Yakima, WA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 61.8°F in Yakima, WA, the warmest May since 2023, 9th warmest of 80.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 61.8°F; Warmest since 2023; 9th warmest of 80
Precipitation: 0.34 in; Driest since 2025; 33rd driest of 80

A normal May in Yakima, WA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 58.6°F, between 54.5°F and 61.8°F in eight years of ten and 0.59 in of precipitation, between 0.13 in and 1.49 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Yakima, WA since 1947: 61.8°F in 2026; the highest is 66.3°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 54.5 to 61.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Yakima, WA from 1947 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	61.8	9	78.2	9	45.3	17	0.34	48
2025	58.8	31	75.6	22	42	45	0.30	50
2024	57.2	48	73.1	45	41.2	52	0.27	53
2023	64.9	3	79.8	5	50	2	0.11	67
2022	54	72	67.8	74	40.3	65	0.85	18
2021	59.2	28	75.3	24	43.2	32	0.05	74
2020	59.9	20	74.5	28	45.3	17	0.88	16
2019	61.6	10	76.4	15	46.9	7	0.77	23
2018	66.3	1	81.2	2	51.3	1	0.13	65
2017	61.3	12	77	11	45.6	13	0.55	33
2016	63.1	6	78.4	8	47.8	6	0.64	28
2015	64.9	3	80.1	4	49.8	3	1.80	4
2014	60.5	17	76.9	13	44.2	27	0.13	65
2013	60.3	18	75.9	20	44.6	22	2.48	3
2012	57.7	42	73.5	43	42	45	0.16	60
2011	54.5	68	69.4	66	39.7	72	2.55	2
2010	54.1	71	67.6	75	40.6	60	1.46	5
2009	57.9	40	74.4	32	41.5	49	0.76	24
2008	59.9	20	74.2	33	45.6	13	0.21	57
2007	58.2	37	75.3	24	41.1	53	0.32	49
2006	57.6	44	73.7	39	41.4	50	0.82	20
2005	60.1	19	73.6	40	46.6	9	1.17	10
2004	57.1	51	71.4	52	42.8	35	0.43	42
2003	56.6	55	71.1	56	42.1	43	0.16	60
2002	55.2	62	69.4	66	41	55	0.69	25
2001	58.1	39	75.9	20	40.4	64	0.01	80
2000	57	52	71	57	43	34	0.54	34
1999	53.5	75	68.8	70	38.3	77	0.26	54
1998	58.2	37	71.4	52	45.1	20	1.20	8
1997	59.7	24	74.8	27	44.5	23	0.22	56
1996	53.1	77	67.3	77	39	75	1.24	6
1995	59	29	74.1	36	43.9	28	0.62	30
1994	59.7	24	74.2	33	45.2	19	1.22	7
1993	61.4	11	77.5	10	45.4	15	0.43	42
1992	60.6	16	78.9	7	42.4	40	0.04	76
1991	54.9	65	69.9	63	40	69	0.17	59
1990	55	64	69.7	64	40.2	67	1.13	11
1989	56.2	58	71.4	52	41	55	0.63	29
1988	55.1	63	70.5	58	39.6	73	0.18	58
1987	59.5	26	75.5	23	43.6	29	0.10	68
1986	57.6	44	72.5	47	42.6	39	0.94	14
1985	58.8	31	74.1	36	43.4	30	0.46	41
1984	52.4	80	66.6	79	38.2	78	0.51	37
1983	60.9	14	76.4	15	45.4	15	0.30	50
1982	56	60	70.5	58	41.4	50	0.37	46
1981	56.8	53	70.2	60	43.4	30	0.68	26
1980	58.9	30	71.7	51	46.1	11	0.84	19
1979	59.5	26	74.5	28	44.5	23	0.04	76
1978	54.8	67	69.7	64	39.8	71	0.28	52
1977	52.7	79	66.8	78	38.6	76	0.68	26
1976	56.1	59	72	49	40.2	67	0.09	70
1975	57.6	44	74.2	33	41.1	53	0.23	55
1974	54.2	69	68	73	40.5	62	0.80	22
1973	58.5	34	76.3	17	40.6	60	0.08	71
1972	59.8	23	77	11	42.7	37	0.60	31
1971	60.7	15	76.5	14	44.8	21	0.54	34
1970	58.5	34	73.9	38	43.2	32	0.06	73
1969	59.9	20	75.3	24	44.5	23	0.54	34
1968	56.8	53	71.4	52	42.2	42	0.47	40
1967	57.6	44	72.5	47	42.7	37	0.16	60
1966	58.3	36	74.5	28	42.1	43	0.10	68
1965	56.4	57	71.8	50	40.9	57	0.05	74
1964	53.5	75	69.3	69	37.8	79	0.03	78
1963	57.8	41	73.1	45	42.4	40	0.43	42
1962	53.7	74	66.5	80	40.8	58	1.09	12
1961	55.9	61	70	62	41.7	48	0.96	13
1960	54.2	69	68.5	71	39.9	70	0.87	17
1959	53.1	77	68.5	71	37.7	80	0.14	63
1958	64	5	81.1	3	46.9	7	0.59	32
1957	62.4	8	76.3	17	48.5	4	1.19	9
1956	61.2	13	76.1	19	46.4	10	0.48	39
1955	54	72	67.5	76	40.5	62	0.41	45
1954	57.7	42	73.6	40	41.8	47	0.36	47
1953	54.9	65	69.4	66	40.3	65	0.92	15
1952	58.6	33	74.5	28	42.8	35	0.50	38
1951	57.2	48	73.5	43	40.8	58	0.81	21
1950	56.5	56	73.6	40	39.4	74	0.08	71
1949	62.7	7	79.7	6	45.7	12	0.14	63
1948	57.2	48	70.1	61	44.3	26	2.76	1
1947	65	2	81.9	1	48	5	0.03	78

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	66.3
1947	65
2023	64.9
2015	64.9
1958	64
2016	63.1
1949	62.7
1957	62.4
2026	61.8
2019	61.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1984	52.4
1977	52.7
1996	53.1
1959	53.1
1999	53.5
1964	53.5
1962	53.7
2022	54
1955	54
2010	54.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1948	2.76
2011	2.55
2013	2.48
2015	1.80
2010	1.46
1996	1.24
1994	1.22
1998	1.20
1957	1.19
2005	1.17

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2001	0.01
1964	0.03
1947	0.03
1992	0.04
1979	0.04
2021	0.05
1965	0.05
1970	0.06
1973	0.08
1950	0.08

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 28 May 2026
Coldest night: 34°F; 16 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.17 in; 13 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 0.34 in of precipitation in Yakima, WA, the driest May since 2025, 33rd driest of 80.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Yakima, WA: 95°F on Thursday 28 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Yakima, WA: a low of 34°F on Saturday 16 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Yakima, WA: 0.17 in on Wednesday 13 May 2026.