West Palm Beach, FL: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 82.8°F in West Palm Beach, FL, the warmest May since 2024, 2nd warmest of 133.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 82.8°F; Warmest since 2024; 2nd warmest of 133
Precipitation: 5.51 in; Wettest since 2023; 51st wettest of 139

A normal May in West Palm Beach, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 79.2°F, between 77.4°F and 80.4°F in eight years of ten and 3.01 in of precipitation, between 1.15 in and 11.48 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in West Palm Beach, FL since 1890: 82.8°F in 2026; the highest is 84.2°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 77.4 to 80.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in West Palm Beach, FL 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	Days missing
2026	82.8	2	89.3	2	76.3	2	5.51	51	0
2025	82.2	3	89.2	3	75.2	3	4.28	68	0
2024	84.2	1	91.5	1	77	1	1.18	128	0
2023	79.5	18	86.7	30	72.2	23	5.63	49	0
2022	80.1	11	87.3	22	72.9	17	1.88	117	0
2021	81.4	4	88	9	74.8	4	0.61	134	0
2020	78.7	37	86	55	71.5	37	9.19	21	0
2019	80.2	9	86.6	35	73.8	8	5.29	53	0
2018	77.4	78	83	115	71.7	34	11.41	11	0
2017	79.3	21	87.1	24	71.6	35	2.61	105	0
2016	78.7	37	86.2	51	71.1	42	4.95	62	0
2015	79.9	14	86	55	73.7	9	1.56	122	0
2014	79.6	16	86.3	43	72.9	17	2.80	103	0
2013	76.3	108	82.9	118	69.7	78	15.67	3	0
2012	78.3	48	85	77	71.5	37	9.29	20	0
2011	81.3	5	88.9	4	73.6	12	1.19	127	0
2010	80.4	8	86.7	30	74	6	1.28	125	0
2009	79	28	85.7	62	72.2	23	15.69	2	0
2008	79.6	16	87.7	16	71.5	37	2.42	108	0
2007	78	53	85	77	71.1	42	3.18	92	0
2006	77.6	69	86.2	51	68.9	95	3.13	93	0
2005	78	53	85.1	74	70.8	53	7.48	32	0
2004	79.3	21	85.4	70	73.1	16	2.89	98	0
2003	80.6	7	87.8	11	73.5	13	12.07	10	0
2002	80	13	86.3	43	73.7	9	0.51	135	0
2001	77.5	75	85	77	70.1	73	2.37	110	0
2000	79.4	20	86.7	30	72.1	26	0.40	137	0
1999	77.3	84	86.3	43	68.3	107	1.99	115	0
1998	79.3	21	88.5	6	70.1	73	1.94	116	0
1997	78.7	37	85.5	67	71.8	29	3.34	90	0
1996	79.3	21	85.6	64	72.9	17	6.52	40	0
1995	80.8	6	88.6	5	72.9	17	0.83	131	0
1994	78.7	37	86.5	37	70.8	53	4.50	66	0
1993	77.6	69	84.2	99	71.1	42	2.22	113	0
1992	75.9	118	85.4	70	66.4	127	1.59	120	0
1991	80.1	11	86.1	53	74.2	5	8.94	22	0
1990	79.7	15	87	26	72.4	21	6.74	37	0
1989	79.5	18	87.8	11	71.1	42	0.78	132	0
1988	76.7	98	84.9	81	68.5	102	6.94	35	0
1987	77.7	67	84.6	88	70.9	50	5.63	49	0
1986	77.6	69	84.7	85	70.5	63	1.59	120	0
1985	77.3	84	86.3	43	68.3	107	4.63	64	0
1984	77.4	78	84.2	99	70.5	63	8.44	25	0
1983	77.6	69	84.1	102	71.1	42	5.30	52	0
1982	76.8	96	82.3	123	71.3	40	6.90	36	0
1981	78.5	44	87.4	19	69.5	83	5.12	56	0
1980	77.5	75	86	55	68.9	95	8.06	29	0
1979	76	114	82.9	118	69.1	91	5.09	57	0
1978	78.9	32	86.9	27	70.9	50	4.55	65	0
1977	76.9	93	84.3	97	69.5	83	14.80	5	0
1976	77.4	78	84.6	88	70.2	72	15.22	4	0
1975	77.8	61	86	55	69.6	82	6.23	42	0
1974	78.6	42	86.9	27	70.3	69	2.93	96	0
1973	79.2	25	87.5	18	70.8	53	4.13	71	0
1972	78.8	36	86.6	35	71	47	11.19	13	0
1971	78.7	37	87.8	11	69.7	78	5.04	60	0
1970	77.8	61	84.8	83	70.8	53	5.83	47	0
1969	77	89	83.1	112	70.8	53	8.32	28	0
1968	76.9	93	84.3	97	69.5	83	13.82	9	0
1967	78.1	51	88.2	8	68	113	0.39	139	0
1966	78.4	46	86.4	39	70.5	63	3.75	78	0
1965	77	89	85.2	72	68.8	97	1.38	123	0
1964	76.3	108	84.5	93	68.2	110	5.74	48	0
1963	76.9	93	85.1	74	68.7	99	6.69	38	0
1962	77.4	78	86.7	30	68.1	111	3.70	79	0
1961	77.4	78	86.4	39	68.5	102	5.09	57	0
1960	75.8	120	85.5	67	66.2	128	2.09	114	0
1959	78.9	32	85.8	61	71.9	28	2.92	97	0
1958	77.6	69	84.2	99	71	47	14.00	8	0
1957	79	28	86.1	53	71.8	29	3.87	76	0
1956	79	28	86.3	43	71.8	29	3.39	86	0
1955	77.3	84	86.7	30	67.8	117	2.27	112	0
1954	78.1	51	86	55	70.3	69	7.87	30	0
