Climate averages 1991–2020
Amarillo weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Amarillo: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubbock (183 km away). In April its highs average 23.9°C, 2.2°C warmer than Amarillo, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Amarillo ranks joint 170th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 128th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Amarillo is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 60 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
Amarillo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 20 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 17 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 38 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 21.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 42 | 5.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 60 | 7.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 53 | 8.6 | 14.514 h |
| July | 32.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 45 | 7.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 31.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 59 | 8.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 40 | 6.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 48 | 5.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 22 | 3.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 27 | 3.6 | 9.810 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
- Lubbock in AprilUnited States · 183 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Lawton in AprilUnited States · 321 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in AprilUnited States · 338 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Midland in AprilUnited States · 359 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 12.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Abilene in AprilUnited States · 364 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in AprilUnited States · 376 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Odessa in AprilUnited States · 379 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in AprilUnited States · 392 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 98 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 Amarillo) is explained once on the Amarillo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.