Dover Weather in April
Dover in April
The short of it: Dover in April averages a high of 7 °C (44 °F) and a low of -2 °C (28 °F), with 74 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 13 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 7° · low -2° · rain 74 mm · daylight 13 h 38 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Dover an average April high of 7°, a low of -2° and some 74 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from March to about 7°, with nights near -2°. It is the driest month of the year, only 74 mm of rain. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 13 h 38 min in mid-April, 114 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates April 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Dover runs about middling and drier than most in April. Hare Bay, 4 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
April in Dover, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 5° warmer, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus May
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 20 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hare BayNewfoundland and Labrador | 4 km WSW | 7° | -2° | 74 mm |
| Centreville-Wareham-TrinityNewfoundland and Labrador | 17 km NNE | 6° | -3° | 75 mm |
| GamboNewfoundland and Labrador | 21 km WSW | 6° | -2° | 71 mm |
| GlovertownNewfoundland and Labrador | 21 km SSW | 7° | -2° | 78 mm |
| New-Wes-ValleyNewfoundland and Labrador | 43 km NE | 8° | -3° | 78 mm |
| GanderNewfoundland and Labrador | 49 km WNW | 6° | -2° | 84 mm |
| MusgravetownNewfoundland and Labrador | 52 km S | 6° | -2° | 90 mm |
| BloomfieldNewfoundland and Labrador | 54 km S | 6° | -2° | 90 mm |