Chapel Hill climate

Chapel Hill Weather in April

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Christiana 5W, 20.5 km from Chapel Hill

Average highs run from 65°F on April 1 to 73°F on April 30, and lows from 40°F to 48°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.02 in.

April day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Chapel Hill, in °F, with the record for each date.020406080100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

April at a glance

Average high
70°F
Average low
43°F
Precipitation
5.02 in
Record high
91°FApr 3, 2025
Record low
18°FApr 8, 2007
Chance of a freeze
88%
Daylight
12 h 36 min to 13 h 37 min
Cloud cover
60%
Humidity
80%
Dew point
51°F
Wind
7.8 mph

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Apr 165°F40°F86°F 201220°F 19230%
Apr 266°F40°F85°F 190519°F 19240%
Apr 366°F40°F91°F 202519°F 19920%
Apr 466°F40°F88°F 193422°F 19920%
Apr 567°F40°F86°F 193425°F 19440%
Apr 667°F41°F86°F 201025°F 19440%
Apr 767°F41°F85°F 201019°F 20070%
Apr 868°F41°F85°F 194818°F 20070%
Apr 968°F42°F85°F 190518°F 20070%
Apr 1068°F42°F89°F 201119°F 20220%
Apr 1169°F42°F87°F 193019°F 19890%
Apr 1269°F42°F90°F 190620°F 19890%
Apr 1369°F43°F85°F 191622°F 19400%
Apr 1470°F43°F84°F 191925°F 19070%
Apr 1570°F43°F87°F 193622°F 19660%
Apr 1670°F43°F86°F 199223°F 20080%
Apr 1770°F44°F88°F 191420°F 19960%
Apr 1871°F44°F89°F 193723°F 20010%
Apr 1971°F44°F90°F 200619°F 20130%
Apr 2071°F45°F91°F 200624°F 19830%
Apr 2171°F45°F89°F 200226°F 19830%
Apr 2272°F45°F86°F 194628°F 19780%
Apr 2372°F45°F89°F 192525°F 19860%
Apr 2472°F46°F91°F 192528°F 19860%
Apr 2572°F46°F87°F 196525°F 19100%
Apr 2673°F46°F88°F 198628°F 19190%
Apr 2773°F47°F89°F 198930°F 20010%
Apr 2873°F47°F90°F 198932°F 19100%
Apr 2973°F47°F89°F 198931°F 20080%
Apr 3073°F48°F88°F 194232°F 19690%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Chapel Hill, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.00.21102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CDT).

April 1
sunrise 6:33 AM, sunset 7:09 PM
April 30
sunrise 5:56 AM, sunset 7:33 PM

Every day of April: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00401720 (Christiana 5W), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00405187, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.