Climate averages 1991–2020
East Hampton weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in East Hampton: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newport News (11 km away). In April its highs average 19.9°C, 0.9°C warmer than East Hampton, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, East Hampton ranks 273rd of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 231st of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; East Hampton is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 90 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
East Hampton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 91 | 9.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 10.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 83 | 9.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.5°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 101 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 19.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 82 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 90 | 10.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 82 | 10.6 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 106 | 13.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 100 | 11.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 110 | 10.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 98 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 89 | 8.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 10.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 94 | 9.4 | 9.710 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
- Newport News in AprilUnited States · 11 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 83 mm rain
- Norfolk in AprilUnited States · 22 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in AprilUnited States · 24 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Virginia Beach in AprilUnited States · 38 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Suffolk in AprilUnited States · 41 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Richmond in AprilUnited States · 115 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 82 mm rain
- Greenville in AprilUnited States · 184 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in AprilUnited States · 206 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 85 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 East Hampton) is explained once on the East Hampton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.