April showers
Vernal precipitation pattern
April showers are the frequent, typically light rains characteristic of springtime.
The phrase appears most often in the proverb April showers bring May flowers, suggesting that temporary unpleasantness leads to better things.
The expression reflects weather patterns in temperate climates where spring rains encourage plant growth.
- raindropsIndividual bits of precipitation
- spring rainPrecipitation during warming months
- petrichorScent of rain-soaked ground
- rainWater dropping from clouds
- rainy daysPeriods of precipitation
gray skies · mist · cherry blossoms · May flowers · new beginnings · fresh start · springtime · drizzle · puddles · wet pavement · downpour · rainscape · vernal equinox · droplets · seasons · bloom · seasonal change · bird song
- Calendar ThemesJune solstice, September equinox, seasonal cycles, calendar art, winter solstice
- spring signsrain, thaw, melting, bloom, budding
- spring themesfloral motifs, new beginnings, floral imagery, cherry blossoms, May flowers
- rainy seasonsmonsoon, wet season, spring rains
- SpringMay, spring equinox, spring flowers, cherry blossoms, springtime renewal
- rainfallrain, heavy rain, rainfall, light rain, precipitation
April showersdrought
Prolonged water scarcity
dry spell · clear skies · fair weather · parched earth · sunny skies
April showerskilling frost
Freeze lethal to plants
dead of winter · scorched earth · nuclear winter · dust bowl