Climate averages 1991–2020
Jackson weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Jackson: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baton Rouge (227 km away). In April its highs average 25.0°C, 1.3°C warmer than Jackson, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Jackson ranks joint 106th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 435th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Jackson is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 104 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
Jackson climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 121 | 9.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 120 | 9.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 121 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 114 | 8.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 104 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 87 | 11.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 32.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 102 | 13.8 | 14.014 h |
| August | 32.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 95 | 11.5 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 83 | 7.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 91 | 7.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 92 | 7.8 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 119 | 9.4 | 10.110 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
- Baton Rouge in AprilUnited States · 227 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Gulfport in AprilUnited States · 238 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Metairie in AprilUnited States · 257 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 100 mm rain
- New Orleans in AprilUnited States · 261 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 99 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in AprilUnited States · 265 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 126 mm rain
- Mobile in AprilUnited States · 270 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in AprilUnited States · 289 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Memphis in AprilUnited States · 317 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 122 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 Jackson) is explained once on the Jackson year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.