Climate averages 1991–2020
Reno weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry 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 cool month in Reno: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Folsom (151 km away). In April its highs average 20.8°C, 6.5°C warmer than Reno, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Reno ranks joint 381st of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 94th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Reno is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 31 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
Reno climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.9°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 67 | 8.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 6.4°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 60 | 8.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.0°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 56 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.4°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 32 | 6.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.6°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 31 | 6.8 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 15 | 3.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 32.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 8.9 | 2.7 | 14.715 h |
| August | 31.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 7.7 | 2.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 9.4 | 2.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 24 | 3.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 34 | 5.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | 4.7°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 64 | 7.6 | 9.49 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
- Folsom in AprilUnited States · 151 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Roseville in AprilUnited States · 154 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Citrus Heights in AprilUnited States · 156 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Rancho Cordova in AprilUnited States · 166 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Arden-Arcade in AprilUnited States · 170 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Chico in AprilUnited States · 175 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 8.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Sacramento in AprilUnited States · 179 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Elk Grove in AprilUnited States · 183 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.0°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 Reno) is explained once on the Reno year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.