Wichita, KS: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 68.6°F in Wichita, KS, the warmest May since 2018, 23rd warmest of 138.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 68.6°F; Warmest since 2018; 23rd warmest of 138
Precipitation: 3.36 in; Driest since 2023; 59th driest of 138

A normal May in Wichita, KS (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 66°F, between 63.4°F and 70°F in eight years of ten and 4.39 in of precipitation, between 2.08 in and 9.84 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Wichita, KS since 1889: 68.6°F in 2026; the highest is 75.3°F, in 1962.

Normal range, 63.4 to 70°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Wichita, KS from 1889 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	68.6	23	81.6	8	55.5	61	3.36	80
2025	65.1	77	76.4	64	53.7	96	7.65	18
2024	68	31	79.3	26	56.8	41	3.84	75
2023	68.2	26	79.8	19	56.5	43	3.14	84
2022	67.6	41	77.3	52	57.8	26	12.95	2
2021	63.6	104	72.6	118	54.5	83	3.98	73
2020	64.5	91	74.6	97	54.3	88	4.36	60
2019	64.8	84	74.3	105	55.3	65	12.64	3
2018	75.1	2	87.4	1	62.7	2	4.74	52
2017	65.9	62	77.7	44	54	91	4.44	57
2016	64.8	84	75.8	75	53.8	95	7.06	22
2015	65.1	77	74	106	56.2	50	11.77	4
2014	70	8	83.2	4	56.9	39	4.06	70
2013	65	81	75.5	77	54.4	85	5.42	43
2012	72.8	3	84.7	3	60.8	4	2.10	115
2011	66.4	52	78.4	38	54.4	85	2.45	103
2010	65.7	64	76.2	70	55.3	65	6.47	26
2009	65.6	67	76.5	62	54.8	76	2.94	93
2008	66.1	59	77	58	55.2	70	13.14	1
2007	68.2	26	76.9	59	59.5	8	4.11	66
2006	67.9	35	78.9	31	56.9	39	6.76	23
2005	67.4	45	78.6	35	56.2	50	1.86	122
2004	69.4	13	81	10	57.9	24	3.77	76
2003	64.6	88	75.5	77	53.6	99	2.99	90
2002	63.7	101	74.5	99	52.9	105	5.70	39
2001	67.5	44	79.2	28	55.8	55	3.12	85
2000	68.9	20	80.5	12	57.3	33	3.00	89
1999	65.2	75	76.4	64	54.1	90	7.17	21
1998	69.9	9	81	10	58.8	12	1.64	125
1997	62.9	115	75	88	50.7	131	4.78	51
1996	69.5	12	80.3	14	58.8	12	4.42	58
1995	60.2	134	68.6	136	51.8	124	6.00	31
1994	66.4	52	77.9	41	54.9	73	0.95	136
1993	63.4	109	72.2	121	54.7	77	9.62	7
1992	63.3	111	73.7	108	52.8	107	3.44	78
1991	70.3	5	80.2	16	60.5	6	4.09	68
1990	63.7	101	74.4	102	52.9	105	1.29	131
1989	66	60	77.1	57	54.9	73	4.96	48
1988	68.3	25	80	17	56.5	43	2.40	105
1987	69.6	10	80.4	13	58.9	10	8.01	15
1986	66.7	50	77.6	46	55.8	55	2.98	91
1985	67.7	39	79.3	26	56	53	2.01	120
1984	63.6	104	74.7	95	52.5	111	1.15	133
1983	60.4	133	71.6	123	49.3	132	4.08	69
1982	65.3	72	74.8	93	55.8	55	7.82	17
1981	62.5	118	72.7	115	52.4	113	6.33	27
1980	63.4	109	74.5	99	52.4	113	2.66	99
1979	64	95	75	88	53.1	102	3.05	86
1978	65	81	75.4	79	54.6	79	2.24	109
1977	69.2	16	79.5	21	58.9	10	8.85	10
1976	60.2	134	71.4	126	49	136	2.69	98
1975	64	95	75.3	81	52.6	110	8.60	11
1974	68.2	26	79.2	28	57.3	33	4.65	56
1973	61.9	122	75.1	84	48.7	137	0.52	138
1972	64	95	75.1	84	53	104	2.47	101
1971	63.8	99	76.4	64	51.3	127	3.02	87
1970	69.3	15	82.1	7	56.5	43	1.58	126
1969	65.1	77	75	88	55.3	65	3.28	82
1968	61	131	72.7	115	49.3	132	4.37	59
1967	64	95	76.2	70	51.7	126	1.42	127
1966	65.7	64	79.5	21	51.9	122	0.76	137
1965	68.8	22	79.4	24	58.1	20	6.26	28
1964	70.1	6	81.6	8	58.7	15	5.84	33
1963	68.2	26	79.1	30	57.4	32	6.15	29
1962	75.3	1	87.4	1	63.3	1	0.99	134
1961	63.3	111	73.8	107	52.7	109	4.02	71
1960	64.5	91	76	73	53.1	102	4.10	67
1959	67.7	39	76.8	60	58.5	16	5.53	41
1958	68.9	20	79.9	18	57.9	24	2.44	104
1957	63.6	104	72.5	120	54.6	79	7.57	20
1956	70.1	6	82.3	6	57.8	26	1.40	129
1955	68.2	26	79.4	24	57.1	36	4.02	71
1954	61.3	128	71.7	122	51	129	4.84	49
1953	65.6	67	75.4	79	55.8	55	2.02	118
1952	66	60	76.6	61	55.4	63	2.31	107
1951	65.2	75	74.4	102	56.1	52	7.60	19
