Wallops Island, VA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 63.8°F in Wallops Island, VA, the warmest May since 2025, 22nd warmest of 60.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 63.8°F; Warmest since 2025; 22nd warmest of 60
Precipitation: 2.86 in; Driest since 2021; 28th driest of 63

A normal May in Wallops Island, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 63.7°F, between 59.8°F and 69.5°F in eight years of ten and 2.94 in of precipitation, between 1.35 in and 5.94 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Wallops Island, VA since 1967: 63.8°F in 2026; the highest is 69.8°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 59.8 to 69.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Wallops Island, VA from 1949 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	63.8	22	72.9	19	54.7	30	2.86	36	0
2025	66.4	9	74.2	12	58.6	7	5.12	11	0
2024	65.3	12	72.9	19	57.7	11	3.45	24	0
2023	62.2	39	70.3	38	54.1	38	4.38	13	0
2022	64.6	15	71.6	29	57.6	12	3.97	18	0
2021	63	32	73.5	14	52.6	53	2.55	40	0
2020	60.8	50	68.3	48	53.2	52	2.05	47	0
2019	69.5	3	77.6	4	61.3	2	3.76	21	0
2018	69.8	1	78	3	61.6	1	5.89	8	0
2017	63.2	29	70.5	36	55.9	22	5.66	9	0
2016	62.3	38	69.4	41	55.2	24	8.11	1	0
2015	66.2	10	74.5	9	58	8	2.73	38	0
2014	66.9	7	75.9	6	57.8	10	3.45	24	0
2013	65	13	73.1	16	57	17	1.39	56	0
2012	67.9	5	75.8	7	60	4	3.69	22	0
2011	67.2	6	75.3	8	59	6	1.31	59	0
2010	66.8	8	76.1	5	57.5	13	2.00	49	0
2009	64.6	15	72.7	21	56.6	19	2.98	31	0
2008	61.8	42	71.8	27	51.7	55	6.36	7	0
2007	62.6	34	71.9	26	53.4	45	1.35	57	0
2006	63.1	30	73	17	53.3	50	1.94	50	0
2005	58.5	59	66.9	56	50	59	2.93	34	0
2004	69.6	2	78.4	2	60.8	3	1.56	54	0
2003	59.5	57	67	55	52	54	3.96	19	0
2002	64.6	15	74.1	13	55.1	26	1.46	55	0
2001	62.6	34	71.4	31	53.8	43	2.91	35	0
2000	65.6	11	74.4	10	56.8	18	2.94	33	0
1999	63.7	23	72.1	25	55.2	24	1.33	58	0
1998	64.1	20	71.7	28	56.5	20	6.85	6	0
1997	59.9	53	69.3	43	50.4	57	1.78	53	0
1996	61.5	44	69.6	39	53.4	45	3.14	28	0
1995	63.4	25	72.5	23	54.3	34	3.38	26	0
1994	59.8	54	69.4	41	50.2	58	2.37	42	0
1993	63.7	23	73	17	54.4	33	3.99	17	0
1992	59.6	56	68.3	48	50.9	56	4.27	14	0
1991	69.5	3	79.9	1	59.2	5	0.43	63	0
1990	62.5	36	71.1	32	54	40	7.23	3	0
1989	62	41	70.6	35	53.4	45	2.85	37	0
1988	62.2	39	70.5	36	53.9	42	2.43	41	0
1987	63.4	25	72.6	22	54.3	34	2.56	39	0
1986	64.3	18	74.4	10	54.2	37	0.54	62	0
1985	64.1	20	73.2	15	55	28	4.24	15	0
1984	61.5	44	68.8	45	54.3	34	4.61	12	0
1983	59.8	54	66.3	57	53.4	45	3.08	30	0
1982	64.2	19	71.1	32	57.3	14	1.28	60	0
1981	61	48	68	51	54	40	3.10	29	0
1980	64.8	14	72.5	23	57.1	15	2.18	45	0
1979	63.1	30	68.2	50	58	8	8.06	2	0
1978	59.2	58	65.1	59	53.3	50	5.22	10	0
1977	63.3	27	70.9	34	55.7	23	1.87	52	0
1976	60.5	51	67.5	54	53.6	44	2.97	32	0
1975	63.3	27	69.6	39	57.1	15	2.01	48	0
1974	62.5	36	68.9	44	56	21	3.19	27	0
1973	61.5	44	68	51	55	28	3.65	23	0
1972	60.4	52	66	58	54.7	30	6.88	5	0
1971	60.9	49	67.8	53	54.1	38	7.13	4	0
1970	63	32	71.6	29	54.5	32	2.34	43	0
1969	61.8	42	68.6	47	55.1	26	1.16	61	0
1968	61.1	47	68.8	45	53.4	45	2.15	46	0
1967	55.4	60	63.5	60	47.4	60	4.19	16	0
1951							3.81	20	31
1950							1.88	51	31
1949							2.28	44	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	69.8
2004	69.6
2019	69.5
1991	69.5
2012	67.9
2011	67.2
2014	66.9
2010	66.8
2025	66.4
2015	66.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	55.4
2005	58.5
1978	59.2
2003	59.5
1992	59.6
1994	59.8
1983	59.8
1997	59.9
1972	60.4
1976	60.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2016	8.11
1979	8.06
1990	7.23
1971	7.13
1972	6.88
1998	6.85
2008	6.36
2018	5.89
2017	5.66
1978	5.22

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1991	0.43
1986	0.54
1969	1.16
1982	1.28
2011	1.31
1999	1.33
2007	1.35
2013	1.39
2002	1.46
2004	1.56

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 92°F; 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 40°F; 12 May 2026, 11 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.28 in; 25 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 2.86 in of precipitation in Wallops Island, VA, the driest May since 2021, 28th driest of 63.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Wallops Island, VA: 92°F on Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Wallops Island, VA: a low of 40°F on Tuesday 12 May 2026 and Monday 11 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Wallops Island, VA: 1.28 in on Monday 25 May 2026.