Climate averages 1991–2020
Flint weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Flint: daytime highs average 13.2°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Waterford (42 km away). In April its highs average 13.1°C, about as warm as Flint, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Flint ranks joint 441st of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 262nd of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Flint is 6.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 92 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
Flint 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-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 59 | 9.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 0.4°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 50 | 7.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 6.1°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 57 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 13.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 89 | 11.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 92 | 11.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 91 | 10.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 75 | 10.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 76 | 10.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 72 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.1°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 74 | 10.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.7°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 63 | 9.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.6°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 54 | 9.5 | 9.19 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
- Waterford in AprilUnited States · 42 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 2.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Rochester Hills in AprilUnited States · 59 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Troy in AprilUnited States · 63 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Farmington Hills in AprilUnited States · 64 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Shelby in AprilUnited States · 66 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Southfield in AprilUnited States · 71 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Sterling Heights in AprilUnited States · 72 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Livonia in AprilUnited States · 77 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.6°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 Flint) is explained once on the Flint year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.