Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 60.1°F in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA, the warmest April since 2017, tied 2nd warmest of 65 (with 1994).

April 2026

Mean temperature: 60.1°F; Warmest since 2017; 2nd warmest of 65
Precipitation: 1.67 in; Driest since 2010; 9th driest of 66

A normal April in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 54.7°F, between 52.2°F and 59°F in eight years of ten and 3.09 in of precipitation, between 1.82 in and 5.57 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA since 1962: 60.1°F in 2026; the highest is 61°F, in 2017.

Normal range, 52.2 to 59°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA from 1960 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	60.1	2	72.8	3	47.4	4	1.67	58	0
2025	57.7	8	68.6	15	46.8	5	2.01	52	0
2024	59.1	6	69.7	10	48.4	2	1.74	56	0
2023	59.2	4	72.7	4	45.6	9	3.30	27	0
2022	53.7	34	65.3	40	42.1	28	2.25	46	0
2021	55.5	19	67.6	22	43.4	18	2.28	45	0
2020	51.9	51	63	54	40.8	44	5.56	6	0
2019	59	7	70.4	7	47.5	3	2.82	33	0
2018	51.6	55	62.8	55	40.4	46	3.55	23	0
2017	61	1	72.1	6	49.9	1	3.04	30	0
2016	54.1	32	65.9	36	42.3	26	1.88	53	0
2015	54.7	26	66.9	29	42.5	22	2.46	42	0
2014	52.2	47	64	51	40.3	49	7.41	1	0
2013	56.1	14	67.7	20	44.5	12	2.30	44	0
2012	54	33	66.5	33	41.6	32	1.82	54	0
2011	57.3	10	68.7	14	45.9	7	5.21	7	0
2010	59.2	4	72.6	5	45.9	7	1.29	62	0
2009	55.8	17	67.5	23	44.2	13	4.12	19	0
2008	56	15	66.5	33	45.5	10	6.22	4	0
2007	52.2	47	62.7	57	41.7	31	3.38	26	0
2006	57.4	9	69.6	11	45.1	11	4.86	11	0
2005	55.3	22	67.7	20	42.8	20	4.34	16	0
2004	54.7	26	65.3	40	44.2	13	5.04	9	0
2003	53.4	36	65.1	43	41.8	30	2.71	35	0
2002	56.8	13	69.5	13	44.1	15	3.45	24	0
2001	55.5	19	68.3	16	42.7	21	2.15	48	0
2000	53.3	38	64.1	50	42.5	22	4.36	15	0
1999	52.9	42	65.8	38	40.1	51	2.68	37	0
1998	54.9	24	67.4	25	42.3	26	2.92	32	0
1997	50.3	62	62.4	59	38.2	60	2.18	47	0
1996	54.6	28	67.1	27	42	29	3.69	20	0
1995	52.6	44	66	35	39.1	57	2.14	49	0
1994	60.1	2	73.8	1	46.4	6	1.71	57	0
1993	52.6	44	65.3	40	39.8	52	5.62	5	0
1992	53.1	39	64.6	44	41.5	34	3.15	28	0
1991	55.9	16	67.8	19	44.1	15	1.80	55	0
1990	54.3	29	66.9	29	41.6	32	5.06	8	0
1989	51.7	52	64.4	47	39	58	2.70	36	0
1988	52.1	49	63.6	53	40.7	45	2.35	43	0
1987	51.7	52	62.4	59	41	40	4.61	12	0
1986	53.6	35	65.9	36	41.2	37	3.01	31	0
1985	57.1	11	72.9	2	41.3	36	0.33	66	0
1984	50.9	60	62.6	58	39.2	56	5.01	10	0
1983	50.2	63	60.7	63	39.7	53	7.24	3	0
1982	51.3	57	64.5	45	38.1	62	2.82	33	0
1981	57	12	70.4	7	43.6	17	3.05	29	0
1980	55.6	18	67.9	18	43.3	19	3.64	22	0
1979	52.1	49	62.8	55	41.5	34	2.05	51	0
1978	54.2	31	67.2	26	41.1	39	1.62	59	0
1977	55.4	21	70.3	9	40.4	46	2.58	38	0
1976	52.9	42	68.2	17	37.6	64	1.31	61	0
1975	49.1	64	60.1	64	38.1	62	2.58	38	0
1974	54.3	29	67.5	23	41	40	2.14	49	0
1973	53.1	39	63.7	52	42.4	25	7.35	2	0
1972	51.3	57	64.4	47	38.2	60	4.40	13	0
1971	51.4	56	66.7	32	36.1	65	2.56	40	0
1970	52.5	46	64.5	45	40.4	46	4.19	18	0
1969	55.3	22	69.6	11	41	40	1.34	60	0
1968	53.1	39	66.9	29	39.3	55	1.29	62	0
1967	54.8	25	67.1	27	42.5	22	0.93	65	0
1966	48.5	65	58.2	65	38.9	59	4.38	14	0
1965	51.3	57	61.5	61	41	40	2.53	41	0
1964	50.5	61	60.9	62	40.2	50	3.68	21	0
1963	53.4	36	65.6	39	41.2	37	1.17	64	0
1962	51.7	52	64.4	47	39.6	54	3.42	25	1
1960							4.21	17	11

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2017	61
2026	60.1
1994	60.1
2023	59.2
2010	59.2
2024	59.1
2019	59
2025	57.7
2006	57.4
2011	57.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1966	48.5
1975	49.1
1983	50.2
1997	50.3
1964	50.5
1984	50.9
1982	51.3
1972	51.3
1965	51.3
1971	51.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2014	7.41
1973	7.35
1983	7.24
2008	6.22
1993	5.62
2020	5.56
2011	5.21
1990	5.06
2004	5.04
1984	5.01

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1985	0.33
1967	0.93
1963	1.17
2010	1.29
1968	1.29
1976	1.31
1969	1.34
1978	1.62
2026	1.67
1994	1.71

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 92°F; 16 April 2026
Coldest night: 27°F; 21 April 2026
Wettest day: 0.61 in; 5 April 2026

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Every answer in words

April 2026 brought 1.67 in of precipitation in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA, the driest April since 2010, 9th driest of 66.
The hottest day of April 2026 in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: 92°F on Thursday 16 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: a low of 27°F on Tuesday 21 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: 0.61 in on Sunday 5 April 2026.