Climate averages 1991–2020
Meads 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 Meads: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lexington (162 km away). In April its highs average 18.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Meads, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Meads ranks joint 266th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 399th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Meads is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 119 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
Meads climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 90 | 10.7 | 9.810 h |
| February | 8.0°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 91 | 10.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 13.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 110 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 19.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 108 | 12.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 119 | 12.8 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 113 | 13.4 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 109 | 13.2 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 84 | 11.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 91 | 8.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 80 | 8.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 85 | 9.0 | 10.110 h |
| December | 7.7°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 95 | 10.3 | 9.510 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
- Lexington in AprilUnited States · 162 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 125 mm rain
- Columbus in AprilUnited States · 174 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Cincinnati in AprilUnited States · 176 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Dayton in AprilUnited States · 197 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Louisville in AprilUnited States · 267 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 127 mm rain
- Roanoke in AprilUnited States · 274 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Canton (Ohio), United States in AprilUnited States · 289 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Knoxville in AprilUnited States · 293 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 109 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 Meads) is explained once on the Meads year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.