Grand Rapids, MI: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 51.7°F in Grand Rapids, MI, the warmest April since 2017, tied 9th warmest of 131 (with 1985).

April 2026

Mean temperature: 51.7°F; Warmest since 2017; 9th warmest of 131
Precipitation: 7.85 in; Wettest since 2013; 3rd wettest of 130

A normal April in Grand Rapids, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 47.6°F, between 43.9°F and 50.6°F in eight years of ten and 3.83 in of precipitation, between 2.05 in and 6.31 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Grand Rapids, MI since 1894: 51.7°F in 2026; the highest is 53.8°F, in 1915.

Normal range, 43.9 to 50.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April in Grand Rapids, MI from 1893 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	51.7	9	62.1	12	41.2	7	7.85	3	0
2025	48.1	42	59.4	33	36.8	62	2.77	72	0
2024	50.7	12	60.4	27	41	8	2.67	75	0
2023	49.3	26	59.9	31	38.7	25	3.13	61	0
2022	43.6	110	52.1	117	35.1	92	5.19	13	0
2021	48.5	35	59	41	37.9	41	1.91	113	0
2020	44.2	99	54	97	34.3	103	4.09	35	0
2019	47.7	46	57.3	60	38	37	4.05	38	0
2018	40.1	128	49.3	129	30.8	128	2.85	71	0
2017	51.9	6	62.1	12	41.7	4	6.27	7	0
2016	46	75	56	73	36	73	3.92	43	0
2015	47.7	46	59.4	33	36	73	4.07	36	0
2014	47.6	49	59	41	36.2	67	2.62	80	0
2013	44.6	92	53.5	102	35.7	82	11.10	1	0
2012	48.3	37	59.1	38	37.5	50	3.09	63	0
2011	46.6	69	55.6	80	37.6	48	7.19	4	0
2010	53.7	2	65.7	1	41.6	6	3.81	48	0
2009	47.5	53	57.6	58	37.3	52	5.56	11	0
2008	50.5	17	62.2	11	38.8	23	3.56	52	0
2007	45.1	87	54.5	90	35.7	82	4.27	30	0
2006	50.6	15	62	14	39.2	17	2.22	99	0
2005	50.5	17	62.5	10	38.6	28	0.77	128	0
2004	49.9	23	61.6	15	38.2	32	2.04	107	0
2003	45.7	80	56.7	66	34.7	98	2.96	66	0
2002	46.9	62	56	73	37.9	41	3.72	49	0
2001	50	22	61.2	21	38.7	25	2.05	106	0
2000	45.9	76	55.7	77	36	73	4.35	29	0
1999	48.8	30	59.4	33	38.2	32	6.69	5	0
1998	48.6	33	58.9	44	38.3	29	2.75	73	0
1997	44.1	100	55	86	33.2	117	1.70	119	0
1996	42.9	113	53	109	32.9	120	2.41	90	0
1995	42.8	114	52.3	115	33.2	117	3.85	45	0
1994	47.8	45	59	41	36.7	63	3.25	58	0
1993	44	102	53.6	100	34.3	103	4.93	16	0
1992	44	102	52.1	117	35.8	78	3.98	41	0
1991	50.7	12	60.8	24	40.7	10	5.58	10	0
1990	47.7	46	57.9	55	37.4	51	2.23	97	0
1989	43.9	106	53.6	100	34.1	108	1.79	116	0
1988	47.1	58	58.3	51	35.8	78	3.11	62	0
1987	50.1	20	61.2	21	39	19	2.40	91	0
1986	49.7	25	61.1	23	38.2	32	2.58	82	0
1985	51.7	9	61.6	15	41.7	4	2.54	84	0
1984	47.3	55	56.7	66	37.9	41	2.10	104	0
1983	42.6	118	52.7	111	32.5	122	5.06	15	0
1982	41.8	123	53.1	108	30.4	131	2.11	103	0
1981	47.3	55	58.3	51	36.2	67	6.11	8	0
1980	47	61	56.3	71	37.6	48	3.64	50	0
1979	44.5	95	54.1	96	34.9	94	3.56	52	0
1978	45.3	85	56.9	63	33.7	112	2.55	83	0
1977	52	5	64.6	4	39.5	14	4.04	39	0
1976	48.2	39	60.5	26	35.8	78	4.75	22	0
1975	39.8	129	49	130	30.5	129	4.07	36	0
1974	47.2	57	58.2	53	36.2	67	2.93	69	0
1973	46.8	64	56.3	71	37.2	55	3.47	54	0
1972	42.3	119	52.5	112	32.1	125	3.85	45	0
1971	43.8	108	55.7	77	32	126	2.27	95	0
1970	46.8	64	56.7	66	36.9	61	3.27	57	0
1969	46.4	70	58	54	34.8	97	5.16	14	0
1968	48.7	31	60.4	27	37.1	58	2.40	91	0
1967	46.3	72	56.7	66	36	73	4.27	30	0
1966	43.7	109	53.5	102	34	109	4.62	24	0
1965	42.8	114	52.4	113	33.1	119	2.49	86	0
1964	48.2	39	58.5	48	37.9	41	5.28	12	0
1963	47.6	49	58.7	47	36.5	66	3.84	47	0
1962	45.9	76	56.8	65	34.9	94	2.66	77	0
1961	42.3	119	51	125	33.5	114	3.98	41	0
1960	48.9	29	58.8	45	39	19	2.64	79	0
1959	45.5	84	54.9	87	36	73	4.80	19	0
1958	47.5	53	59.3	36	35.7	82	2.92	70	0
1957	47.1	58	55.8	76	38.3	29	4.55	25	0
1956	43.9	106	54.5	90	33.4	115	4.39	27	0
1955	52.8	3	64.7	3	40.9	9	1.96	110	0
