Climate averages 1991–2020
Tulsa weather
in April.
A mild, 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 mild month in Tulsa: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 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 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Broken Arrow (21 km away). In April its highs average 21.0°C, about as warm as Tulsa, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tulsa ranks joint 206th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 469th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Tulsa is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 121 mm to 148 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
Tulsa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 47 | 5.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.0°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 52 | 6.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 93 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 21.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 121 | 10.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.6°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 148 | 12.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 30.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 116 | 9.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 33.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 79 | 8.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 32.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 73 | 6.9 | 13.514 h |
| September | 28.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 101 | 7.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 93 | 8.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 63 | 6.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.3°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 57 | 6.0 | 9.810 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
- Broken Arrow in AprilUnited States · 21 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.9°C · 127 mm rain
- Edmond in AprilUnited States · 145 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in AprilUnited States · 157 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Fayetteville, United States in AprilUnited States · 165 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Norman in AprilUnited States · 167 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 100 mm rain
- Fort Smith in AprilUnited States · 167 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 149 mm rain
- Springdale in AprilUnited States · 167 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Wichita in AprilUnited States · 209 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 95 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 Tulsa) is explained once on the Tulsa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.