Best beach weather in the US in April

Ranked by the most beach days in April: highs 80-95°F, under 0.05 in of rain and afternoon wind under 15 mph (cities within 10 mi of a coast or Great Lake). First: Cape Coral, FL (22 days), of 91 cities.

Best beach weather in the US in April
Rank	City	Beach days	High	Wet days
1	Cape Coral, FL	22 days	85°F	5
2	Spring Hill, FL	20 days	83°F	7
3	Key Largo, FL	20 days	86°F	6
4	Tampa, FL	20 days	83°F	6
5	Key West, FL	18 days	83°F	5
6	Miami, FL	18 days	84°F	7
7	Naples, FL	18 days	83°F	7
8	Fort Lauderdale, FL	16 days	83°F	8
9	East Honolulu, HI	15 days	80°F	11
10	Daytona Beach, FL	13 days	80°F	6
11	Honolulu, HI	13 days	83°F	8
12	West Palm Beach, FL	12 days	82°F	8
13	Boca Raton, FL	12 days	83°F	8
14	Palm Bay, FL	11 days	82°F	7
15	St. Augustine, FL	11 days	80°F	7
16	Port St. Lucie, FL	10 days	81°F	7
17	Gulf Shores, AL	10 days	78°F	8
18	Hilton Head Island, SC	10 days	77°F	8
19	Palm Coast, FL	10 days	78°F	7
20	Solvang, CA	9 days	76°F	4
21	Mobile, AL	9 days	78°F	8
22	Haleiwa, HI	8 days	81°F	21
23	Lihue, HI	8 days	80°F	16
24	Panama City Beach, FL	8 days	79°F	6
25	League City, TX	8 days	78°F	8

Which states lead

Florida (16 of the top 25), Hawaii (4 of the top 25), Alabama (2 of the top 25), then 3 more states. The top 25 range from 22 days to 8 days; the median across all 91 cities is 2 days.

The other end: fewest beach days in April

Best beach weather through the year

Month	First place	Beach days
January	Honolulu, HI	15 days
February	Key Largo, FL	15 days
March	Key Largo, FL	17 days
April	Cape Coral, FL	22 days
May	Tampa, FL	25 days
June	East Honolulu, HI	24 days
July	East Honolulu, HI	25 days
August	Costa Mesa, CA	27 days
September	East Honolulu, HI	24 days
October	East Honolulu, HI	24 days
November	East Honolulu, HI	19 days
December	Key Largo, FL	17 days

91 cities with data for this measure. Folded suburbs share their lead city's values and are not listed separately. Methodology.