Williston, ND: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 56.3°F in Williston, ND, the warmest May since 2023, tied 32nd warmest of 131 (with 2016, 1989, 1976 and 1 other year).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 56.3°F; Warmest since 2023; 32nd warmest of 131
Precipitation: 0.76 in; Driest since 2009; 22nd driest of 131

A normal May in Williston, ND (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 53.9°F, between 50.8°F and 56.8°F in eight years of ten and 1.72 in of precipitation, between 0.81 in and 4.01 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Williston, ND since 1894: 56.3°F in 2026; the highest is 64.3°F, in 1901.

Normal range, 50.8 to 56.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Williston, ND from 1894 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	56.3	32	70	28	42.7	52	0.76	110	0
2025	55.4	48	67.2	61	43.6	38	3.28	20	0
2024	54.7	63	66	75	43.4	44	3.13	25	0
2023	60.6	6	72.9	13	48.3	6	3.22	22	0
2022	52.8	84	64	99	41.6	62	5.32	3	0
2021	52.5	88	64.5	89	40.4	90	1.51	70	0
2020	55.5	47	68.1	52	43	47	0.92	103	0
2019	50.9	112	64.7	86	37	123	1.11	89	0
2018	60.5	9	74.4	9	46.6	10	1.50	71	0
2017	57.5	20	73.3	11	41.7	59	0.98	101	0
2016	56.3	32	71.3	17	41.2	73	1.81	57	0
2015	52.8	84	67.1	63	38.5	113	1.82	55	0
2014	54.2	67	68.2	49	40.2	93	1.62	64	0
2013	53.7	75	66.5	68	40.9	77	4.99	5	0
2012	53.5	77	66.5	68	40.5	86	2.46	38	0
2011	51.7	102	61.3	118	42.1	57	5.28	4	0
2010	51.3	105	62.8	107	39.8	99	3.94	11	0
2009	51.9	96	67	64	36.7	125	0.68	114	0
2008	54	70	67.7	56	40.4	90	1.06	94	0
2007	55.1	54	67.4	59	42.8	51	4.65	7	0
2006	55.2	51	69.7	31	40.8	80	1.53	66	0
2005	51.9	96	64.4	90	39.3	103	3.26	21	0
2004	49.6	121	62.6	110	36.5	126	3.20	23	0
2003	52.5	88	65.6	79	39.3	103	2.29	41	0
2002	48.8	127	63.2	106	34.4	130	1.21	83	0
2001	54.2	67	70.2	27	38.2	115	0.81	107	0
2000	55.6	44	69.7	31	41.4	65	2.54	36	0
1999	52.9	82	64.1	97	41.6	62	3.29	19	0
1998	55.6	44	70.4	25	40.9	77	1.03	98	0
1997	52.3	92	67.5	58	37.1	122	0.19	127	0
1996	49.5	122	61.1	120	38	118	1.08	92	0
1995	52.1	93	64.9	84	39.3	103	2.11	45	0
1994	56.7	28	71	19	42.3	54	2.70	32	0
1993	56	38	69.8	30	42.3	54	0.81	107	0
1992	55.6	44	70.5	23	40.6	85	1.44	73	0
1991	57.4	21	68.1	52	46.6	10	2.60	35	0
1990	54.5	65	67.3	60	41.7	59	2.08	46	0
1989	56.3	32	69.5	35	43	47	1.68	62	0
1988	61.5	5	76.2	4	46.9	9	1.39	75	0
1987	59.7	12	73.4	10	46.1	13	2.02	50	0
1986	55.8	41	68.7	44	42.9	50	3.39	18	0
1985	58.9	16	72.1	15	45.6	17	1.08	92	0
1984	54.4	66	68.9	42	40	97	0.47	122	0
1983	51.1	107	64.9	84	37.3	121	1.98	51	0
1982	54.8	57	65.9	76	43.8	34	1.79	59	0
1981	59.2	14	72.5	14	45.8	16	1.18	87	0
1980	60.6	6	77.7	3	43.5	42	0.15	129	0
1979	49.2	124	60.2	126	38.2	115	1.82	55	0
1978	57.2	24	69	40	45.4	19	4.17	9	0
1977	62.3	3	76.1	5	48.4	5	2.94	28	0
1976	56.3	32	70.9	20	41.7	59	0.51	119	0
1975	52.8	84	64.3	93	41.4	65	0.86	105	0
1974	50.3	119	61	123	39.6	100	3.73	13	0
1973	54.8	57	68.6	45	41	76	1.06	94	0
1972	56.3	32	68	54	44.5	28	4.10	10	0
1971	54.8	57	69.6	33	40.1	96	2.28	42	0
1970	52.5	88	64.2	95	40.8	80	3.00	27	0
1969	55	55	69.5	35	40.5	86	0.42	124	0
1968	52	94	66.1	72	37.8	119	1.05	96	0
1967	51.1	107	64.4	90	37.8	119	0.18	128	0
1966	54.8	57	68.8	43	40.7	83	1.75	60	0
1965	52.8	84	65.2	83	40.5	86	7.38	1	0
1964	57.3	22	70.5	23	44.2	30	1.10	91	0
1963	53.5	77	65.8	78	41.3	69	2.05	48	0
1962	51.8	101	62.3	113	41.3	69	3.50	17	0
1961	55.4	48	66.2	71	44.6	26	0.58	117	0
1960	55.9	39	67.6	57	44.1	33	1.73	61	0
1959	51.9	96	63.3	104	40.5	86	0.78	109	0
1958	60.4	10	74.5	8	46.3	12	0.06	131	0
1957	56.7	28	68.4	48	45	22	0.90	104	0
1956	54.1	69	64.6	88	43.6	38	1.86	54	0
