Balch Springs weather in May

In May, Balch Springs sees average daytime highs of 82°F and overnight lows near 65°F, with 5.1 in of rain across 10.9 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 79°F in the first days to 86°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Balch Springs's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Balch Springs's year-round climate.

Daytime high
82°
5th warmest
Overnight low
65°
8th coldest
Rainfall
5.1 in
10.9 wet days
Daylight
13 h 42 min
5:32 AM – 7:13 PM
Cloud cover
56%
12th clearest
Wind
9 mph
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Balch Springs is city in Dallas County, Texas, United States.

Density
1,076/km²
people per km²
Founded
1953

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 79°F in the first days to 86°F by the end.

A typical May day in Balch Springs reaches about 82°F in the afternoon and slips back to 65°F overnight — a 18°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 75°F and 90°F. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°F warmer than April and about 7°F cooler than June.

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Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
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How May really feels in Balch Springs

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Balch Springs weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan56° / 38°2.97.310.14.2
Feb60° / 42°3.27.810.85.2
Mar68° / 49°4.19.611.86.4
Apr75° / 56°4.49.112.87.0
May82° / 65°5.110.913.75.9
Jun90° / 73°3.38.814.14.1
Jul94° / 76°1.76.413.93.1
Aug94° / 76°2.15.513.23.1
Sep88° / 69°2.56.212.25.1
Oct78° / 58°4.07.811.27.3
Nov66° / 47°3.57.510.36.7
Dec58° / 40°3.87.59.94.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25248
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45149
55050
64951
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Balch Springs gets around 5.1 in of rain over 10.9 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 34% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
135
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436
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 38% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 49% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1361821213
2351821234
3331721244
4311722255
5301622275
6281622286
7271523296
8261523306
9241423317
10231423327
11221324337
12211324348
13201324358
14191324358
15181324369
16171224379
171612243810
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221011224513
23910214713
24810204814
2569204915
2659195116
2748195217
2848185119
2937175320
3037175122
3126165323

Wind in May

Winds average 9 mph in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 mph on the calmest days to 10 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
110light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 5:25 AM, and sunset from 7:02 PM to 7:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:457:02
213.35:447:03
313.35:437:03
413.45:427:04
513.45:417:05
613.45:417:06
713.45:407:06
813.55:397:07
913.55:387:08
1013.55:377:09
1113.65:367:09
1213.65:357:10
1313.65:357:11
1413.65:347:12
1513.75:337:12
1613.75:327:13
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2013.85:307:16
2113.85:297:17
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.55 kWh/m² to a high of 6.76 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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265.9Bright
275.9Bright
286.0Bright
296.0Bright
306.0Intense
316.0Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Balch Springs?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Balch Springs for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Balch Springs in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Balch Springs sees daytime highs around 82°F and nights near 65°F. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Balch Springs in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Balch Springs peaks around July 17 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 10Dec 21UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr9Very high
May10Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Balch Springs in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Balch Springs is worst in July — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (October, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1519 µg/m³Oct 248 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar10Good
Apr11Good
May14Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Balch Springs?

Balch Springs sits at 32.7°N, 96.6°W, 499 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Mesquite, 3.1 mi away.

Topography around Balch Springs

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Balch Springs.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Balch Springs has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 ft around an average of 489 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 272 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 738 ft.

The land around Balch Springs is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and trees (38%) within 2 miles, trees (37%), artificial surfaces (26%) and grassland (24%) within 10 miles, and grassland (48%) and trees (26%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
144 ft
10 miles
272 ft
50 miles
738 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Mesquite 3.1 mi · Seagoville 8.1 mi · Forney 8.7 mi · Dallas 11 mi · Lancaster 12 mi · Rowlett 12 mi · Garland 13 mi · University Park 13 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Balch Springs (32.7287°, -96.6228°, elevation 499 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).