Climate averages 1991–2020
Alexandria, United States weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Alexandria, United States: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arlington (Virginia), United States (10 km away). In April its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Alexandria, United States, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Alexandria, United States ranks joint 280th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 243rd of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Alexandria, United States is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 91 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
Alexandria, United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 77 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| February | 7.9°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 72 | 8.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 12.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 98 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 85 | 9.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 91 | 11.1 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 89 | 10.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 96 | 11.9 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 89 | 9.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 106 | 9.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 85 | 7.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 73 | 7.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | 8.2°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 87 | 8.8 | 9.510 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
- Arlington (Virginia), United States in AprilUnited States · 10 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Washington in AprilUnited States · 10 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Silver Spring in AprilUnited States · 21 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Centreville in AprilUnited States · 33 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 86 mm rain
- Germantown in AprilUnited States · 45 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Columbia (Maryland), United States in AprilUnited States · 52 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Baltimore in AprilUnited States · 66 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.0°C · 97 mm rain
- Richmond in AprilUnited States · 144 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 82 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 Alexandria) is explained once on the Alexandria, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.