Climate averages 1991–2020
Evansville weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Evansville: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bloomington (Indiana), United States (160 km away). In April its highs average 17.6°C, 2.0°C cooler than Evansville, with 128 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Evansville ranks joint 256th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 489th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Evansville is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 130 mm to 123 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
Evansville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 94 | 9.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 7.8°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 85 | 9.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 111 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 19.5°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 130 | 12.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 24.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 123 | 13.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 98 | 11.3 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 86 | 10.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 30.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 76 | 8.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 82 | 7.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 90 | 8.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 95 | 8.9 | 10.210 h |
| December | 7.1°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 102 | 10.2 | 9.610 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
- Bloomington (Indiana), United States in AprilUnited States · 160 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 128 mm rain
- Louisville in AprilUnited States · 160 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 127 mm rain
- Clarksville in AprilUnited States · 162 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 125 mm rain
- Nashville in AprilUnited States · 212 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 128 mm rain
- Indianapolis in AprilUnited States · 233 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Franklin in AprilUnited States · 236 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Decatur in AprilUnited States · 240 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 6.7°C · 118 mm rain
- St. Louis in AprilUnited States · 242 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 117 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 Evansville) is explained once on the Evansville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.