Climate averages 1991–2020
Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Crewe (20 km away). In April its highs average 12.1°C, about as warm as Stoke-on-Trent, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Stoke-on-Trent ranks joint 96th of 143 for the warmest April highs and joint 95th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 12.2°C; Stoke-on-Trent is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 60 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
Stoke-on-Trent climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 61 | 12.7 | 8.28 h |
| February | 7.1°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 53 | 11.6 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 56 | 11.8 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 11.9°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 58 | 12.5 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.0°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 60 | 12.0 | 15.816 h |
| June | 17.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 69 | 12.0 | 16.817 h |
| July | 19.6°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 70 | 12.8 | 16.416 h |
| August | 19.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 68 | 12.4 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 61 | 11.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 70 | 12.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.2°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 67 | 12.9 | 8.79 h |
| December | 6.7°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 69 | 13.1 | 7.78 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
- Crewe in AprilUnited Kingdom · 20 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 4.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Stafford in AprilUnited Kingdom · 23 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 4.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Cannock in AprilUnited Kingdom · 36 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Telford in AprilUnited Kingdom · 41 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Burton upon Trent in AprilUnited Kingdom · 42 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Stockport in AprilUnited Kingdom · 45 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 66 mm rain
- High Peak in AprilUnited Kingdom · 46 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 3.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Wolverhampton in AprilUnited Kingdom · 47 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.1°C · 56 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 Stoke-on-Trent) is explained once on the Stoke-on-Trent year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.