Climate averages 1991–2020
High Peak weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in High Peak: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 57 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stockport (21 km away). In April its highs average 12.0°C, 1.5°C warmer than High Peak, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, High Peak ranks joint 138th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 137th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 12.2°C; High Peak is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 74 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
High Peak climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 80 | 14.2 | 8.18 h |
| February | 5.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 72 | 12.7 | 9.810 h |
| March | 7.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 71 | 13.2 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 10.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 73 | 13.7 | 14.014 h |
| May | 13.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 74 | 13.4 | 15.816 h |
| June | 16.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 91 | 14.7 | 16.917 h |
| July | 18.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 89 | 15.1 | 16.516 h |
| August | 17.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 91 | 14.7 | 14.815 h |
| September | 15.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 75 | 11.9 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.7°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 86 | 13.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.9°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 81 | 13.8 | 8.79 h |
| December | 5.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 88 | 14.3 | 7.68 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
- Stockport in AprilUnited Kingdom · 21 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Sheffield in AprilUnited Kingdom · 25 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Oldham in AprilUnited Kingdom · 26 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Manchester in AprilUnited Kingdom · 29 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Chesterfield in AprilUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 4.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Barnsley in AprilUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Huddersfield in AprilUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 4.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Salford in AprilUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 4.2°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 High Peak) is explained once on the High Peak year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.