Driest places in the US in April
Ranked by the fewest wet days (0.01 in or more) in April. First: Palm Springs, CA (1 day), of 378 cities.
| Rank | City | Wet days | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palm Springs, CA | 1 day | 87°F |
| 2 | Yuma, AZ | 1 day | 86°F |
| 3 | Goodyear, AZ | 1 day | 84°F |
| 4 | Furnace Creek, CA | 1 day | 91°F |
| 5 | Gilbert, AZ | 1 day | 86°F |
| 6 | Mesa, AZ | 1 day | 86°F |
| 7 | San Tan Valley, AZ | 1 day | 86°F |
| 8 | El Paso, TX | 1 day | 80°F |
| 9 | Glendale, AZ | 2 days | 84°F |
| 10 | Peoria, AZ | 2 days | 84°F |
| 11 | Phoenix, AZ | 2 days | 86°F |
| 12 | Terlingua, TX | 2 days | 90°F |
| 13 | Tucson, AZ | 2 days | 83°F |
| 14 | Las Vegas, NV | 2 days | 79°F |
| 15 | Las Cruces, NM | 2 days | 79°F |
| 16 | Victorville, CA | 2 days | 73°F |
| 17 | Palmdale, CA | 2 days | 75°F |
| 18 | Lancaster, CA | 2 days | 73°F |
| 19 | Corona, CA | 2 days | 77°F |
| 20 | Riverside, CA | 2 days | 76°F |
| 21 | Santa Clarita, CA | 2 days | 78°F |
| 22 | Menifee, CA | 3 days | 74°F |
| 23 | Temecula, CA | 3 days | 77°F |
| 24 | Torrance, CA | 3 days | 68°F |
| 25 | Anaheim, CA | 3 days | 73°F |
Which states lead
California (12 of the top 25), Arizona (9 of the top 25), Texas (2 of the top 25), then 2 more states. The top 25 range from 1 day to 3 days; the median across all 378 cities is 9 days.
The other end: wettest by wet days in April
- Hilo, HI25 days
- Haleiwa, HI21 days
- Ketchikan, AK19 days
- Cannon Beach, OR19 days
- Sitka, AK18 days
Driest places through the year
| Month | First place | Wet days |
|---|---|---|
| January | Terlingua, TX | 2 days |
| February | Terlingua, TX | 2 days |
| March | Palm Springs, CA | 2 days |
| April | Palm Springs, CA | 1 day |
| May | Palm Springs, CA | 0 days |
| June | Palm Springs, CA | 0 days |
| July | Antioch, CA | 0 days |
| August | Anaheim, CA | 0 days |
| September | Corona, CA | 0 days |
| October | Palm Springs, CA | 1 day |
| November | Palm Springs, CA | 1 day |
| December | Furnace Creek, CA | 2 days |
378 cities with data for this measure. Folded suburbs share their lead city's values and are not listed separately. Methodology.