Climate averages 1991–2020
Greensboro weather
in April.
A mild, moderately 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 mild month in Greensboro: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is High Point (23 km away). In April its highs average 20.4°C, about as warm as Greensboro, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Greensboro ranks joint 232nd 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; Greensboro is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 88 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
Greensboro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 93 | 9.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 81 | 8.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 108 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 20.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 89 | 9.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 88 | 11.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 98 | 13.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 101 | 14.6 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 97 | 11.9 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 105 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 80 | 7.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 83 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 91 | 9.0 | 9.810 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
- High Point in AprilUnited States · 23 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in AprilUnited States · 41 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Durham in AprilUnited States · 81 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Cary in AprilUnited States · 96 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in AprilUnited States · 103 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Raleigh in AprilUnited States · 109 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 10.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Charlotte in AprilUnited States · 134 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Roanoke in AprilUnited States · 134 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 90 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 Greensboro) is explained once on the Greensboro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.