April
April · May · October
United States · 1991–2020
April leads for comfortable weather in Ellis (historical): typically 23.1°C by day, 7.5°C at night, with 22 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
April · May · October
June · September · July
March · November · April
The weakest month is January, scoring 36 against April’s 83 — days reach only 13.9°C, 10° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to 2.6°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 | 13.9°C | 2.6°C | 64 mm | 7.7 | 9 h 49 | 36 | Strong coverage |
| February | 17°C | 4.1°C | 54 mm | 6.7 | 10 h 44 | 51 | Strong coverage |
| March | 20.1°C | 5.8°C | 35 mm | 5.5 | 11 h 50 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| April | 23.1°C | 7.5°C | 22 mm | 3.6 | 13 h 07 | 83 | Strong coverage |
| May | 27.2°C | 10.5°C | 14 mm | 1.8 | 14 h 11 | 82 | Strong coverage |
| June | 31.3°C | 13°C | 2 mm | 0.4 | 14 h 45 | 72 | Strong coverage |
| July | 33.9°C | 14.2°C | 0 mm | 0 | 14 h 32 | 66 | Strong coverage |
| August | 33.3°C | 13.5°C | 0 mm | 0.1 | 13 h 37 | 67 | Strong coverage |
| September | 31.3°C | 12.1°C | 2 mm | 0.4 | 12 h 23 | 71 | Strong coverage |
| October | 26.2°C | 9°C | 14 mm | 1.9 | 11 h 09 | 82 | Strong coverage |
| November | 19.6°C | 5.2°C | 22 mm | 3 | 10 h 05 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| December | 14.2°C | 2.4°C | 47 mm | 5.6 | 9 h 34 | 41 | Good 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 | 23.3°C31 Jan 1976 | -7.8°C2 Jan 1961 | 57 mm31 Jan 1968 | 151 mm2023 · driest 0 mm in 2015 | 73 |
| February | 27.2°C19 Feb 1977 | -7.8°C15 Feb 2009 | 46 mm3 Feb 1998 | 127 mm1962 · driest 0 mm in 2020 | 76 |
| March | 33.3°C24 Mar 2026 | -4.4°C1 Mar 2021 | 42 mm10 Mar 1955 | 149 mm1983 · driest 0 mm in 1972 | 76 |
| April | 35.0°C28 Apr 2004 | -1.7°C5 Apr 2009 | 36 mm10 Apr 2016 | 66 mm2006 · driest 0 mm in 1962 | 74 |
| May | 40.6°C29 May 1984 | 1.1°C4 May 1952 | 57 mm28 May 1990 | 75 mm1990 · driest 0 mm in 2025 | 75 |
| June | 44.4°C16 Jun 1961 | 1.1°C10 Jun 2021 | 17 mm4 Jun 2009 | 53 mm2011 · driest 0 mm in 2017 | 76 |
| July | 43.9°C4 Jul 1991 | 1.7°C3 Jul 1995 | 7 mm9 Jul 1974 | 12 mm1980 · driest 0 mm in 1958 | 74 |
| August | 42.8°C11 Aug 1971 | 5.0°C4 Aug 1982 | 63 mm22 Aug 1968 | 63 mm1968 · driest 0 mm in 2025 | 76 |
| September | 44.4°C7 Sep 2022 | 2.8°C29 Sep 2021 | 48 mm19 Sep 1959 | 59 mm1959 · driest 0 mm in 1950 | 75 |
| October | 39.4°C3 Oct 2024 | -1.7°C26 Oct 1995 | 52 mm25 Oct 2021 | 67 mm2021 · driest 0 mm in 1952 | 76 |
| November | 29.4°C2 Nov 1949 | -4.4°C28 Nov 1952 | 48 mm29 Nov 1970 | 105 mm1970 · driest 0 mm in 1959 | 75 |
| December | 22.8°C1 Dec 1995 | -8.3°C24 Dec 1998 | 59 mm12 Dec 2014 | 157 mm2014 · driest 2 mm in 1999 | 70 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| March | 3 | 0 | <1 | <1 |
| April | 10 | 2 | <1 | <1 |
| May | 20 | 9 | 0 | <1 |
| June | 26 | 18 | 0 | <1 |
| July | 30 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 29 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 27 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 18 | 5 | <1 | <1 |
| November | 2 | 0 | 1 | <1 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was October (scoring 84); on 2011–2025 it is April (86). 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 | 2% | 24% | 6% | 28% | 10.6–15.2°C |
| February | 17% | 23% | 5% | 24% | 14.6–18.8°C |
| March | 44% | 19% | 3% | 17% | 16.8–22.2°C |
| April | 71% | 12% | 2% | 8% | 20.3–25.7°C |
| May | 91% | 5% | 1% | 3% | 24.5–29.0°C |
| June | 98% | 2% | <1% | 0% | 28.7–33.5°C |
| July | 100% | <1% | 0% | 0% | 32.6–36.5°C |
| August | 99% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 31.9–35.1°C |
| September | 98% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 29.2–32.8°C |
| October | 90% | 6% | 1% | 4% | 24.0–28.2°C |
| November | 39% | 12% | 3% | 12% | 16.1–20.8°C |
| December | 2% | 20% | 5% | 19% | 10.9–15.1°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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