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Sitka in April

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Sitka is chilly: highs near 49°F, lows near 34°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 42 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Sitka is chilly: highs near 9°C, lows near 1°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 42 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
49°F9°Caverage
Low
34°F1°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 65% of days
Daylight
14h 13mon average

Is April a good time to visit Sitka?

April sits outside Sitka's best months, which run from July to August. Expect chilly days and rain on about five 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 49°F in April, against 39°F to 65°F through the year.Highs near 9°C in April, against 4°C to 18°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

65% of days in April, against 59% to 77% through the year.

Cloud cover

70% cover in April, against 66% to 75% through the year.

Daylight

14h 13m in April, against 6h 48m to 17h 47m 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. March41°5°low 28°low -2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. April49°9°low 34°low 1°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. May56°13°low 41°low 5°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Sitka sits, in April

America/Sitka
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
5:55 AMsets 8:08 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
57.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Ketchikan297 km south-east

The land around Sitka, 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 Sitka

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 19 km north-west of Sitka. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (99 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (99 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.