Detmold Weather in April
Detmold in April
The short of it: Detmold in April averages a high of 14 °C (57 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 51 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 49 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 5° · rain 51 mm · daylight 13 h 49 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Detmold an average April high of 14°, a low of 5° and some 51 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from March to about 14°, with nights near 5°. It is the driest month of the year, only 51 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 13 h 49 min in mid-April, 127 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates April 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Detmold runs cooler than most and wetter than most in April. Lage, 8 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
April in Detmold, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 5° warmer, 21 mm less rain
- Versus May
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 49 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LageNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 8 km NW | 15° | 5° | 48 mm |
| LemgoNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km N | 15° | 5° | 47 mm |
| Bad SalzuflenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km NNW | 15° | 5° | 46 mm |
| HerfordNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 24 km NW | 15° | 5° | 46 mm |
| BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 26 km WNW | 15° | 5° | 47 mm |
| PaderbornNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 26 km SSW | 15° | 5° | 52 mm |
| DelbrückNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 29 km SW | 15° | 5° | 46 mm |
| Bad OeynhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 30 km N | 15° | 5° | 44 mm |