Climate averages 1991–2020
Davenport weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Davenport: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iowa City (81 km away). In April its highs average 15.5°C, about as warm as Davenport, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Davenport ranks joint 345th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 399th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Davenport is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 119 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Davenport climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.9°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 46 | 7.6 | 9.510 h |
| February | 1.8°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 49 | 6.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.9°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 70 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.6°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 108 | 12.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.6°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 119 | 12.8 | 14.514 h |
| June | 26.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 118 | 11.9 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 91 | 10.1 | 14.915 h |
| August | 27.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 90 | 9.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 88 | 8.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 70 | 8.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.8°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 61 | 7.8 | 9.910 h |
| December | 1.9°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 53 | 7.2 | 9.29 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Iowa City in AprilUnited States · 81 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.9°C · 111 mm rain
- Cedar Rapids in AprilUnited States · 104 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Peoria (Illinois), United States in AprilUnited States · 124 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Rockford in AprilUnited States · 148 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.9°C · 107 mm rain
- Bloomington (Illinois), United States in AprilUnited States · 176 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.8°C · 113 mm rain
- Aurora (Illinois), United States in AprilUnited States · 189 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Madison in AprilUnited States · 198 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 2.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Elgin in AprilUnited States · 199 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 114 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 Davenport) is explained once on the Davenport year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.