Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Wayne 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 Fort Wayne: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 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 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muncie (106 km away). In April its highs average 16.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Fort Wayne, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Wayne ranks 355th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 369th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Fort Wayne is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 103 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
Fort Wayne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.3°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 69 | 10.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 2.5°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 58 | 8.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.4°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 80 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.2°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 101 | 12.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 103 | 13.2 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 106 | 12.1 | 15.115 h |
| July | 27.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 91 | 11.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 26.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 88 | 10.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 67 | 8.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 74 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.3°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 77 | 9.3 | 9.910 h |
| December | 2.9°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 64 | 9.7 | 9.39 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
- Muncie in AprilUnited States · 106 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.4°C · 113 mm rain
- South Bend in AprilUnited States · 112 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Kalamazoo in AprilUnited States · 135 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Toledo, United States in AprilUnited States · 144 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Fishers in AprilUnited States · 151 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Carmel in AprilUnited States · 153 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Lafayette (Indiana), United States in AprilUnited States · 167 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 5.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Ann Arbor in AprilUnited States · 172 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 92 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 Fort Wayne) is explained once on the Fort Wayne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.