1955	55.8	41	66.9	65	44.6	26	1.34	78	0
1954	51.1	107	62.1	115	40.2	93	0.73	111	0
1953	50.9	112	60.2	126	41.6	62	4.56	8	0
1952	55.7	43	68.2	49	43.3	46	0.32	126	0
1951	56.4	30	69.1	38	43.7	35	0.54	118	0
1950	50.6	116	60.5	125	40.7	83	1.31	79	0
1949	58.4	18	70.9	20	45.9	14	1.68	62	0
1948	55.9	39	68.2	49	43.7	35	1.35	77	0
1947	50.8	115	62.7	109	38.8	112	1.41	74	0
1946	51	110	62.8	107	39.3	103	1.53	66	0
1945	48.7	128	61.1	120	36.2	128	0.99	99	0
1944	59.2	14	70.9	20	47.5	7	0.94	102	0
1943	50.9	112	61.5	117	40.3	92	1.29	80	0
1942	51	110	61.1	120	40.8	80	1.53	66	0
1941	58.5	17	69.6	33	47.5	7	2.81	30	0
1940	57.1	25	70	28	44.2	30	2.54	36	0
1939	60.2	11	71.7	16	48.7	4	1.98	51	0
1938	53	81	62.5	112	43.6	38	1.19	85	0
1937	57.8	19	70.4	25	45.3	21	0.50	120	0
1936	62.1	4	75.3	7	48.9	3	0.62	116	0
1935	49.3	123	57.4	129	41.1	75	2.42	39	0
1934	64.1	2	78.4	2	49.8	2	0.33	125	0
1933	55.2	51	65.6	79	44.8	24	3.52	16	0
1932	57	26	69	40	45	22	1.52	69	0
1931	55.2	51	69.1	38	41.2	73	0.47	122	0
1930	51.2	106	62.6	110	39.9	98	1.29	80	0
1929	48.9	126	61.6	116	36.1	129	3.64	14	0
1928	59.5	13	73.2	12	45.9	14	0.67	115	0
1927	47.5	130	55.9	130	39	109	4.69	6	0
1926	57	26	69.3	37	44.7	25	1.39	75	0
1925	54.9	56	68.5	47	41.3	69	2.12	44	0
1924	48.6	129	60.8	124	36.4	127	0.99	99	0
1923	53.8	72	66.7	66	40.9	77	0.50	120	0
1922	55.4	48	65.3	82	45.4	19	2.64	34	0
1921	53.8	72	63.9	100	43.7	35	2.08	46	0
1920	54.8	57	66.1	72	43.6	38	2.03	49	0
1919	56.4	30	68.6	45	44.2	30	2.16	43	0
1918	51.5	104	63.8	102	39.2	107	1.04	97	0
1917	52	94	65.5	81	38.5	113	0.08	130	0
1916	50.5	118	62.2	114	38.9	110	1.61	65	0
1915	52.5	88	63.5	103	41.4	65	1.95	53	0
1914	54.6	64	67.2	61	42.1	57	1.19	85	0
1913	51.9	96	64.2	95	39.6	100	0.85	106	0
1912	52.9	82	63.3	104	42.5	53	3.61	15	0
1911	54	70	66.7	66	41.3	69	2.81	30	0
1910	50.6	116	64.3	93	37	123	1.18	87	0
1909	51.7	102	63.9	100	39.4	102	2.82	29	0
1908	50	120	61.2	119	38.9	110	1.80	58	0
1907	43.2	131	55.3	131	31.1	131	1.11	89	0
1906									12
1904	53.1	80	66.1	72	40.2	93	1.27	82	0
1903	51.9	96	64.7	86	39.1	108	3.94	11	0
1902	56.1	37	67.9	55	44.3	29	2.69	33	0
1901	64.3	1	78.6	1	49.9	1	0.71	113	0
1900	60.6	6	75.7	6	45.5	18	1.46	72	0
1899	49.1	125	60.1	128	38.2	115	2.39	40	0
1898	53.6	76	65.9	76	41.4	65	1.21	83	0
1897	57.3	22	71.3	17	43.4	44	0.72	112	0
1896	53.8	72	64.1	97	43.5	42	5.79	2	0
1895	53.3	79	64.4	90	42.3	54	3.02	26	0
1894	54.8	57	66.5	68	43	47	3.15	24	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1901	64.3
1934	64.1
1977	62.3
1936	62.1
1988	61.5
2023	60.6
1980	60.6
1900	60.6
2018	60.5
1958	60.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	43.2
1927	47.5
1924	48.6
1945	48.7
2002	48.8
1929	48.9
1899	49.1
1979	49.2
1935	49.3
1996	49.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1965	7.38
1896	5.79
2022	5.32
2011	5.28
2013	4.99
1927	4.69
2007	4.65
1953	4.56
1978	4.17
1972	4.10

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1958	0.06
1917	0.08
1980	0.15
1967	0.18
1997	0.19
1952	0.32
1934	0.33
1969	0.42
1984	0.47
1931	0.47

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 26 May 2026
Coldest night: 21°F; 6 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.34 in; 17 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 0.76 in of precipitation in Williston, ND, the driest May since 2009, 22nd driest of 131.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Williston, ND: 94°F on Tuesday 26 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Williston, ND: a low of 21°F on Wednesday 6 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Williston, ND: 0.34 in on Sunday 17 May 2026.