Climate averages 1991–2020
Raleigh weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Raleigh: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a wet month (the joint 4th 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 Cary (13 km away). In April its highs average 21.0°C, about as warm as Raleigh, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Raleigh ranks joint 186th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 272nd of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Raleigh is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 90 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
Raleigh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 93 | 9.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.9°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 81 | 9.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 104 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 21.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 90 | 9.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 90 | 10.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 103 | 12.1 | 14.515 h |
| July | 31.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 116 | 15.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 111 | 12.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 120 | 10.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 79 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 85 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 90 | 9.1 | 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
- Cary in AprilUnited States · 13 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Durham in AprilUnited States · 34 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Fayetteville in AprilUnited States · 83 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Greensboro in AprilUnited States · 109 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Greenville in AprilUnited States · 116 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 80 mm rain
- High Point in AprilUnited States · 125 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in AprilUnited States · 149 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in AprilUnited States · 180 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 88 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 Raleigh) is explained once on the Raleigh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Cary lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.