Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalamazoo weather
in April.
A cool, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Kalamazoo: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th 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 Wyoming (70 km away). In April its highs average 13.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kalamazoo, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Kalamazoo ranks joint 413th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 359th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Kalamazoo is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 100 mm to 111 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
Kalamazoo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.8°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 70 | 11.3 | 9.59 h |
| February | 0.8°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 56 | 8.3 | 10.511 h |
| March | 6.8°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 68 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 13.7°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 100 | 12.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 111 | 13.0 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 110 | 11.7 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 101 | 11.3 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 97 | 11.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 79 | 9.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 87 | 11.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 71 | 10.1 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.0°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 63 | 11.1 | 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
- Wyoming in AprilUnited States · 70 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Grand Rapids in AprilUnited States · 75 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.0°C · 101 mm rain
- South Bend in AprilUnited States · 87 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Lansing in AprilUnited States · 98 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Fort Wayne in AprilUnited States · 135 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Ann Arbor in AprilUnited States · 152 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Gary in AprilUnited States · 165 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 4.9°C · 107 mm rain
- Canton (Michigan), United States in AprilUnited States · 173 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.3°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 Kalamazoo) is explained once on the Kalamazoo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.