April Weather in Thatcher United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 8°F, from 78°F to 86°F, rarely falling below 67°F or exceeding 94°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 7°F, from 46°F to 54°F, rarely falling below 37°F or exceeding 62°F.

For reference, on June 28, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Thatcher typically range from 71°F to 101°F, while on January 4, the coldest day of the year, they range from 35°F to 60°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on April. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Qurayyat, Saudi Arabia (7,518 miles away) and Fīrūzābād, Iran (8,029 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Thatcher (view comparison).

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The month of April in Thatcher experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 27% to 23%.

The clearest day of the month is April 29, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 77% of the time.

For reference, on July 29, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 45%, while on June 8, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 83%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Thatcher, the chance of a wet day over the course of April is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 7% and ending it at 4%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 40% on August 3, and its lowest chance is 3% on June 8.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during April in Thatcher is essentially constant, remaining about 0.3 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.2 inches.

Over the course of April in Thatcher, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 55 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 54 seconds, and weekly increase of 13 minutes, 18 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is April 1, with 12 hours, 34 minutes of daylight and the longest day is April 30, with 13 hours, 29 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Thatcher is 6:06 AM on April 1 and the earliest sunrise is 34 minutes earlier at 5:32 AM on April 30.

The earliest sunset is 6:39 PM on April 1 and the latest sunset is 21 minutes later at 7:00 PM on April 30.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Thatcher during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:11 AM and sets 14 hours, 19 minutes later, at 7:30 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:17 AM and sets 9 hours, 59 minutes later, at 5:17 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for April 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Thatcher is essentially constant during April, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 3, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 10% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Thatcher is essentially constant during April, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 8.5 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on April 21, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.6 miles per hour, while on August 15, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.7 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during April is 8.6 miles per hour on April 22.

The hourly average wind direction in Thatcher throughout April is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 57% on April 25.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Thatcher typically lasts for 8.5 months (261 days), from around March 4 to around November 20, rarely starting before January 30 or after April 4, and rarely ending before October 31 or after December 9.

The month of April in Thatcher is more likely than not fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season increasing from 88% to 100% over the course of the month.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Thatcher are rapidly increasing during April, increasing by 473°F, from 558°F to 1,031°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Thatcher is increasing during April, rising by 1.0 kWh, from 6.9 kWh to 7.9 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Thatcher are 32.849 deg latitude, -109.759 deg longitude, and 2,907 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Thatcher contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 223 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,910 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (5,243 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (8,415 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Thatcher is covered by cropland (61%) and shrubs (39%), within 10 miles by shrubs (83%) and cropland (13%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (82%) and trees (14%).