Moorhead Weather in April
Average highs run from 46°F on April 1 to 62°F on April 30, and lows from 25°F to 38°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.72 in over about 8 wet days.
April day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
April at a glance
- Average high
- 54°F
- Average low
- 32°F
- Precipitation
- 1.72 in
- Snowfall
- 4.0 in
- Record high
- 100°FApr 21, 1980
- Record low
- -7°FApr 1, 1975
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 12 h 51 min to 14 h 23 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 64%
- Dew point
- 30°F
- Wind
- 12.3 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1 | 46°F | 25°F | 73°F 2012 | -7°F 1975 | 26% | 11% |
| Apr 2 | 47°F | 26°F | 67°F 1955 | 0°F 1975 | 26% | 11% |
| Apr 3 | 47°F | 26°F | 74°F 1991 | -1°F 1975 | 26% | 10% |
| Apr 4 | 48°F | 27°F | 74°F 1991 | 2°F 2020 | 26% | 10% |
| Apr 5 | 48°F | 27°F | 80°F 1991 | 3°F 1979 | 26% | 10% |
| Apr 6 | 49°F | 28°F | 82°F 1991 | 0°F 1979 | 26% | 9% |
| Apr 7 | 50°F | 28°F | 80°F 1988 | 3°F 2018 | 26% | 9% |
| Apr 8 | 50°F | 29°F | 78°F 1988 | 6°F 1942 | 26% | 9% |
| Apr 9 | 51°F | 29°F | 85°F 1977 | 7°F 1997 | 26% | 9% |
| Apr 10 | 51°F | 29°F | 81°F 1955 | 9°F 1973 | 27% | 9% |
| Apr 11 | 52°F | 30°F | 85°F 1968 | 7°F 2000 | 27% | 8% |
| Apr 12 | 52°F | 30°F | 76°F 1954 | 10°F 1950 | 27% | 8% |
| Apr 13 | 53°F | 31°F | 89°F 2003 | 13°F 1950 | 27% | 8% |
| Apr 14 | 53°F | 31°F | 84°F 1942 | 12°F 1981 | 28% | 8% |
| Apr 15 | 54°F | 32°F | 79°F 2006 | 12°F 2014 | 28% | 7% |
| Apr 16 | 55°F | 32°F | 89°F 2002 | 13°F 1953 | 28% | 7% |
| Apr 17 | 55°F | 33°F | 82°F 1987 | 9°F 1953 | 29% | 7% |
| Apr 18 | 56°F | 33°F | 90°F 1987 | 12°F 1988 | 29% | 7% |
| Apr 19 | 56°F | 33°F | 86°F 1987 | 17°F 1988 | 30% | 6% |
| Apr 20 | 57°F | 34°F | 94°F 1980 | 11°F 1966 | 30% | 6% |
| Apr 21 | 57°F | 34°F | 100°F 1980 | 18°F 2021 | 30% | 6% |
| Apr 22 | 58°F | 35°F | 89°F 1990 | 19°F 1988 | 31% | 5% |
| Apr 23 | 58°F | 35°F | 91°F 1990 | 15°F 2015 | 31% | 5% |
| Apr 24 | 59°F | 36°F | 87°F 1962 | 18°F 2021 | 31% | 5% |
| Apr 25 | 59°F | 36°F | 88°F 1962 | 19°F 1958 | 32% | 5% |
| Apr 26 | 60°F | 36°F | 89°F 1952 | 17°F 2002 | 32% | 4% |
| Apr 27 | 60°F | 37°F | 90°F 1952 | 17°F 1956 | 32% | 4% |
| Apr 28 | 61°F | 37°F | 91°F 2004 | 16°F 1956 | 33% | 4% |
| Apr 29 | 61°F | 38°F | 87°F 1985 | 14°F 1958 | 33% | 4% |
| Apr 30 | 62°F | 38°F | 94°F 1992 | 22°F 1960 | 34% | 3% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- April 1
- sunrise 7:06 AM, sunset 7:57 PM
- April 30
- sunrise 6:13 AM, sunset 8:36 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00215586 (Moorhead), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014914, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.