1950	65.5	70	76.4	64	54.6	79	2.24	109
1949	67.2	48	76.4	64	58.1	20	6.15	29
1948	65.9	62	77.5	48	54.4	85	1.86	122
1947	62.5	118	72.9	112	52.2	117	4.69	54
1946	61.9	122	72.8	114	51	129	2.11	114
1945	62.2	121	72.6	118	51.8	124	1.28	132
1944	67.8	36	77.5	48	58.1	20	2.04	117
1943	61.2	130	70.5	131	51.9	122	6.59	24
1942	63.5	107	74.5	99	52.5	111	1.67	124
1941	69.1	19	78.7	33	59.5	8	2.89	95
1940	65.6	67	76.3	69	55	72	5.82	36
1939	69.4	13	80.3	14	58.5	16	3.25	83
1938	64.6	88	73.7	108	55.6	60	8.14	14
1937	67.6	41	77.5	48	57.7	28	4.13	64
1936	69.6	10	78.7	33	60.6	5	3.30	81
1935	60.7	132	68	137	53.4	100	11.22	5
1934	69.2	16	79.6	20	58.8	12	4.14	63
1933	67.8	36	78.5	37	57	37	2.29	108
1932	67.1	49	77.6	46	56.5	43	1.90	121
1931	61.6	126	71.1	129	52.1	119	2.37	106
1930	63.8	99	73	111	54.7	77	5.02	47
1929	61.8	124	69.9	133	53.7	96	5.84	33
1928	66.5	51	77.2	55	55.8	55	2.79	96
1927	65.7	64	75.1	84	56.4	48	2.13	113
1926	67.4	45	77.8	42	57	37	2.47	101
1925	64.5	91	75.1	84	53.9	93	2.09	116
1924	59.3	136	69.5	134	49.1	135	2.93	94
1923	62.6	117	71.5	124	53.7	96	5.47	42
1922	66.2	57	74.7	95	57.6	29	5.60	40
1921	67.8	36	77.4	51	58.3	18	1.41	128
1920	65.5	70	74.4	102	56.5	43	2.97	92
1919	63.2	113	71.5	124	54.9	73	4.72	53
1918	68	31	77.8	42	58.2	19	5.86	32
1917	58.6	138	68	137	49.3	132	4.84	49
1916	66.3	54	76.5	62	56	53	5.11	45
1915	61.3	128	70.3	132	52.2	117	8.34	12
1914	64.8	84	73.4	110	56.3	49	4.31	61
1913	68	31	78.6	35	57.3	33	0.97	135
1912	68	31	78.3	39	57.6	29	5.18	44
1911	67.6	41	77.7	44	57.5	31	4.66	55
1910	61.6	126	71.2	128	52	121	5.11	45
1909	63.7	101	75	88	52.4	113	3.64	77
1908	65.3	72	75.2	83	55.4	63	9.28	8
1907	59.1	137	69.5	134	48.7	137	4.12	65
1906	66.2	57	77.2	55	55.2	70	3.40	79
1905	64.6	88	75.3	81	53.9	93	4.24	62
1904	63.5	107	72.9	112	54	91	5.74	37
1903	62.9	115	71.3	127	54.5	83	7.97	16
1902	69.2	16	78.1	40	60.2	7	10.33	6
1901	65.3	72	77.3	52	53.4	100	1.40	129
1900	66.3	54	75.8	75	56.8	41	6.50	25
1899	68.5	24	78.8	32	58.1	20	5.72	38
1898	65	81	74.6	97	55.5	61	8.32	13
1897	65.1	77	76	73	54.2	89	2.48	100
1896	71.9	4	82.6	5	61.2	3	3.02	87
1895	67.4	45	79.5	21	55.3	65	2.77	97
1894	66.3	54	77.3	52	55.3	65	2.02	118
1893	63.1	114	75	88	51.2	128	2.22	111
1892	61.7	125	71.1	129	52.3	116	5.83	35
1891	62.4	120	72.7	115	52.1	119	9.15	9
1890	64.5	91	76.2	70	52.8	107	2.17	112
1889	64.7	87	74.8	93	54.6	79	3.88	74

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1962	75.3
2018	75.1
2012	72.8
1896	71.9
1991	70.3
1964	70.1
1956	70.1
2014	70
1998	69.9
1987	69.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	58.6
1907	59.1
1924	59.3
1995	60.2
1976	60.2
1983	60.4
1935	60.7
1968	61
1943	61.2
1954	61.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2008	13.14
2022	12.95
2019	12.64
2015	11.77
1935	11.22
1902	10.33
1993	9.62
1908	9.28
1891	9.15
1977	8.85

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1973	0.52
1966	0.76
1994	0.95
1913	0.97
1962	0.99
1984	1.15
1945	1.28
1990	1.29
1956	1.40
1901	1.40

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 31 May 2026, 16 May 2026
Coldest night: 40°F; 1 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.91 in; 28 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 3.36 in of precipitation in Wichita, KS, the driest May since 2023, 59th driest of 138.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Wichita, KS: 95°F on Sunday 31 May 2026 and Saturday 16 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Wichita, KS: a low of 40°F on Friday 1 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Wichita, KS: 1.91 in on Thursday 28 May 2026.