Climate averages 1991–2020
Fayetteville weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Fayetteville: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Cary (83 km away). In April its highs average 21.0°C, 1.5°C cooler than Fayetteville, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fayetteville ranks joint 136th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 243rd of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Fayetteville is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 84 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
Fayetteville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 90 | 9.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 13.2°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 82 | 8.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 94 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 22.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 85 | 8.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 84 | 9.7 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 106 | 12.1 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 118 | 15.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 125 | 13.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 128 | 10.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 82 | 7.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 80 | 7.6 | 10.410 h |
| December | 12.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 93 | 8.7 | 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
- Cary in AprilUnited States · 83 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Raleigh in AprilUnited States · 83 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 10.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Durham in AprilUnited States · 105 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Wilmington (North Carolina), United States in AprilUnited States · 125 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Greensboro in AprilUnited States · 140 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- High Point in AprilUnited States · 143 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Greenville in AprilUnited States · 151 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in AprilUnited States · 160 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 88 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 Fayetteville) is explained once on the Fayetteville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.