Cranbrook Weather in April
Cranbrook in April
The short of it: Cranbrook in April averages a high of 12 °C (53 °F) and a low of -1 °C (30 °F), with 33 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 13 h 40 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low -1° · rain 33 mm · daylight 13 h 40 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & September
Thirty years of records give Cranbrook an average April high of 12°, a low of -1° and some 33 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from March to about 12°, with nights near -1°. Rain is modest, about 33 mm, the 8th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 40 min in mid-April, 116 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 July and September.
Against its neighbours, Cranbrook runs about middling and drier than most in April. Kimberley, 24 km to the NW, is 1° cooler by day.
April in Cranbrook, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 5° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus May
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KimberleyBritish Columbia | 24 km NW | 11° | -2° | 39 mm |
| JaffrayBritish Columbia | 36 km ESE | 13° | -1° | 39 mm |
| FernieBritish Columbia | 51 km E | 11° | -2° | 68 mm |
| WynndelBritish Columbia | 67 km WSW | 14° | 1° | 43 mm |
| SparwoodBritish Columbia | 69 km ENE | 9° | -3° | 46 mm |
| CrestonBritish Columbia | 69 km SW | 15° | 2° | 41 mm |
| Canal FlatsBritish Columbia | 72 km N | 13° | -1° | 32 mm |
| ElkfordBritish Columbia | 83 km NE | 7° | -4° | 47 mm |