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Sierra City in April

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Sierra City is cool: highs near 57°F, lows near 30°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Sierra City is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
57°F14°Caverage
Low
30°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 38% of days
Daylight
13h 13mon average

Is April a good time to visit Sierra City?

April sits outside Sierra City's best months, which run in two parts: June, or September to October. Expect cool days and rain or snow on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 57°F in April, against 48°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in April, against 9°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

38% of days in April, against 9% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

52% cover in April, against 16% to 63% through the year.

Daylight

13h 13m in April, against 9h 25m to 14h 55m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. March52°11°low 27°low -3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. April57°14°low 30°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. May67°19°low 38°low 3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Sierra City sits, in April

America/Los Angeles
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:27 AMsets 7:39 PM
Above the sea
1,292 mupland
Latitude
39.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Olympic Valley54 km south-east

The land around Sierra City, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Sierra City

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sierra City. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,292 m) against the climate model's (1,905 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,292 m) against the climate model's (1,905 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.