Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafayette (Indiana), United States weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Lafayette (Indiana), United States: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Carmel (81 km away). In April its highs average 16.4°C, about as warm as Lafayette (Indiana), United States, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lafayette (Indiana), United States ranks joint 328th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 404th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Lafayette (Indiana), United States is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 109 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
Lafayette (Indiana), United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.1°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 70 | 9.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 3.7°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 59 | 8.2 | 10.611 h |
| March | 9.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 84 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.4°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 109 | 11.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 109 | 13.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 110 | 12.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 92 | 11.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 82 | 9.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 68 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 79 | 9.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.0°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 78 | 8.5 | 10.010 h |
| December | 3.7°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 64 | 9.2 | 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
- Carmel in AprilUnited States · 81 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Fishers in AprilUnited States · 89 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Indianapolis in AprilUnited States · 94 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Champaign in AprilUnited States · 121 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.1°C · 115 mm rain
- Muncie in AprilUnited States · 129 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Gary in AprilUnited States · 137 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 4.9°C · 107 mm rain
- Hammond in AprilUnited States · 140 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Bloomington (Indiana), United States in AprilUnited States · 142 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 128 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 Lafayette) is explained once on the Lafayette (Indiana), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.