Climate averages 1991–2020
Bloomington (Indiana), United States weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Bloomington (Indiana), United States: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Indianapolis (74 km away). In April its highs average 16.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Bloomington (Indiana), United States, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Bloomington (Indiana), United States ranks joint 302nd of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 485th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Bloomington (Indiana), United States is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 128 mm to 130 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
Bloomington (Indiana), United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 87 | 9.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.7°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 74 | 8.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.3°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 101 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.6°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 128 | 12.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 130 | 13.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 111 | 11.9 | 14.915 h |
| July | 29.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 88 | 11.4 | 14.615 h |
| August | 28.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 79 | 8.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 73 | 7.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 83 | 8.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 92 | 8.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.2°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 86 | 10.1 | 9.59 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
- Indianapolis in AprilUnited States · 74 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Carmel in AprilUnited States · 97 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Fishers in AprilUnited States · 98 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Louisville in AprilUnited States · 121 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 127 mm rain
- Lafayette (Indiana), United States in AprilUnited States · 142 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 5.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Muncie in AprilUnited States · 150 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Evansville in AprilUnited States · 160 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Cincinnati in AprilUnited States · 174 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 118 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 Bloomington) is explained once on the Bloomington (Indiana), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.