Climate averages 1991–2020
Yakima weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Yakima: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tri-Cities (108 km away). In April its highs average 19.3°C, 3.6°C warmer than Yakima, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Yakima ranks joint 345th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 41st of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Yakima is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 18 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
Yakima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 58 | 10.9 | 9.09 h |
| February | 6.0°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 42 | 7.5 | 10.310 h |
| March | 10.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 33 | 7.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 19 | 4.7 | 13.514 h |
| May | 21.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 18 | 4.3 | 15.015 h |
| June | 25.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 9.5 | 2.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 31.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 3.3 | 0.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 30.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 14.214 h |
| September | 24.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 8.4 | 1.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 30 | 5.5 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 52 | 9.0 | 9.59 h |
| December | 2.5°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 66 | 11.0 | 8.69 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
- Tri-Cities in AprilUnited States · 108 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 6.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Kennewick in AprilUnited States · 114 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Auburn in AprilUnited States · 152 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Kent in AprilUnited States · 157 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Federal Way in AprilUnited States · 159 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 4.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Renton in AprilUnited States · 162 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Tacoma in AprilUnited States · 164 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 99 mm rain
- Bellevue in AprilUnited States · 170 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 113 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 Yakima) is explained once on the Yakima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.