Climate averages 1991–2020
Denton weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th 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 Denton: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Flower Mound (23 km away). In April its highs average 23.7°C, about as warm as Denton, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Denton ranks joint 118th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 336th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Denton is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 132 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
Denton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 62 | 6.5 | 10.210 h |
| February | 14.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 67 | 7.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.0°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 94 | 8.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 96 | 8.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 132 | 11.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 85 | 8.3 | 14.314 h |
| July | 34.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 46 | 5.4 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 48 | 5.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 77 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 94 | 7.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.9°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 78 | 6.4 | 10.510 h |
| December | 13.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 75 | 6.3 | 10.010 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
- Flower Mound in AprilUnited States · 23 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Lewisville in AprilUnited States · 23 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Frisco in AprilUnited States · 30 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.1°C · 110 mm rain
- Carrollton in AprilUnited States · 37 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Allen in AprilUnited States · 45 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Plano in AprilUnited States · 46 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Irving in AprilUnited States · 48 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Richardson in AprilUnited States · 48 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 110 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 Denton) is explained once on the Denton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.