Climate averages 1991–2020
Grande Prairie weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Grande Prairie: daytime highs average 8.9°C and nights cool to about -2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prince George (290 km away). In April its highs average 10.5°C, 1.6°C warmer than Grande Prairie, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Grande Prairie ranks 73rd of 86 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 86 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 86 cities is 10.3°C; Grande Prairie is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.0°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Grande Prairie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.1°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 28 | 7.7 | 7.88 h |
| February | -4.7°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 16 | 4.8 | 9.610 h |
| March | 0.3°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 21 | 6.1 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 8.9°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 25 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.9°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 40 | 7.5 | 16.116 h |
| June | 19.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 73 | 11.3 | 17.317 h |
| July | 21.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 77 | 11.8 | 16.817 h |
| August | 21.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 47 | 8.9 | 15.015 h |
| September | 16.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 40 | 7.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.3°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 35 | 7.3 | 10.511 h |
| November | -1.5°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 31 | 8.3 | 8.48 h |
| December | -6.9°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 22 | 6.2 | 7.37 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Prince George in AprilCanada · 290 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -0.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Edmonton in AprilCanada · 389 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -1.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Sherwood Park in AprilCanada · 400 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -2.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Red Deer in AprilCanada · 460 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -2.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Kamloops in AprilCanada · 511 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Airdrie in AprilCanada · 534 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -2.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Calgary in AprilCanada · 555 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low -2.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Kelowna in AprilCanada · 589 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 43 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Grande Prairie) is explained once on the Grande Prairie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.