Climate averages 1991–2020

The Woodlands weather
in April.

A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 25.5°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 15.6°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 106 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in The Woodlands · average highYear overview

April is a warm month in The Woodlands: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a wet month (the joint 9th 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 Cypress (29 km away). In April its highs average 25.5°C, about as warm as The Woodlands, with 96 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, The Woodlands ranks joint 60th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 391st of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; The Woodlands is 6.1°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 106 mm to 104 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

The Woodlands climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for The Woodlands, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 16.1°C7.0°C7.0°C1009.710.410 h
February 18.3°C8.8°C8.8°C839.111.111 h
March 21.7°C12.0°C12.0°C919.512.012 h
April, selected 25.5°C15.6°C15.6°C1069.012.913 h
May 29.4°C20.0°C20.0°C10410.713.714 h
June 32.2°C23.1°C23.1°C11312.414.114 h
July 33.5°C24.2°C24.2°C8111.113.914 h
August 34.0°C24.3°C24.3°C8811.413.213 h
September 31.1°C21.8°C21.8°C10010.012.412 h
October 26.7°C17.0°C17.0°C1078.611.511 h
November 20.9°C11.7°C11.7°C988.610.711 h
December 17.0°C8.1°C8.1°C1069.810.210 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

Distance from The Woodlands

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for The Woodlands) is explained once on the The Woodlands year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.