Harpen Weather in April
Harpen in April
The short of it: Harpen in April averages a high of 15 °C (60 °F) and a low of 5 °C (42 °F), with 53 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 13 h 47 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 5° · rain 53 mm · daylight 13 h 47 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Harpen an average April high of 15°, a low of 5° and some 53 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from March to about 15°, with nights near 5°. It is the driest month of the year, only 53 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 13 h 47 min in mid-April, 125 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 May and June.
Against its neighbours, Harpen runs cooler than most and wetter than most in April. Bochum, 5 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
April in Harpen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 5° warmer, 15 mm less rain
- Versus May
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BochumNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 5 km WSW | 16° | 5° | 53 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 6 km NW | 16° | 6° | 51 mm |
| Castrop-RauxelNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 7 km NNE | 16° | 5° | 49 mm |
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 8 km SE | 15° | 5° | 54 mm |
| WattenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km W | 16° | 6° | 52 mm |
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km E | 16° | 5° | 48 mm |
| HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km SSW | 15° | 5° | 56 mm |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km W | 16° | 6° | 48 mm |