Polotsk Weather in April
Polotsk in April
The short of it: Polotsk in April averages a high of 12 °C (53 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 36 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 14 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 2° · rain 36 mm · daylight 14 h 4 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Polotsk an average April high of 12°, a low of 2° and some 36 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 8° from March to about 12°, with nights near 2°. It is the driest month of the year, only 36 mm of rain. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 4 min in mid-April, 145 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates April 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Polotsk runs warmer than most and drier than most in April. Novopolotsk, 13 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
April in Polotsk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 8° warmer, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus May
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NovopolotskVitebsk | 13 km WNW | 11° | 2° | 36 mm |
| UshachiVitebsk | 36 km SSW | 12° | 2° | 37 mm |
| DzisnaVitebsk | 37 km WNW | 12° | 2° | 37 mm |
| YaznoVitebsk | 40 km W | 12° | 2° | 38 mm |
| RossonyVitebsk | 47 km N | 11° | 1° | 36 mm |
| ShumilinoVitebsk | 56 km ESE | 12° | 2° | 34 mm |
| VerkhnedvinskVitebsk | 62 km WNW | 12° | 2° | 36 mm |
| BeshenkovichiVitebsk | 65 km SE | 12° | 2° | 35 mm |