Climate averages 1991–2020
Longview weather
in April.
A warm, 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 warm month in Longview: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tyler (55 km away). In April its highs average 23.7°C, about as warm as Longview, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Longview ranks joint 98th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 418th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Longview is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 111 mm to 114 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
Longview climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 93 | 9.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.4°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 104 | 8.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 111 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 111 | 9.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 114 | 11.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 89 | 10.2 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 62 | 8.5 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 63 | 7.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 84 | 7.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 105 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 98 | 8.3 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 104 | 8.9 | 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
- Tyler in AprilUnited States · 55 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 105 mm rain
- Shreveport in AprilUnited States · 93 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 133 mm rain
- Mesquite in AprilUnited States · 177 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 110 mm rain
- Garland in AprilUnited States · 183 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 110 mm rain
- McKinney in AprilUnited States · 192 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Plano in AprilUnited States · 192 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Allen in AprilUnited States · 192 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Richardson in AprilUnited States · 193 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 110 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 Longview) is explained once on the Longview year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.