Climate averages 1991–2020
Torrance weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Torrance: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hawthorne (9 km away). In April its highs average 21.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than Torrance, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Torrance ranks joint 232nd of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 29th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Torrance is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 6.6 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
Torrance climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 68 | 5.3 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 73 | 5.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 44 | 4.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 20.4°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 16 | 2.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 21.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 6.6 | 1.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 23.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| July | 26.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 14.214 h |
| August | 27.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 3.2 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 12 | 1.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 17 | 2.6 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.6°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 47 | 4.6 | 10.010 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
- Hawthorne in AprilUnited States · 9 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Compton in AprilUnited States · 13 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Inglewood in AprilUnited States · 14 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Long Beach in AprilUnited States · 16 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Downey in AprilUnited States · 22 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Los Angeles in AprilUnited States · 26 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 19 mm rain
- East Los Angeles in AprilUnited States · 26 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Buena Park in AprilUnited States · 32 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.9°C · 18 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 Torrance) is explained once on the Torrance year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Long Beach lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.