Yellowknife Weather in April
Average highs run from -7°C on April 1 to 3°C on April 30, and lows from -17°C to -4°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 21 mm over about 6 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
- -2°C
- Average low
- -10°C
- Precipitation
- 21 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 17°CApr 21, 2010
- Reanalysis low
- -36°CApr 3, 1995
- Daylight
- 13 h 28 min to 16 h 24 min
- Cloud cover
- 54%
- Humidity
- 90%
- Dew point
- -8°C
- Wind
- 18.4 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 | -7°C | -17°C | 0°C 1991 | -29°C 1996 | 16% |
| Apr 2 | -7°C | -16°C | 1°C 1999 | -34°C 1995 | 17% |
| Apr 3 | -7°C | -16°C | 1°C 2012 | -36°C 1995 | 17% |
| Apr 4 | -6°C | -15°C | 0°C 2012 | -33°C 1995 | 17% |
| Apr 5 | -6°C | -15°C | 2°C 2017 | -35°C 2013 | 17% |
| Apr 6 | -6°C | -15°C | 2°C 2010 | -31°C 2013 | 17% |
| Apr 7 | -5°C | -14°C | 2°C 2010 | -28°C 2000 | 18% |
| Apr 8 | -5°C | -14°C | 1°C 2003 | -27°C 2000 | 17% |
| Apr 9 | -5°C | -13°C | 1°C 2007 | -28°C 2002 | 17% |
| Apr 10 | -4°C | -13°C | 2°C 2007 | -29°C 2016 | 17% |
| Apr 11 | -4°C | -12°C | 2°C 1991 | -24°C 2018 | 18% |
| Apr 12 | -3°C | -12°C | 2°C 1991 | -26°C 2011 | 19% |
| Apr 13 | -3°C | -11°C | 3°C 2010 | -26°C 2014 | 19% |
| Apr 14 | -3°C | -10°C | 3°C 2010 | -21°C 2000 | 18% |
| Apr 15 | -2°C | -10°C | 6°C 2010 | -22°C 2012 | 19% |
| Apr 16 | -2°C | -10°C | 7°C 1998 | -26°C 2004 | 19% |
| Apr 17 | -2°C | -10°C | 11°C 1998 | -21°C 2017 | 18% |
| Apr 18 | -2°C | -9°C | 13°C 1998 | -22°C 1992 | 18% |
| Apr 19 | -1°C | -9°C | 14°C 1998 | -24°C 2008 | 17% |
| Apr 20 | -1°C | -8°C | 15°C 2010 | -21°C 2008 | 17% |
| Apr 21 | -1°C | -8°C | 17°C 2010 | -22°C 2011 | 16% |
| Apr 22 | 0°C | -7°C | 13°C 2010 | -22°C 2017 | 16% |
| Apr 23 | 0°C | -7°C | 11°C 1999 | -22°C 2002 | 15% |
| Apr 24 | 1°C | -7°C | 8°C 1998 | -25°C 2011 | 16% |
| Apr 25 | 1°C | -6°C | 8°C 1997 | -21°C 2011 | 16% |
| Apr 26 | 2°C | -6°C | 9°C 1997 | -16°C 2020 | 16% |
| Apr 27 | 2°C | -5°C | 9°C 2000 | -15°C 2020 | 16% |
| Apr 28 | 3°C | -5°C | 13°C 2015 | -19°C 2013 | 17% |
| Apr 29 | 3°C | -4°C | 13°C 2014 | -18°C 2013 | 17% |
| Apr 30 | 3°C | -4°C | 14°C 1998 | -19°C 2019 | 17% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- April 1
- sunrise 6:58 AM, sunset 8:26 PM
- April 30
- sunrise 5:24 AM, sunset 9:48 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.