Climate averages 1991–2020
Lynchburg weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Lynchburg: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roanoke (72 km away). In April its highs average 19.3°C, about as warm as Lynchburg, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lynchburg ranks joint 252nd of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 292nd of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Lynchburg is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 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
Lynchburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 94 | 8.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.4°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 81 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 105 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 19.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 92 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 88 | 11.3 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 84 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 82 | 12.3 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 74 | 9.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 104 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 86 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 86 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 9.0°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 96 | 8.3 | 9.610 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
- Roanoke in AprilUnited States · 72 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Richmond in AprilUnited States · 149 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 82 mm rain
- Durham in AprilUnited States · 159 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Greensboro in AprilUnited States · 160 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in AprilUnited States · 176 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 93 mm rain
- High Point in AprilUnited States · 179 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Cary in AprilUnited States · 183 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Raleigh in AprilUnited States · 188 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 10.5°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 Lynchburg) is explained once on the Lynchburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.