Climate averages 1991–2020
Worcester, United States weather
in April.
A cool, wet 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 Worcester, United States: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newton (49 km away). In April its highs average 13.4°C, about as warm as Worcester, United States, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Worcester, United States ranks joint 437th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 327th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Worcester, United States is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 82 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
Worcester, United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 85 | 9.8 | 9.59 h |
| February | 2.2°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 78 | 8.7 | 10.511 h |
| March | 6.4°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 107 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 13.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 95 | 11.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 82 | 10.8 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 100 | 11.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 90 | 10.6 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 97 | 10.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 92 | 8.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.4°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 99 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 86 | 9.1 | 9.810 h |
| December | 3.5°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 108 | 10.5 | 9.29 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
- Newton in AprilUnited States · 49 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Pawtucket in AprilUnited States · 55 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Lowell in AprilUnited States · 57 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Providence in AprilUnited States · 58 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Dorchester in AprilUnited States · 60 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Boston in AprilUnited States · 62 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Nashua in AprilUnited States · 62 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 94 mm rain
- Quincy in AprilUnited States · 66 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 100 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 Worcester) is explained once on the Worcester, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.