Climate averages 1991–2020
Abilene weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Abilene: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Angelo (128 km away). In April its highs average 26.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Abilene, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Abilene ranks joint 60th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 171st of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Abilene is 6.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Abilene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 31 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 39 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 50 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 25.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 55 | 5.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 29.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 75 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 32.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 62 | 7.7 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 39 | 5.3 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 46 | 5.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 58 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 64 | 5.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.8°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 41 | 4.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 35 | 4.3 | 10.110 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- San Angelo in AprilUnited States · 128 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in AprilUnited States · 200 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Midland in AprilUnited States · 226 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 12.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Fort Worth in AprilUnited States · 228 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 94 mm rain
- Lubbock in AprilUnited States · 234 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Killeen in AprilUnited States · 241 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Arlington (Texas), United States in AprilUnited States · 248 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Flower Mound in AprilUnited States · 254 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 103 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Abilene) is explained once on the Abilene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.