April
April · October · May
United States · 1991–2020
April leads for comfortable weather in Atkins: typically 24.9°C by day, 12.3°C at night, with 140 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
April · October · May
September · May · June
November · March · February
The weakest month is January, scoring 29 against April’s 74 — days reach only 14°C, 10° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to 2.4°C.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 2.4°C | 120 mm | 7.3 | 10 h 15 | 29 | Strong coverage |
| February | 16.3°C | 4.4°C | 112 mm | 7.8 | 10 h 59 | 40 | Strong coverage |
| March | 20.6°C | 8.4°C | 129 mm | 7.5 | 11 h 53 | 60 | Strong coverage |
| April | 24.9°C | 12.3°C | 140 mm | 6.7 | 12 h 56 | 74 | Strong coverage |
| May | 29°C | 17.6°C | 114 mm | 7 | 13 h 48 | 64 | Strong coverage |
| June | 32.5°C | 21.7°C | 108 mm | 7 | 14 h 15 | 46 | Strong coverage |
| July | 34.1°C | 23.1°C | 86 mm | 6.1 | 14 h 04 | 42 | Strong coverage |
| August | 34.4°C | 22.4°C | 84 mm | 5.6 | 13 h 20 | 43 | Strong coverage |
| September | 31.8°C | 18.7°C | 87 mm | 5.1 | 12 h 20 | 59 | Strong coverage |
| October | 26.3°C | 12.5°C | 119 mm | 6.1 | 11 h 19 | 73 | Strong coverage |
| November | 19.8°C | 7.3°C | 102 mm | 6.9 | 10 h 27 | 59 | Strong coverage |
| December | 15°C | 3.6°C | 127 mm | 7.6 | 10 h 02 | 33 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C5 Jan 1997 | -14.4°C11 Jan 1982 | 166 mm29 Jan 1999 | 408 mm1999 · driest 14 mm in 2003 | 51 |
| February | 30.6°C22 Feb 1996 | -10.6°C11 Feb 1981 | 93 mm22 Feb 2018 | 258 mm2018 · driest 16 mm in 1996 | 50 |
| March | 32.2°C28 Mar 2020 | -7.8°C9 Mar 1996 | 334 mm9 Mar 2016 | 464 mm2016 · driest 16 mm in 2007 | 51 |
| April | 35.0°C21 Apr 1987 | -1.7°C11 Apr 1989 | 192 mm5 Apr 1999 | 561 mm1991 · driest 8 mm in 1987 | 51 |
| May | 37.2°C31 May 1998 | 5.0°C3 May 2013 | 208 mm14 May 2008 | 307 mm2000 · driest 8 mm in 1998 | 51 |
| June | 39.4°C15 Jun 1998 | 10.6°C1 Jun 1984 | 132 mm27 Jun 1986 | 469 mm1986 · driest 12 mm in 1988 | 51 |
| July | 40.6°C18 Jul 1980 | 15.0°C15 Jul 1990 | 140 mm13 Jul 1996 | 308 mm2009 · driest 1 mm in 1986 | 51 |
| August | 42.2°C19 Aug 2011 | 10.0°C30 Aug 1986 | 126 mm23 Aug 2022 | 325 mm2016 · driest 5 mm in 2013 | 50 |
| September | 42.2°C4 Sep 2000 | 5.6°C22 Sep 1983 | 131 mm25 Sep 2005 | 208 mm1998 · driest 1 mm in 2017 | 50 |
| October | 36.1°C1 Oct 1998 | -2.2°C31 Oct 1993 | 140 mm30 Oct 2009 | 446 mm2009 · driest 13 mm in 1977 | 49 |
| November | 31.1°C2 Nov 2016 | -7.8°C29 Nov 1976 | 121 mm12 Nov 2018 | 386 mm1986 · driest 17 mm in 2019 | 51 |
| December | 28.3°C4 Dec 1995 | -16.1°C23 Dec 1989 | 103 mm8 Dec 2018 | 295 mm2018 · driest 6 mm in 2010 | 51 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| February | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| March | 8 | <1 | 2 | 3 |
| April | 17 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| May | 27 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| June | 30 | 26 | 0 | 3 |
| July | 31 | 30 | 0 | 3 |
| August | 31 | 29 | 0 | 2 |
| September | 28 | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 20 | 8 | <1 | 3 |
| November | 6 | <1 | 3 | 3 |
| December | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was April (scoring 85); on 2011–2025 it is October (78). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14% | 24% | 11% | 25% | 10.8–16.9°C |
| February | 28% | 27% | 13% | 28% | 12.6–19.4°C |
| March | 47% | 24% | 12% | 22% | 18.3–23.3°C |
| April | 70% | 22% | 12% | 21% | 22.7–26.9°C |
| May | 75% | 24% | 11% | 25% | 27.4–30.8°C |
| June | 77% | 23% | 11% | 25% | 30.7–33.7°C |
| July | 80% | 20% | 9% | 17% | 32.4–35.3°C |
| August | 83% | 17% | 7% | 16% | 32.8–36.7°C |
| September | 83% | 17% | 7% | 13% | 29.9–33.8°C |
| October | 74% | 19% | 10% | 20% | 24.4–28.0°C |
| November | 43% | 23% | 11% | 21% | 16.9–22.3°C |
| December | 18% | 24% | 12% | 26% | 12.8–16.9°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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