Climate averages 1991–2020
Racine weather
in April.
A cold, wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cold month in Racine: daytime highs average 7.4°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kenosha (16 km away). In April its highs average 7.5°C, about as warm as Racine, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Racine ranks 496th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 418th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Racine is 12.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 13.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 111 mm to 90 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
Racine climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.6°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 63 | 9.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | -1.1°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 55 | 7.5 | 10.511 h |
| March | 2.6°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 66 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 7.4°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 111 | 11.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 13.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 90 | 10.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 20.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 80 | 10.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 24.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 73 | 9.8 | 15.015 h |
| August | 24.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 93 | 10.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 20.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 81 | 9.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.2°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 92 | 10.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 78 | 9.8 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.6°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 68 | 9.5 | 9.19 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
- Kenosha in AprilUnited States · 16 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Milwaukee in AprilUnited States · 36 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 3.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Waukegan in AprilUnited States · 41 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 3.6°C · 121 mm rain
- Waukesha in AprilUnited States · 48 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Arlington Heights in AprilUnited States · 73 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Evanston in AprilUnited States · 77 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 108 mm rain
- Schaumburg in AprilUnited States · 81 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 110 mm rain
- Elgin in AprilUnited States · 87 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 114 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 Racine) is explained once on the Racine year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.