1953	80.2	9	88	9	72.4	21	2.87	100	0
1952	78.4	46	87.8	11	69.1	91	3.26	91	0
1951	77	89	87.3	22	66.7	123	6.05	45	0
1950	78.5	44	87.4	19	69.7	78	4.23	69	0
1949	77.9	57	87.8	11	68	113	5.00	61	0
1948	76.6	100	82.5	120	70.8	53	3.82	77	0
1947	77.8	61	86.4	39	69.2	90	9.45	19	0
1946	78.3	48	86.4	39	70.3	69	14.10	7	0
1945	76.5	101	86.9	27	66.2	128	0.48	136	0
1944	77.5	75	85.5	67	69	93	2.32	111	3
1943	79.2	25	87.6	17	70.7	60	3.39	86	0
1942	78	53	86.3	43	69.7	78	7.84	31	0
1941	75	128	83	115	67	121	3.50	84	0
1940	77.9	57	82	127	73.9	7	3.09	94	1
1939	76.5	101	84.6	88	68.4	104	6.51	41	0
1938	77.8	61	83.8	106	71.8	29	3.70	79	0
1937	76.3	108	80.8	132	71.8	29	3.36	88	0
1936	76.1	112	81.6	130	70.5	63	8.41	27	0
1935	77.8	61	83.9	105	71.6	35	0.40	137	0
1934	76.5	101	82.2	124	70.7	60	11.35	12	0
1933	78.2	50	83.1	112	73.2	15	1.31	124	0
1932	75.5	124	82.1	126	69	93	9.54	18	0
1931	76	114	82	127	70.1	73	6.00	46	0
1930	78	53	82.4	121	73.5	13	2.88	99	0
1929	78.9	32	85.7	62	72.1	26	4.06	73	0
1928	74.7	129	85.6	64	63.7	133	3.35	89	0
1927	77.7	67	87.4	19	68.1	111	0.99	130	0
1926	76.7	98	85.6	64	67.8	117	2.60	106	0
1925	75.8	120	83.4	109	68.3	107	10.95	14	0
1924	76	114	85	77	67	121	6.19	43	0
1923	75.7	123	84.7	85	66.7	123	4.20	70	0
1922	77.6	69	86.5	37	68.7	99	10.51	16	0
1921	74.6	131	84	103	65.1	131	2.69	104	1
1920	75.5	124	84.5	93	66.5	125	4.39	67	0
1919	76.5	101	84.7	85	68.4	104	3.88	75	0
1918	76.8	96	83.1	112	70.6	62	1.23	126	0
1917	75.4	126	85.9	60	64.8	132	2.39	109	0
1916	77.2	88	85.2	72	69.3	88	6.54	39	0
1915	79	28	87.1	24	70.8	53	5.08	59	0
1914	77.4	78	84.5	93	70.4	68	4.08	72	0
1913	76.5	101	85.1	74	68	113	4.67	63	0
1912	79.1	27	88.3	7	69.9	77	14.40	6	0
1911	76.1	112	84.9	81	67.3	120	10.30	17	0
1910	77	89	83.6	108	70.5	63	5.27	54	0
1909	77.9	57	84.8	83	71	47	5.23	55	0
1908	77.9	57	86.3	43	69.4	87	2.86	101	0
1907	78.6	42	86.3	43	70.9	50	3.58	82	0
1906	76.5	101	83.8	106	69.3	88	8.42	26	0
1905	78.9	32	84	103	73.7	9	2.51	107	0
1904	76.4	107	83.2	111	69.5	83	3.58	82	0
1903	74.3	132	81.2	131	67.4	119	1.66	118	0
1902	76.3	108	84.6	88	68	113	3.98	74	0
1901	75.3	127	84.6	88	66	130	7.11	33	0
1900	77.3	84	82.4	121	72.2	23	7.05	34	0
1899	77.8	61	84.5	93	71.2	41	1.65	119	0
1898	75.8	120	83	115	68.6	101	1.15	129	0
1897	74.7	129	80.6	133	68.8	97	10.73	15	0
1896							2.83	102	31
1895							8.64	24	31
1894							2.95	95	31
1893							6.12	44	31
1892	75.9	118	83.3	110	68.4	104	0.67	133	0
1891	74.3	132	82.2	124	66.5	125	3.62	81	0
1890	76	114	81.9	129	70	76	16.19	1	0
1889							3.45	85	31
1888							8.86	23	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	84.2
2026	82.8
2025	82.2
2021	81.4
2011	81.3
1995	80.8
2003	80.6
2010	80.4
2019	80.2
1953	80.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1903	74.3
1891	74.3
1921	74.6
1928	74.7
1897	74.7
1941	75
1901	75.3
1917	75.4
1932	75.5
1920	75.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1890	16.19
2009	15.69
2013	15.67
1976	15.22
1977	14.80
1912	14.40
1946	14.10
1958	14.00
1968	13.82
2003	12.07

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1967	0.39
2000	0.40
1935	0.40
1945	0.48
2002	0.51
2021	0.61
1892	0.67
1989	0.78
1995	0.83
1927	0.99

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 96°F; 2 May 2026
Coldest night: 70°F; 8 May 2026
Wettest day: 2.79 in; 28 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 5.51 in of precipitation in West Palm Beach, FL, the wettest May since 2023, 51st wettest of 139.
The hottest day of May 2026 in West Palm Beach, FL: 96°F on Saturday 2 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in West Palm Beach, FL: a low of 70°F on Friday 8 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in West Palm Beach, FL: 2.79 in on Thursday 28 May 2026.