Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafayette (Louisiana), United States weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Lafayette (Louisiana), United States: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a wet month (the joint 6th 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 Baton Rouge (84 km away). In April its highs average 25.0°C, about as warm as Lafayette (Louisiana), United States, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lafayette (Louisiana), United States ranks joint 80th 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 (Louisiana), United States is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 92 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
Lafayette (Louisiana), United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 127 | 9.5 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 107 | 8.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 109 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 24.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 109 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 28.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 92 | 9.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 31.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 114 | 14.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 124 | 17.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 32.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 121 | 16.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 30.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 96 | 11.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 96 | 7.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 21.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 90 | 8.2 | 10.711 h |
| December | 17.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 112 | 9.2 | 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
- Baton Rouge in AprilUnited States · 84 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Lake Charles in AprilUnited States · 114 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Metairie in AprilUnited States · 182 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 100 mm rain
- New Orleans in AprilUnited States · 189 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 99 mm rain
- Beaumont in AprilUnited States · 201 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Gulfport in AprilUnited States · 281 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Jackson in AprilUnited States · 289 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 114 mm rain
- Baytown in AprilUnited States · 290 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 98 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 (Louisiana), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.