Climate averages 1991–2020
Carlisle weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Carlisle: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newcastle upon Tyne (85 km away). In April its highs average 10.7°C, about as warm as Carlisle, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Carlisle ranks joint 123rd of 143 for the warmest April highs and joint 124th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 12.2°C; Carlisle is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 69 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
Carlisle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 95 | 14.9 | 7.98 h |
| February | 6.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 82 | 13.4 | 9.610 h |
| March | 8.4°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 69 | 13.1 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 11.1°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 66 | 13.3 | 14.114 h |
| May | 14.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 69 | 13.3 | 16.116 h |
| June | 16.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 77 | 13.9 | 17.217 h |
| July | 18.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 81 | 15.3 | 16.717 h |
| August | 17.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 88 | 15.3 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 70 | 12.5 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.1°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 90 | 14.0 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.5°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 89 | 14.9 | 8.58 h |
| December | 6.1°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 100 | 14.8 | 7.37 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
- Newcastle upon Tyne in AprilUnited Kingdom · 85 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.3°C · 51 mm rain
- South Shields in AprilUnited Kingdom · 97 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Darlington in AprilUnited Kingdom · 98 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Sunderland in AprilUnited Kingdom · 99 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 4.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Stockton-on-Tees in AprilUnited Kingdom · 110 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 4.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Hartlepool in AprilUnited Kingdom · 113 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Middlesbrough in AprilUnited Kingdom · 115 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Fylde in AprilUnited Kingdom · 118 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 70 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 Carlisle) is explained once on the Carlisle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.