The expected average maximum temperature in April is +90°F with a maximum of +97°F and a minimum of +52°F.
The average maximum temperature goes up 20% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +86°F to +95°F.
Phoenix is typically hot in April.
Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +81°F to +88°F. The minimum temperature also goes up from +54°F to +61°F.
Make sure that you pack your summer linen and swimming costumes; it’s probably going to be hot.
Take a look at how April is compared to other months in Phoenix:
March | April | May | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Avg. temperature | ||||||
+81°F | +88°F | +97°F | ||||
Min. temperature | ||||||
+36°F | +43°F | +50°F | ||||
Max. temperature | ||||||
+100°F | +106°F | +115°F | ||||
Rainfall | ||||||
28 mm | 9 mm | 5 mm | ||||
Wind | ||||||
1 m/s | 2 m/s | 2 m/s | ||||
Humidity | ||||||
35% | 24% | 20% | ||||
Air pressure | ||||||
1013 HPa | 1010 HPa | 1008 HPa | ||||
Sunny days | ||||||
13 | 16 | 19 | ||||
Cloudy days | ||||||
15 | 13 | 12 | ||||
Rainy days | ||||||
3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Snowy days | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 |
April weather is still as good as in March. It’s getting warmer as April arrives. The average maximum temperature goes up from +81°F to +88°F during the day. As April arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 28 mm to 9 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 35% to 24%. Winds are stronger in comparison to March, going up from 1 m/s to 2 m/s on average. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in April, from 13 to 16.
May brings much the same weather, it remains good.
The average wind speed is 3 m/s getting up to 6 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Phoenix is gradually increasing during April, going from 2 m/s to 3 m/s over the course of the month.
The climate in Phoenix in April has not changed that much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1998 (+89°F) and the highest in 1989 (+103°F). The driest year was 1996 with only 0 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2022 with 0 mm.
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Phoenix, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2022.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.