Climate averages 1991–2020
Erie weather
in April.
A cool, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Erie: daytime highs average 10.9°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brantford (113 km away). In April its highs average 12.2°C, 1.3°C warmer than Erie, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Erie ranks joint 489th 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; Erie is 8.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 17.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 98 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
Erie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 112 | 16.6 | 9.59 h |
| February | 0.5°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 78 | 12.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 4.3°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 93 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 10.9°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 109 | 13.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 17.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 98 | 12.6 | 14.515 h |
| June | 23.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 115 | 13.1 | 15.215 h |
| July | 25.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 121 | 13.4 | 14.915 h |
| August | 24.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 111 | 12.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 106 | 11.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 125 | 14.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 123 | 15.5 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.9°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 129 | 17.8 | 9.29 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
- Brantford in AprilCanada · 113 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 1.9°C · 87 mm rain
- Stoney Creek in AprilCanada · 124 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Hamilton in AprilCanada · 126 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Buffalo in AprilUnited States · 130 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.9°C · 95 mm rain
- London, Canada in AprilCanada · 134 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 93 mm rain
- St. Catharines in AprilCanada · 135 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.0°C · 97 mm rain
- Niagara Falls in AprilCanada · 136 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Cambridge, Canada in AprilCanada · 138 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 87 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 Erie) is explained once on the Erie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.