Broken Arrow weather in May

In May, Broken Arrow sees average daytime highs of 79°F and overnight lows near 61°F, with 5.9 in of rain across 12.3 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 75°F in the first days to 82°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Broken Arrow's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Broken Arrow's year-round climate.

Daytime high
79°
5th warmest
Overnight low
61°
8th coldest
Rainfall
5.9 in
12.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
5:22 AM – 7:17 PM
Cloud cover
57%
12th clearest
Wind
8 mph
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Broken Arrow is city in Oklahoma, United States of America.

Density
662/km²
people per km²
Founded
1902

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 75°F in the first days to 82°F by the end.

A typical May day in Broken Arrow reaches about 79°F in the afternoon and slips back to 61°F overnight — a 18°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 69°F and 87°F. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°F warmer than April and about 8°F cooler than June.

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Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
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47557
57557
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318366

How May really feels in Broken Arrow

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.

Broken Arrow 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 daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan48° / 31°2.16.31.69.82.0
Feb53° / 34°2.26.61.210.63.3
Mar62° / 43°3.89.80.711.75.4
Apr71° / 51°5.010.5012.96.5
May79° / 61°5.912.3013.96.3
Jun87° / 70°4.59.7014.44.8
Jul92° / 74°3.17.6014.23.7
Aug91° / 72°2.86.9013.44.0
Sep83° / 65°4.07.6012.26.2
Oct72° / 53°3.88.2011.17.3
Nov60° / 42°2.77.10.410.15.3
Dec50° / 33°2.56.51.29.62.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24753
34753
44753
54654
64654
74654
84654
94753
104852
114852
124753
134852
144852
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315149

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Broken Arrow gets around 5.9 in of rain over 12.3 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 40% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
139
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540
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1040
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1240
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3138

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 32% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 29% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
158161880
255171990
3541719100
4511820110
5491821121
6471821141
7451822151
8431823161
9411823171
10391824181
11381824191
12361824201
13351825211
14341825221
15331725241
16311725251
17301725271
18291625282
19271625302
20261525322
21241524342
22231524363
23211524383
24191523393
25181523414
26161422425
27151422445
28131422456
29121421467
30111421477
31101420488

Wind in May

Winds average 8 mph in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 mph on the calmest days to 9 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
19light breeze
28light breeze
38light breeze
48light breeze
58light breeze
68light breeze
78light breeze
88light breeze
98light breeze
108light breeze
118light breeze
128light breeze
138light breeze
148light breeze
158light breeze
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248light breeze
258light breeze
268light breeze
277light breeze
287light breeze
297calm
307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:37 AM to 5:13 AM, and sunset from 7:04 PM to 7:28 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.45:377:04
213.55:367:05
313.55:357:06
413.55:347:06
513.65:337:07
613.65:327:08
713.65:307:09
813.75:297:10
913.75:287:11
1013.75:287:12
1113.85:277:12
1213.85:267:13
1313.85:257:14
1413.85:247:15
1513.95:237:16
1613.95:227:17
1713.95:217:17
1814.05:217:18
1914.05:207:19
2014.05:197:20
2114.05:197:21
2214.15:187:21
2314.15:177:22
2414.15:177:23
2514.15:167:24
2614.15:167:24
2714.25:157:25
2814.25:157:26
2914.25:147:27
3014.25:147:27
3114.25:137:28

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.29 kWh/m² to a high of 6.73 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.79 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
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55.6Bright
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95.7Bright
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165.8Bright
175.9Bright
185.9Bright
195.9Bright
205.9Bright
215.9Bright
225.9Bright
236.0Bright
246.0Bright
256.0Intense
266.0Intense
276.0Intense
286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.2Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Broken Arrow?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Broken Arrow in May

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

In May, Broken Arrow sees daytime highs around 79°F and nights near 61°F. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Broken Arrow in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Broken Arrow peaks around July 11 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 11UV 10Dec 21UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Broken Arrow 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 Broken Arrow is worst in July — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.2× the cleanest month (November, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1716 µg/m³Nov 165 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb8Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May12Good
Jun14Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct6Good
Nov5Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Broken Arrow?

Broken Arrow sits at 36.1°N, 95.8°W, 755 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Bixby, 9.3 mi away.

Topography around Broken Arrow

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Broken Arrow has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 ft around an average of 732 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 390 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 814 ft.

The land around Broken Arrow is covered by artificial surfaces (42%), trees (29%) and grassland (25%) within 2 miles, trees (37%), grassland (33%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 10 miles, and trees (46%) and grassland (45%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
213 ft
10 miles
390 ft
50 miles
814 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Bixby 9.3 mi · Jenks 9.9 mi · Tulsa 13 mi · Owasso 16 mi · Sapulpa 19 mi · Sand Springs 19 mi · Claremore 21 mi · Muskogee 32 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 Broken Arrow (36.0526°, -95.7908°, elevation 755 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).