Climate averages 1991–2020
Akron weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Akron: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Canton (Ohio), United States (34 km away). In April its highs average 15.4°C, about as warm as Akron, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Akron ranks joint 353rd of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 404th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Akron is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 103 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
Akron climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 80 | 11.6 | 9.610 h |
| February | 3.1°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 66 | 10.1 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.1°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 92 | 11.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.3°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 109 | 13.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 103 | 13.8 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 106 | 12.5 | 15.115 h |
| July | 27.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 89 | 12.3 | 14.815 h |
| August | 26.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 84 | 10.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 88 | 9.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.4°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 82 | 10.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 80 | 10.4 | 9.910 h |
| December | 3.5°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 81 | 10.8 | 9.39 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
- Canton (Ohio), United States in AprilUnited States · 34 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Parma, United States in AprilUnited States · 40 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.6°C · 104 mm rain
- Cleveland in AprilUnited States · 49 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.5°C · 104 mm rain
- Pittsburgh in AprilUnited States · 147 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Erie in AprilUnited States · 167 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.2°C · 109 mm rain
- Columbus in AprilUnited States · 177 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Toledo, United States in AprilUnited States · 182 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Detroit in AprilUnited States · 188 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.1°C · 91 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 Akron) is explained once on the Akron year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.