9.89
2003	9.85
1955	9.80
2009	9.65
2015	9.09

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	0.85
2005	0.87
1957	0.94
2007	1.10
1932	1.12
2016	1.19
1992	1.34
2000	1.39
1936	1.52
1942	1.64

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 92°F; 31 May 2026
Coldest night: 43°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 2.13 in; 21 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 6.43 in of precipitation in Tupelo, MS, the wettest May since 2015, 25th wettest of 96.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Tupelo, MS: 92°F on Sunday 31 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Tupelo, MS: a low of 43°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Tupelo, MS: 2.13 in on Thursday 21 May 2026.