Climate averages 1991–2020

Jonesboro 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.

Average high 21.0°C Daytime mean, April

Average low 11.3°C Night-time mean, April

Rainfall 127 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

April is a mild month in Jonesboro: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Memphis (97 km away). In April its highs average 21.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Jonesboro, with 122 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Jonesboro ranks joint 212th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 481st of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Jonesboro is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 127 mm to 113 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Jonesboro climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Jonesboro, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	8.3°C-0.1°C	-0.1°C	93	9.1	10.010 h
February	10.7°C1.6°C	1.6°C	100	8.6	10.911 h
March	15.7°C6.0°C	6.0°C	126	11.3	11.912 h
April, selected	21.0°C11.3°C	11.3°C	127	10.4	13.113 h
May	25.7°C16.5°C	16.5°C	113	11.3	14.014 h
June	30.1°C21.1°C	21.1°C	82	9.4	14.515 h
July	31.8°C23.3°C	23.3°C	83	9.7	14.314 h
August	31.4°C22.6°C	22.6°C	70	8.4	13.514 h
September	27.9°C18.8°C	18.8°C	79	7.1	12.412 h
October	21.9°C12.7°C	12.7°C	96	7.7	11.311 h
November	14.9°C6.4°C	6.4°C	107	8.6	10.310 h
December	9.8°C1.8°C	1.8°C	112	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

Distance from Jonesboro

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Jonesboro) is explained once on the Jonesboro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.