Climate averages 1991–2020
Omaha weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Omaha: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lincoln (79 km away). In April its highs average 16.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Omaha, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Omaha ranks joint 332nd of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 385th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Omaha is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 139 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
Omaha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 26 | 4.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 2.7°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 32 | 5.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 9.9°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 60 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.3°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 104 | 11.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 139 | 12.7 | 14.514 h |
| June | 27.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 131 | 11.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 29.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 88 | 9.3 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 90 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 77 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 68 | 7.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 44 | 5.2 | 9.910 h |
| December | 2.2°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 36 | 5.1 | 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
- Lincoln in AprilUnited States · 79 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Sioux City in AprilUnited States · 143 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 3.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Saint Joseph in AprilUnited States · 190 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 115 mm rain
- Des Moines in AprilUnited States · 198 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 107 mm rain
- Topeka in AprilUnited States · 247 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Lawrence (Kansas), United States in AprilUnited States · 261 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Sioux Falls in AprilUnited States · 262 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 2.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Kansas City in AprilUnited States · 266 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.6°C · 124 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 Omaha) is explained once on the Omaha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.