Climate averages 1991–2020
Douglas weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Douglas: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Blackpool (101 km away). In April its highs average 10.7°C, 1.3°C warmer than Douglas, with 70 mm of rain.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 11.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Douglas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 97 | 16.5 | 8.08 h |
| February | 7.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 76 | 14.3 | 9.710 h |
| March | 8.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 70 | 12.9 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 9.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 59 | 11.7 | 14.014 h |
| May | 11.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 56 | 11.2 | 16.016 h |
| June | 13.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 64 | 10.7 | 17.117 h |
| July | 15.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 67 | 12.2 | 16.617 h |
| August | 16.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 78 | 12.9 | 14.915 h |
| September | 15.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 85 | 13.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 13.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 117 | 16.1 | 10.611 h |
| November | 10.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 125 | 18.5 | 8.69 h |
| December | 8.9°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 114 | 18.2 | 7.57 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Blackpool in AprilUnited Kingdom · 101 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 5.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Belfast in AprilUnited Kingdom · 106 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 5.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Fylde in AprilUnited Kingdom · 108 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Lisburn in AprilUnited Kingdom · 109 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Southport in AprilUnited Kingdom · 112 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 5.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Preston in AprilUnited Kingdom · 124 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Liverpool in AprilUnited Kingdom · 129 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Carlisle in AprilUnited Kingdom · 130 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 66 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 Douglas) is explained once on the Douglas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.