Climate averages 1991–2020
Syracuse weather
in April.
A cool, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Syracuse: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rochester (New York), United States (120 km away). In April its highs average 10.9°C, 1.8°C cooler than Syracuse, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Syracuse ranks joint 465th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 393rd of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Syracuse is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 100 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
Syracuse climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.4°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 83 | 14.1 | 9.49 h |
| February | 0.7°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 73 | 12.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 5.4°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 94 | 13.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 12.7°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 107 | 13.8 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 100 | 13.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 23.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 115 | 13.3 | 15.315 h |
| July | 26.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 111 | 13.1 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 100 | 12.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 99 | 10.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 114 | 13.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 93 | 13.9 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.5°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 96 | 14.8 | 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
- Rochester (New York), United States in AprilUnited States · 120 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Kingston, Canada in AprilCanada · 134 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 1.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Scranton in AprilUnited States · 187 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 3.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Albany (New York), United States in AprilUnited States · 200 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 2.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Cheektowaga in AprilUnited States · 213 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Amherst in AprilUnited States · 216 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 2.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Buffalo in AprilUnited States · 223 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Peterborough, Canada in AprilCanada · 223 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.2°C · 87 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 Syracuse) is explained once on the Syracuse year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.