May Temperature/Precipitation (thru 2008) 
               Normals and Extremes for Galveston (1971-2000)
                    (Temperature Records from 1875)
                   (Precipitation Records from 1871)
                         (last update 5/26/08) 

    --------------- TEMPERATURE ----------------------   ------ PRECIPITATION -----
     NORMAL   RECORD      LOW       RECORD      HIGH      RECORD    CUMULATIVE PCPN     
    MAX MIN  MAX YEAR     MAX      MIN YEAR     MIN        PCPN      DAILY  YEARLY 
    --------------------------------------------------   --------------------------
    
 1  79  68   88 1875    65 1903    52 1903    76 2002     3.41 1974    0.10 12.11 
 2  79  69   87 1900    64 1970    53 1929    78 1948     2.02 1966    0.20 12.21 
 3  79  69   94 1984    66 1954    54 1876    76 2006*    1.51 1887    0.30 12.31 
 4  79  69   88 1951    67 1954    52 1954    78 2002     2.55 1904    0.40 12.41 
 5  80  69   87 1908    67 1979    57 1957    77 2002     3.44 1941    0.51 12.52 

 6  80  71   85 2002    68 1957    53 1917    77 2002     2.10 1987    0.62 12.63 
 7  80  71   87 1934    60 1917    53 1917    79 2002     2.83 1938    0.73 12.74 
 8  80  71   87 2008*   66 1917    54 1917    78 2002     3.02 1885    0.84 12.85 
 9  80  71   88 2002    69 1917    58 1885    78 2002*    1.96 1921    0.95 12.96 
10  80  71   88 1995    70 1997*   59 1981*   78 2002*    2.71 1936    1.06 13.07 

11  80  71   86 2002*   71 1909    60 1924    78 2002*    1.52 1930    1.17 13.18 
12  81  71   87 2002*   70 1960*   56 1960    79 2002     2.95 1972    1.29 13.30 
13  81  72   88 2007*   70 1960    60 1871    78 1967     3.00 1966    1.41 13.42 
14  81  72   88 2007*   72 1976*   62 1914    78 1995     1.54 1908    1.53 13.54 
15  81  72   89 1875    68 1907    57 1926    77 2003*    2.36 1953    1.65 13.66 

16  81  72   90 1875    70 1945    56 1945    78 2003*    2.35 1920    1.77 13.78 
17  82  72   86 2006*   68 1886    58 1945    78 1883     2.34 2002    1.89 13.90 
18  82  72   89 1875    71 2002    58 1916    79 1922     5.88 1929    2.01 14.02 
19  82  73   87 2008*   73 2002    56 2002    79 1933*    4.04 1984    2.13 14.14 
20  82  73   91 2003    72 1894    59 1981    78 1989*    4.89 1947    2.26 14.27 

21  82  74   92 2005    74 1931    61 1883    78 1989*    6.13 1916    2.39 14.40 
22  82  74   90 2005    67 1892    54 1892    78 1989*    2.56 1913    2.52 14.53 
23  82  74   90 1877    70 1892    59 1892    79 2008*    1.76 1947    2.65 14.66 
24  83  74   91 1988*   74 1913    62 1940*   79 2008*    2.74 1919    2.78 14.79 
25  83  74   89 1958    73 1919    64 1951    79 2008*    1.85 1871    2.91 14.92 

26  83  75   90 1958    72 1925    62 1901    80 1996*    1.91 1883    3.04 15.05
27  83  75   90 1922    70 1961    57 1961    80 2000*    5.24 1874    3.17 15.18 
28  83  75   90 1958    77 1936*   62 1901    81 1996     1.85 1876    3.30 15.31 
29  84  75   90 1959    77 1910    64 1992*   82 1996     2.86 1914    3.43 15.44 
30  84  75   91 1911    72 1889    57 1889    80 2004*    7.14 1975    3.56 15.57   

31  84  76   93 1911    72 1889    61 1889    81 1989     2.09 1981    3.70 15.71 

* indicates a record that has been tied on a previous year

MAY Normals
MEAN TEMPERATURE......76.9
MEAN PRECIPITATION....3.70 
HEATING DEGREE DAYS...0    
COOLING DEGREE DAYS...335 

ALLTIME MAY RECORDS
HIGH  94  05/03/1984    
LOW   52  05/01/1903 and 05/04/1954