April showers felt constant in Dallas. How did they compare to previous years?
2026 was pretty consistently dry and toasty — until April.
More than half the days in April experienced at least trace amounts of rain, compared to only seven days in March, according to the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth Office. That greater frequency also meant more water overall — April was the first month this year in which rainfall surpassed its monthly average, a benchmark overshot by almost 2 inches.
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Precipitation for the year at DFW International Airport, the weather service’s official climate measurement site for the region, was tracking 3.5 inches behind at the end of the March. By the end of April, that figure had fallen to 1.6 inches.
It follows that drought across Texas has also shrunk somewhat in recent weeks, but it’s still pervasive across the state. As of April 30, 75% of the state’s land area was experiencing some level of drought. Portions of North and West Texas were the only regions with normal water availability, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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All that extra rain was also accompanied by more cold fronts, bringing the average high temperature for the month closer to normal. Both February and March had a gap of over 10 degrees between the monthly average high and the 30-year normal.
April 2026 was still warmer than normal, but only by about 3 degrees. May has “equal chances” of above or below-normal temperatures, according to the Climate Prediction Center, but higher-than-usual warmth is expected to make a return by the summer.
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