Climate averages 1991–2020
Greenville weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Greenville: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Raleigh (116 km away). In April its highs average 21.4°C, about as warm as Greenville, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Greenville ranks joint 170th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 222nd of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Greenville is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 94 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
Greenville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 94 | 9.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 12.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 79 | 9.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 93 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 21.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 80 | 8.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 94 | 10.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 113 | 13.6 | 14.515 h |
| July | 30.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 136 | 16.9 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 137 | 14.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 132 | 11.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 90 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 90 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 12.6°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 90 | 9.2 | 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
- Raleigh in AprilUnited States · 116 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 10.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Cary in AprilUnited States · 129 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Suffolk in AprilUnited States · 143 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Durham in AprilUnited States · 145 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Fayetteville in AprilUnited States · 151 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in AprilUnited States · 161 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Wilmington (North Carolina), United States in AprilUnited States · 162 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Norfolk in AprilUnited States · 168 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.9°C · 84 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 Greenville) is explained once on the Greenville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.