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Active Spring Like Pattern Across the Eastern Half of the Country

The second storm will track across central and eastern portion of the country this weekend. Heavy wintry precipitation will affect the northern Plains to the upper peninsula of Michigan. Severe thunderstorms are expected along and ahead of the cold front, where very large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes are possible from the mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys to southern Plains. Read More >

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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