Climate averages 1991–2020
Wichita Falls weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Wichita Falls: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lawton (78 km away). In April its highs average 23.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Wichita Falls, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Wichita Falls ranks joint 87th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 243rd of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Wichita Falls is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 107 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
Wichita Falls climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 37 | 4.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 15.1°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 46 | 5.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.7°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 73 | 7.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 24.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 85 | 6.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 107 | 10.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 82 | 7.9 | 14.414 h |
| July | 35.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 38 | 5.2 | 14.214 h |
| August | 35.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 42 | 5.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 65 | 6.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 83 | 6.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 51 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| December | 12.9°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 48 | 4.8 | 9.910 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
- Lawton in AprilUnited States · 78 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Denton in AprilUnited States · 148 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Flower Mound in AprilUnited States · 164 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Lewisville in AprilUnited States · 169 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Fort Worth in AprilUnited States · 171 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 94 mm rain
- Norman in AprilUnited States · 175 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 100 mm rain
- Frisco in AprilUnited States · 176 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.1°C · 110 mm rain
- Carrollton in AprilUnited States · 183 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 103 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 Wichita Falls) is explained once on the Wichita Falls year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.