Fort McMurray Weather in April
Average highs run from 2°C on April 1 to 11°C on April 30, and lows from -8°C to -1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 39 mm over about 9 wet days.
April day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
April at a glance
- Average high
- 7°C
- Average low
- -4°C
- Precipitation
- 39 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 25°CApr 28, 2001
- Reanalysis low
- -26°CApr 3, 1995
- Daylight
- 13 h 10 min to 15 h 26 min
- Cloud cover
- 66%
- Humidity
- 77%
- Dew point
- -3°C
- Wind
- 7.9 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1 | 2°C | -8°C | 13°C 1991 | -25°C 1996 | 34% |
| Apr 2 | 2°C | -8°C | 12°C 1991 | -26°C 2020 | 34% |
| Apr 3 | 2°C | -8°C | 16°C 2004 | -26°C 1995 | 33% |
| Apr 4 | 3°C | -7°C | 15°C 2004 | -23°C 2018 | 33% |
| Apr 5 | 3°C | -7°C | 13°C 2006 | -22°C 2018 | 32% |
| Apr 6 | 3°C | -7°C | 15°C 2005 | -24°C 2018 | 33% |
| Apr 7 | 4°C | -7°C | 17°C 2005 | -21°C 1997 | 34% |
| Apr 8 | 4°C | -7°C | 21°C 2005 | -19°C 1997 | 34% |
| Apr 9 | 4°C | -6°C | 14°C 2006 | -18°C 1997 | 33% |
| Apr 10 | 5°C | -6°C | 18°C 2015 | -17°C 2016 | 33% |
| Apr 11 | 5°C | -6°C | 14°C 2012 | -18°C 1992 | 32% |
| Apr 12 | 6°C | -5°C | 16°C 1991 | -17°C 2018 | 32% |
| Apr 13 | 7°C | -5°C | 17°C 1991 | -21°C 2020 | 31% |
| Apr 14 | 7°C | -4°C | 17°C 2007 | -18°C 2000 | 31% |
| Apr 15 | 8°C | -4°C | 17°C 1992 | -14°C 2000 | 32% |
| Apr 16 | 8°C | -4°C | 17°C 1992 | -10°C 2014 | 33% |
| Apr 17 | 8°C | -3°C | 18°C 2016 | -9°C 2014 | 33% |
| Apr 18 | 8°C | -3°C | 23°C 2016 | -9°C 2012 | 33% |
| Apr 19 | 9°C | -3°C | 20°C 2010 | -10°C 2008 | 32% |
| Apr 20 | 9°C | -3°C | 21°C 2010 | -11°C 2008 | 32% |
| Apr 21 | 9°C | -3°C | 21°C 2010 | -12°C 2008 | 31% |
| Apr 22 | 10°C | -2°C | 22°C 2000 | -13°C 2008 | 30% |
| Apr 23 | 10°C | -2°C | 21°C 2003 | -14°C 2008 | 31% |
| Apr 24 | 10°C | -2°C | 18°C 1999 | -14°C 2008 | 32% |
| Apr 25 | 10°C | -2°C | 23°C 1999 | -13°C 2008 | 33% |
| Apr 26 | 11°C | -1°C | 22°C 1992 | -9°C 2008 | 34% |
| Apr 27 | 11°C | -1°C | 23°C 2001 | -8°C 2008 | 35% |
| Apr 28 | 11°C | -1°C | 25°C 2001 | -8°C 2009 | 36% |
| Apr 29 | 11°C | -1°C | 19°C 2016 | -8°C 2013 | 36% |
| Apr 30 | 11°C | -1°C | 18°C 2000 | -8°C 2019 | 34% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- April 1
- sunrise 6:55 AM, sunset 8:05 PM
- April 30
- sunrise 5:40 AM, sunset 9:06 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.