Climate averages 1991–2020
Shreveport weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Shreveport: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Longview (93 km away). In April its highs average 23.9°C, about as warm as Shreveport, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Shreveport ranks joint 98th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 493rd of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Shreveport is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 133 mm to 104 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
Shreveport climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 108 | 9.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 105 | 9.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.8°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 132 | 10.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 133 | 9.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 104 | 11.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 95 | 10.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 33.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 74 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 73 | 8.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 78 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 108 | 7.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 103 | 7.7 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 120 | 9.3 | 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
- Longview in AprilUnited States · 93 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 111 mm rain
- Tyler in AprilUnited States · 147 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 105 mm rain
- Lake Charles in AprilUnited States · 262 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Mesquite in AprilUnited States · 268 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 110 mm rain
- Beaumont in AprilUnited States · 273 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Garland in AprilUnited States · 274 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 110 mm rain
- McKinney in AprilUnited States · 278 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Allen in AprilUnited States · 280 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.3°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 Shreveport) is explained once on the Shreveport year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.