Weather in Anchorage in April 2025
- April is usually the driest month of the year in Anchorage
Average weather
Average temperature in Anchorage in April
The temperature in April is +5°C on average, with a range between a maximum of +11°C during the day and a minimum of -11°C at night.
The average maximum temperature goes up 32% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +2°C to +9°C.
Is Anchorage warm or cold in April?
Anchorage is typically cool in April.
Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +1°C to +7°C. The minimum temperature also goes up from -7°C to -1°C.
Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.
Take a look at how April is compared to other months in Anchorage:
Climate in Anchorage in April
| March | April | May | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +1°C | +7°C | +14°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -30°C | -20°C | -4°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +11°C | +22°C | +25°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 12 mm | 28 mm | 69 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 2 m/s | 2 m/s | 3 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 75% | 74% | 74% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1006 HPa | 1008 HPa | 1011 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 7 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 10 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 2 | 6 | 14 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 12 | 7 | 1 | ||||
April weather is still as ok as in March. It’s getting warmer as April arrives. The average maximum temperature goes up from +1°C to +7°C during the day. Prepare for more rain. Average rainfall goes from 12 mm to 28 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 75% to 74%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during April, staying around 2 m/s. The days becoming less sunny, going from 7 sunny days in March to 6 in April.
May brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 3 m/s getting up to 5 m/s which is a light breeze; barely moving the tree leaves.
The average wind speed in Anchorage is gradually increasing during April, going from 3 m/s to 4 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
Here’s how April is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last April in Anchorage?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Anchorage in April has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1983 (+5°C) and the highest in 2016 (+9°C). The driest year was 1996 with only 360 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2020 with 8052 mm.
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Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Anchorage, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2022.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.