Waco, TX: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 74.3°F in Waco, TX, the coldest May since 2023, 55th coldest of 125.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 74.3°F; Coldest since 2023; 55th coldest of 125
Precipitation: 6.12 in; Wettest since 2024; 34th wettest of 125

A normal May in Waco, TX (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 74.7°F, between 72.4°F and 77.4°F in eight years of ten and 3.53 in of precipitation, between 1.35 in and 7.89 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Waco, TX since 1902: 74.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 68.5°F, in 1917.

Normal range, 72.4 to 77.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Waco, TX from 1902 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	74.3	71	84.7	63	63.8	71	6.12	34
2025	74.4	69	85.5	56	63.4	80	4.35	57
2024	76.5	24	85.6	55	67.4	10	15.28	1
2023	73	96	83.3	93	62.8	93	5.26	45
2022	79.5	3	91.3	1	67.7	9	2.85	88
2021	72.4	107	81	117	63.8	71	8.00	18
2020	74.4	69	86	41	62.8	93	5.87	37
2019	74.8	61	84.5	69	65.1	50	5.53	44
2018	78.7	6	90.1	4	67.4	10	2.94	84
2017	73.6	75	86.1	38	61.2	113	2.80	89
2016	72.4	107	82.3	106	62.6	96	8.31	15
2015	73.5	77	82.5	104	64.5	60	9.27	12
2014	72.4	107	84.4	70	60.5	118	7.75	21
2013	72.5	103	84.2	75	60.7	117	3.36	74
2012	77.3	12	88.6	12	66	30	2.80	89
2011	75.6	40	87.5	21	63.7	75	2.14	100
2010	77.2	13	89.3	8	65.1	50	0.89	116
2009	75.1	50	86.3	36	63.8	71	1.37	110
2008	75.4	46	86	41	64.7	56	4.66	52
2007	73.5	77	82.5	104	64.5	60	13.99	3
2006	75.8	37	87	25	64.6	59	2.20	96
2005	73.4	84	84	79	62.7	95	3.64	71
2004	74.9	59	84.2	75	65.7	34	3.86	63
2003	76.4	28	86.6	30	66.2	28	2.77	91
2002	74.5	66	86	41	63	89	3.25	78
2001	75.6	40	85.9	45	65.3	45	3.54	72
2000	76.6	22	86.4	34	66.9	17	4.95	50
1999	73.8	73	84.4	70	63.2	82	3.14	81
1998	78.6	7	91	2	66.1	29	0.55	123
1997	71.1	121	81.2	115	61.1	114	3.51	73
1996	80.5	1	90.7	3	70.4	1	1.20	112
1995	73.1	94	82.7	102	63.5	78	7.84	20
1994	71.9	117	81.8	113	62.1	104	6.66	30
1993	72	114	83.7	83	60.4	119	2.06	101
1992	72.4	107	83.2	96	61.6	107	6.36	32
1991	75.8	37	85.9	45	65.7	34	5.89	36
1990	75.6	40	86.6	30	64.7	56	6.12	34
1989	76.5	24	86.4	34	66.6	21	9.34	11
1988	73.6	75	85.9	45	61.3	110	0.65	121
1987	75.2	49	85.4	58	65.1	50	5.16	46
1986	73.5	77	83.8	81	63.2	82	6.89	29
1985	76.8	20	88.2	16	65.3	45	1.59	106
1984	76.2	32	88.7	11	63.7	75	3.71	68
1983	71.4	119	83.7	83	59.2	124	3.83	65
1982	75	55	84.2	75	65.7	34	5.54	43
1981	72.6	102	84.1	78	61	115	3.69	70
1980	73.5	77	83.5	86	63.5	78	4.47	55
1979	69.5	124	79.2	124	59.8	122	9.68	9
1978	76.5	24	86.7	29	66.3	25	2.88	87
1977	76.4	28	85.9	45	67	15	1.71	104
1976	70.7	122	81	117	60.4	119	4.99	48
1975	72	114	80.8	121	63.2	82	13.21	4
1974	77.1	15	86.9	26	67.4	10	2.21	95
1973	71.6	118	82.8	99	60.4	119	3.16	80
1972	73.3	86	83.5	86	63	89	1.95	103
1971	75.1	50	85.7	54	64.4	62	0.75	118
1970	72.8	100	83.5	86	62.1	104	2.24	94
1969	75.1	50	84.9	62	65.4	43	3.98	61
1968	73.1	94	82	109	64.2	65	7.12	27
1967	73.2	91	83.3	93	63	89	4.17	59
1966	73.5	77	82	109	65.1	50	2.55	92
1965	75.6	40	82.8	99	68.3	6	15.00	2
1964	75.5	45	84.6	65	66.3	25	1.48	109
1963	76.2	32	86.1	38	66.3	25	5.70	39
1962	77.1	15	87.6	18	66.5	22	2.19	97
1961	75	55	86	41	64	68	1.34	111
1960	73.3	86	84.4	70	62.2	102	2.38	93
1959	76.4	28	85.8	52	67	15	1.96	102