1954	49	28	60.2	29	37.8	47	3.36	55	0
1953	42.8	114	51.8	120	33.8	111	2.42	89	0
1952	47.6	49	59.3	36	35.8	78	2.70	74	0
1951	44.6	92	53.5	102	35.7	82	4.25	32	0
1950	39.6	130	48.6	132	30.5	129	4.93	16	0
1949	46.1	73	58.5	48	33.7	112	1.95	111	0
1948	50.1	20	61.3	19	39	19	4.65	23	0
1947	44	102	53.4	106	34.7	98	6.33	6	0
1946	46.9	62	59.6	32	34.2	105	1.07	125	0
1945	48.1	42	59.1	38	37.2	55	3.60	51	0
1944	42	122	51.7	121	32.2	124	2.37	93	0
1943	41.3	124	52.2	116	30.3	132	1.90	114	0
1942	50.7	12	64	5	37.3	52	0.39	130	0
1941	51.3	11	63.9	6	38.7	25	1.45	122	0
1940	44.3	96	53.5	102	35.1	92	2.12	102	0
1939	44	102	52.4	113	35.6	87	4.16	34	0
1938	48.2	39	56.7	66	39.6	13	1.49	120	0
1937	45.8	78	54.4	92	37.2	55	4.78	21	0
1936	42.3	119	50.1	126	34.4	102	2.27	95	0
1935	44.9	89	53.7	99	36.1	70	1.35	123	0
1934	44.3	96	52.8	110	35.7	82	1.75	117	0
1933	46.7	67	55.1	84	38.3	29	3.88	44	0
1932	44.9	89	54.7	89	35.2	90	0.98	126	0
1931	48.6	33	59.1	38	38	37	1.75	117	0
1930	47.6	49	57.3	60	38	37	2.07	105	0
1929	48.7	31	57.5	59	39.8	12	5.61	9	0
1928	43.3	111	51.9	119	34.6	100	2.66	77	0
1927	46.4	70	55.4	82	37.3	52	3.05	65	0
1926	40.4	127	49.9	127	31	127	1.99	108	0
1925	51.8	7	63	9	40.6	11	3.17	59	0
1924	45.6	82	54.4	92	36.7	63	3.29	56	0
1923	45	88	55.1	84	34.9	94	2.19	101	0
1922	47.9	44	57.9	55	38	37	4.50	26	0
1921	52.7	4	61.5	17	43.8	1	4.39	27	0
1920	41.1	125	48.9	131	33.3	116	2.95	67	0
1919	45.7	80	54.3	95	37	60	2.60	81	0
1918	44.1	100	53.9	98	34.2	105	2.22	99	0
1917	43.1	112	51.6	122	34.6	100	4.03	40	0
1916	46.7	67	55.5	81	37.9	41	2.52	85	0
1915	53.8	1	63.8	8	43.8	1	0.85	127	0
1914	45.6	82	55.7	77	35.4	88	1.97	109	0
1913	48.3	37	58.5	48	38.1	35	2.45	88	0
1912	46.8	64	56.9	63	36.7	63	2.46	87	0
1911	45.8	78	54.4	92	37.1	58	4.20	33	0
1910	50.3	19	61.4	18	39.1	18	3.16	60	0
1909	42.8	114	51.5	123	34	109	8.29	2	0
1908	45.2	86	55.2	83	35.2	90	4.87	18	0
1907	37.6	131	46	133	29.1	133	2.94	68	0
1906	48.4	36	58.8	45	37.9	41	1.94	112	0
1905	44.7	91	53.4	106	36.1	70	2.23	97	0
1904	40.9	126	49.5	128	32.3	123	2.37	93	0
1903	46.1	73	57	62	35.4	88	4.80	19	2
1902	47.1	58	57.7	57	36.1	70	1.46	121	1
1901	49.2	27	60	30	38.1	35			1
1900	49.8	24	60.6	25	39	19	1.81	115	0
1899	51.8	7	64.8	2	38.8	23	0.77	128	0
1898	44.3	96	55.9	75	32.7	121	1.33	124	0
1897	44.6	92	54.8	88	34.2	105	3.07	64	2
1896			63.9	6	42.3	3	2.67	75	4
1894	50.6	15	61.3	19	39.5	14			1
1893			51.3	124	39.3	16			6

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	53.8
2010	53.7
1955	52.8
1921	52.7
1977	52
2017	51.9
1925	51.8
1899	51.8
2026	51.7
1985	51.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	37.6
1950	39.6
1975	39.8
2018	40.1
1926	40.4
1904	40.9
1920	41.1
1943	41.3
1982	41.8
1944	42

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2013	11.10
1909	8.29
2026	7.85
2011	7.19
1999	6.69
1947	6.33
2017	6.27
1981	6.11
1929	5.61
1991	5.58

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1942	0.39
2005	0.77
1899	0.77
1915	0.85
1932	0.98
1946	1.07
1898	1.33
1935	1.35
1941	1.45
1902	1.46

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 80°F; 23 April 2026
Coldest night: 20°F; 7 April 2026
Wettest day: 1.92 in; 14 April 2026

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Every answer in words

April 2026 brought 7.85 in of precipitation in Grand Rapids, MI, the wettest April since 2013, 3rd wettest of 130.
The hottest day of April 2026 in Grand Rapids, MI: 80°F on Thursday 23 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Grand Rapids, MI: a low of 20°F on Tuesday 7 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Grand Rapids, MI: 1.92 in on Tuesday 14 April 2026.