Climate averages 1991–2020
Sherbrooke weather
in April.
A cool, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Sherbrooke: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (107 km away). In April its highs average 10.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than Sherbrooke, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Sherbrooke ranks joint 61st of 86 for the warmest April highs and joint 60th of 86 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 86 cities is 10.3°C; Sherbrooke is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.6°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 117 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
Sherbrooke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.7°C-14.5°C | -14.5°C | 76 | 12.2 | 9.29 h |
| February | -3.1°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 64 | 10.5 | 10.410 h |
| March | 2.2°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 79 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 9.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 99 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| May | 17.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 117 | 14.1 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.8°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 131 | 14.1 | 15.616 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 126 | 15.2 | 15.315 h |
| August | 23.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 123 | 13.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 19.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 106 | 11.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 119 | 13.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 91 | 13.3 | 9.610 h |
| December | -1.3°C-9.4°C | -9.4°C | 92 | 13.7 | 8.89 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
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in AprilCanada · 107 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Trois-Rivières in AprilCanada · 116 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -0.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Longueuil in AprilCanada · 123 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Repentigny in AprilCanada · 127 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 0.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in AprilCanada · 130 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Montréal in AprilCanada · 132 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -0.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension in AprilCanada · 134 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 0.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Terrebonne in AprilCanada · 140 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 0.6°C · 103 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 Sherbrooke) is explained once on the Sherbrooke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.