Climate averages 1991–2020
Little Rock weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Little Rock: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jonesboro (189 km away). In April its highs average 21.0°C, 1.2°C cooler than Little Rock, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Little Rock ranks joint 153rd of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 485th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Little Rock is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 128 mm to 138 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
Little Rock climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 89 | 9.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 95 | 9.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 122 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 22.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 128 | 9.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 138 | 12.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 78 | 9.4 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 85 | 10.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 32.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 70 | 8.7 | 13.513 h |
| September | 29.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 89 | 6.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 97 | 7.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 106 | 8.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.3°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 116 | 9.1 | 9.910 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
- Jonesboro in AprilUnited States · 189 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 127 mm rain
- Fort Smith in AprilUnited States · 205 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 149 mm rain
- Memphis in AprilUnited States · 209 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Fayetteville, United States in AprilUnited States · 224 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Springdale in AprilUnited States · 231 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Shreveport in AprilUnited States · 282 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 133 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in AprilUnited States · 289 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.6°C · 131 mm rain
- Jackson in AprilUnited States · 335 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 114 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 Little Rock) is explained once on the Little Rock year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.