Climate averages 1991–2020
Roanoke 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 Roanoke: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lynchburg (72 km away). In April its highs average 19.7°C, about as warm as Roanoke, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Roanoke ranks joint 262nd 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; Roanoke is level with that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 95 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
Roanoke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 83 | 8.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.0°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 75 | 8.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 102 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 19.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 90 | 10.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 95 | 12.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 91 | 11.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 83 | 11.6 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 76 | 9.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 102 | 9.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 79 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.5°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 76 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 8.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 84 | 8.3 | 9.710 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
- Lynchburg in AprilUnited States · 72 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 8.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in AprilUnited States · 133 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Greensboro in AprilUnited States · 134 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- High Point in AprilUnited States · 146 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Durham in AprilUnited States · 170 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Cary in AprilUnited States · 194 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Raleigh in AprilUnited States · 203 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 10.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in AprilUnited States · 215 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 Roanoke) is explained once on the Roanoke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.