Climate averages 1991–2020
Gulfport weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 4th 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 Gulfport: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is New Orleans (105 km away). In April its highs average 23.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Gulfport, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Gulfport ranks joint 121st of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 391st of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Gulfport is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 106 mm to 96 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
Gulfport climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 129 | 9.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 16.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 121 | 8.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 19.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 135 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 106 | 7.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 96 | 8.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 137 | 13.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 30.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 139 | 16.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 161 | 16.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 144 | 12.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 95 | 7.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 19.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 101 | 7.3 | 10.711 h |
| December | 16.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 115 | 9.6 | 10.210 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
- New Orleans in AprilUnited States · 105 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 99 mm rain
- Mobile in AprilUnited States · 107 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Metairie in AprilUnited States · 110 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Baton Rouge in AprilUnited States · 201 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Jackson in AprilUnited States · 238 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 114 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in AprilUnited States · 281 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Montgomery in AprilUnited States · 346 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in AprilUnited States · 347 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 126 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 Gulfport) is explained once on the Gulfport year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.