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Typical April weather

Fort Lauderdale

Florida · April

The month locals would pick if you asked nicely.

83° days
70° nights

about 4 rainy days · 13 hours of daylight · ocean 79°

What to pack

What April feels like

April clears out once the season crowd heads north, and everything gets easier: parking, tables, sand. Sea turtle nesting is underway, so the beachfront lighting goes low and amber after dark and the sand feels like a different place.

Expect about 4 days with real rain — enough to notice, not enough to plan around.

Can you swim?

The ocean runs about 79° — bath-warm.

The numbers

Typical high83°
Typical low70°
Days with real rain4
Total rain3.0 in
Water temperature79°
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)6:57 am / 7:44 pm

How April compares

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