Climate averages 1991–2020
Visalia weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 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 Visalia: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fresno (63 km away). In April its highs average 23.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than Visalia, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Visalia ranks joint 168th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 132nd of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Visalia is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 23 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
Visalia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 92 | 8.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 89 | 9.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 87 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 21.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 44 | 5.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 23 | 3.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 6.6 | 1.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 36.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 36.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13.514 h |
| September | 32.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 24 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.6°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 44 | 5.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.9°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 74 | 7.5 | 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
- Fresno in AprilUnited States · 63 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Clovis in AprilUnited States · 66 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Bakersfield in AprilUnited States · 109 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Merced in AprilUnited States · 151 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Santa Maria, United States in AprilUnited States · 185 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Turlock in AprilUnited States · 189 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 9.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Lancaster in AprilUnited States · 209 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Modesto in AprilUnited States · 210 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 36 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 Visalia) is explained once on the Visalia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.