Climate averages 1991–2020
Redding weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Redding: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 16 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chico (106 km away). In April its highs average 21.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Redding, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Redding ranks joint 241st of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 320th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Redding is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 58 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
Redding climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 236 | 12.5 | 9.610 h |
| February | 14.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 218 | 11.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 16.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 189 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 20.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 94 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 26.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 58 | 6.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 32.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 24 | 2.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 36.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 2.3 | 0.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 35.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 4.9 | 0.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 32.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 13 | 1.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 24.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 70 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 142 | 8.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 11.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 253 | 12.9 | 9.39 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
- Chico in AprilUnited States · 106 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 8.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Medford in AprilUnited States · 198 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 99 mm rain
- Roseville in AprilUnited States · 225 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Citrus Heights in AprilUnited States · 230 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Sacramento in AprilUnited States · 236 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Folsom in AprilUnited States · 236 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Arden-Arcade in AprilUnited States · 237 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Santa Rosa, United States in AprilUnited States · 240 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 7.8°C · 49 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 Redding) is explained once on the Redding year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.