Average temperature in April is 6.5 °C
Average daytime temperature is 8.6 °C
Average night temperature is 4.6 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 12.7 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 0.2 °C
Number of sunny days: 9
Number of rainy days: 21
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 68 mm
* Weather data for Lerwick United Kingdom is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| April (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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| Maximum temperature | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 7.8 | 9 | 9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10.5 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 12.7 | 9.2 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6 | 5.8 |
| Apparent max temperature | 5.4 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 5 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 3 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 8.2 | 12.4 | 4.5 | -1 | -1.7 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| Mean temperature | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| Apparent mean temperature | 0.3 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | -2.4 | 1 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | -1 | -3.2 | -4.1 | -4.1 | -3 | -3.4 | -2.8 | -2.6 | -1.7 |
| Minimum temperature | 3.6 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 7.1 | 5.6 | 6 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 2 | 3.3 |
| Apparent min temperature | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2 | 3 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 3 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 2.5 | -2.1 | -3 | -2 | -1.1 | 0.5 | -0.1 | -0.8 | 0.6 |
| April | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.9 | 15 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 15.7 | 15.8 | 15.9 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 8.8 | 6.9 | 11 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 12.3 | 8.2 | 4 | 12.2 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 11.5 | 13.1 | 6.7 | 9.4 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 0 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 14 | 2.8 | 10.1 | 0 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 15 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 1 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 8.5 | 0.4 | 14.3 |
| Precipitation hours | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 17 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 13.4 | 23.8 | 27.1 | 26.8 | 38.2 | 31.3 | 18.5 | 29.7 | 30.6 | 36.8 | 21.5 | 47.7 | 25.9 | 30.9 | 21.4 | 28.4 | 22.8 | 17.2 | 11.8 | 19.5 | 9.2 | 39.1 | 46.9 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 19.4 | 31 | 24.3 | 28.8 |
In April 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Lerwick was 12.7°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 0.2°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during April in Lerwick are 4.6°C and 8.6°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in April is about 68 mm.