1958	75	55	85.9	45	64.1	67	5.58	40
1957	73.5	77	82.1	107	65	54	7.60	24
1956	78.2	9	89.6	6	66.8	18	4.25	58
1955	76.2	32	87.4	22	64.9	55	7.61	23
1954	71.3	120	81	117	61.6	107	3.87	62
1953	73.3	86	83.5	86	63.1	86	9.72	6
1952	72.4	107	83.4	92	61.3	110	4.68	51
1951	73.8	73	84.4	70	63.1	86	3.35	75
1950	75	55	84.6	65	65.5	38	4.54	54
1949	77.1	15	87.4	22	66.8	18	0.86	117
1948	75.6	40	85.5	56	65.7	34	2.92	85
1947	72.5	103	82.9	98	62.2	102	3.71	68
1946	73.2	91	82	109	64.4	62	7.75	21
1945	73.5	77	84.7	63	62.3	100	0.72	119
1944	72	114	81.1	116	63	89	8.01	17
1943	75.4	46	85.4	58	65.5	38	4.55	53
1942	72.1	112	81.9	112	62.3	100	3.84	64
1941	75.1	50	85	61	65.2	48	4.41	56
1940	73.3	86	85.8	52	60.8	116	1.13	114
1939	74.5	66	85.9	45	63.1	86	6.20	33
1938	72.9	99	83.2	96	62.6	96	3.29	76
1937	76.2	32	89.2	10	63.2	82	0.69	120
1936	73.3	86	82.8	99	63.8	71	7.24	25
1935	72.1	112	79.8	123	64.3	64	7.15	26
1934	76.4	28	87.4	22	65.4	43	0.08	125
1933	79.4	4	89.5	7	69.3	4	6.40	31
1932	74.9	59	84.6	65	65.2	48	9.70	7
1931	73.2	91	82.7	102	63.7	75	1.59	106
1930	74.2	72	82.1	107	66.4	24	9.68	9
1929	74.8	61	83.6	85	66	30	9.70	7
1928	76.5	24	87.6	18	65.5	38	1.04	115
1927	79.2	5	88.4	13	70	2	3.03	83
1926	74.7	63	84.6	65	64.7	56	2.18	98
1925	77.4	10	88.4	13	66.5	22	1.49	108
1924	72.5	103	83.3	93	61.7	106	3.80	66
1923	77.4	10	87.6	18	67.2	14	0.38	124
1922	77.2	13	86.2	37	68.3	6	5.56	42
1921	76.2	32	86.5	32	66	30	2.92	85
1920	77	18	85.9	45	68.2	8	5.75	38
1919	72.8	100	81.5	114	64.2	65	3.07	82
1918	76.9	19	86.5	32	67.3	13	0.64	122
1917	68.5	125	79.2	124	57.9	125	4.04	60
1916	74.5	66	83.5	86	65.5	38	4.99	48
1915	75.4	46	84	79	66.7	20	3.21	79
1914	73.4	84	81	117	65.8	33	7.88	19
1913	75.7	39	86.1	38	65.3	45	1.20	112
1912	76.8	20	88	17	65.5	38	3.28	77
1911	75.1	50	86.9	26	63.3	81	1.62	105
1910	72.5	103	83.8	81	61.3	110	8.18	16
1909	73	96	84.4	70	61.5	109	3.78	67
1908	74.6	65	85.3	60	63.9	70	10.51	5
1907	69.9	123	80.5	122	59.3	123	8.44	13
1906	76.6	22	89.3	8	64	68	5.15	47
1905	78.4	8	88.3	15	68.4	5	8.39	14
1904	74.7	63	86.9	26	62.5	99	7.11	28
1903	73	96	83.5	86	62.6	96	2.18	98
1902	80	2	90	5	69.9	3	5.57	41

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1996	80.5
1902	80
2022	79.5
1933	79.4
1927	79.2
2018	78.7
1998	78.6
1905	78.4
1956	78.2
1925	77.4
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	68.5
1979	69.5
1907	69.9
1976	70.7
1997	71.1
1954	71.3
1983	71.4
1973	71.6
1994	71.9
1993	72
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2024	15.28
1965	15.00
2007	13.99
1975	13.21
1908	10.51
1953	9.72
1932	9.70
1929	9.70
1979	9.68
1930	9.68

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	0.08
1923	0.38
1998	0.55
1918	0.64
1988	0.65
1937	0.69
1945	0.72
1971	0.75
1949	0.86
2010	0.89

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 29 May 2026, 9 May 2026
Coldest night: 46°F; 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 2.25 in; 10 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 6.12 in of precipitation in Waco, TX, the wettest May since 2024, tied 34th wettest of 125 (with 1990).
The hottest day of May 2026 in Waco, TX: 93°F on Friday 29 May 2026 and Saturday 9 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Waco, TX: a low of 46°F on Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Waco, TX: 2.25 in on Sunday 10 May 2026.