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May
Normals, Means and Extremes
Galveston

 

(last updated thru 5/21/2022)

 

Jan Feb Mar Apr MAY Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

 

May Normals, Means and Extremes for Galveston

Normals 1991-2020.  Temperature Records 05/10/1874-Present.  Rainfall Records 1871-Present.

Date Normal
High
(F)
Normal
Low
(F)
Record High
(F)
Record Low
(F)
Rec Low Max
(F)
Rec High Min
(F)
Normal Cumulative Precip
Monthly - Yearly (in)
Record
Precipitation
(inches)

1

81

69

88 - 1875

52 - 1903

65 - 1903

78 - 2022

0.09 - 11.61

3.41 - 1974

2

81

69

87 - 1900

53 - 1929

64 - 1970

78 - 2022

0.17 - 11.69

2.02 - 1966

3

81

69

94 - 1984

50 - 2013

66 - 1954

79 - 2022

0.25 - 11.77

1.66 - 1990

4

81

69

88 - 1951

52 - 1954

67 - 1954

78 - 2002

0.33 - 11.85

2.55 - 1904

5

82

70

87 - 1908

57 - 1957

67 - 1979

77 - 2020

0.42 - 11.94

3.44 - 1941

6

82

70

86 - 2022

53 - 1917

68 - 1957

77 - 2012

0.50 - 12.02

2.10 - 1987

7

82

70

87 - 2022

53 - 1917

60 - 1917

80 - 2022

0.58 - 12.10

2.83 - 1938

8

82

70

88 - 2022

54 - 1917

66 - 1917

80 - 2022

0.67 - 12.19

3.02 - 1885

      9

82

71

88 - 2022

58 - 1885

69 - 1917

81 - 2022

0.76 - 12.28

2.80 - 1991

10

83

71

88 - 2022

59 - 1981

70 - 1997

80 - 2022

0.84 - 12.36

2.71 - 1936

11

83

71

89 - 1995

60 - 1924

71 - 1909

78 - 2022

0.92 - 12.44

2.50 - 1999

12

83

71

90 - 2017

56 - 1960

70 - 1960

79 - 2002

1.00 - 12.52

2.95 - 1972

13

83

72

93 - 2011

60 - 1971

70 - 1960

78 - 2022

1.08 - 12.60

3.77 - 1969

14

84

72

88 - 2022

61 - 2014

72 - 1976

79 - 2022

1.17 - 12.69

3.63 - 2010

15

84

72

89 - 2022

55 - 2014

68 - 1907

80 - 1995

1.26 - 12.78

2.36 - 1953

16

84

73

90 - 2022

56 - 1945

70 - 1970

78 - 2022

1.35 - 12.87

2.53 - 1969

17

84

73

90 - 2020

58 - 1945

71 - 1886

79 - 2017

1.44 - 12.96

2.34 - 2002

18

84

73

90 - 2022

58 - 1916

71 - 2002

81 - 2022

1.54 - 13.06

5.88 - 1929

19

85

73

90 - 2022

56 - 2002

73 - 2002

81 - 2022

1.64 - 13.16

4.04 - 1984

20

85

74

91 - 2022

59 - 1981

72 - 1894

81 - 2022

1.74 - 13.26

4.89 - 1947

21

85

74

92 - 2022

61 - 1883

74 - 1931

82 - 2022

1.85 - 13.37

6.13 - 1916

22

85

74

90 - 2012

54 - 1892

67 - 1892

80 - 2020

1.98 - 13.50

2.56 - 1913

23

86

74

90 - 1877

59 - 1892

70 - 1892

81 - 2020

2.10 - 13.62

1.76 - 1947

24

86

75

91 - 1988

62 - 1940

74 - 1913

79 - 2008

2.22 - 13.74

2.74 - 1919

25

86

75

89 - 1958

64 - 1951

73 - 1919

80 - 2012

2.34 - 13.86

1.85 - 1871

26

86

75

93 - 2011

62 - 1901

75 - 1925

80 - 1996

2.47 - 13.99

1.91 - 1883

27

87

75

93 - 2022

57 - 1961

70 - 1961

81 - 2017

2.59 - 14.11

5.24 - 1874

28

87

76

90 - 2010

62 - 1901

76 - 1961

81 - 1996

2.71 - 14.23

2.11 - 2014

29

87

76

90 - 2022

64 - 1992

72 - 1992

81 - 2022

2.82 - 14.34

2.86 - 1914

30

87

76

91 - 2011

57 - 1889

72 - 1889

83 - 2022

2.93 - 14.45

7.14 - 1975

31

87

76

93 - 1911

61 - 1889

72 - 1889

83 - 2022

3.04 - 14.56

2.09 - 1981

Month

84.0

72.4

94 - 1984

50 - 2013

60 - 1917

83 - 2022

         3.04 - 14.56

7.14 - 1975