Shepherd climate

Shepherd Weather in April

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Huntley Exp Stn, 7.8 km from Shepherd

Average highs run from 55°F on April 1 to 62°F on April 30, and lows from 28°F to 36°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.70 in over about 9 wet days.

April day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Shepherd, in °F, with the record for each date.020406080100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

April at a glance

Average high
59°F
Average low
32°F
Precipitation
1.70 in
Snowfall
1.8 in
Record high
90°FApr 20, 1980
Record low
3°FApr 2, 2002
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
12 h 49 min to 14 h 18 min
Cloud cover
70%
Humidity
59%
Dew point
29°F
Wind
10.1 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Apr 155°F28°F73°F 20218°F 200225%8%
Apr 255°F28°F75°F 19903°F 200225%8%
Apr 356°F29°F80°F 19926°F 201826%7%
Apr 456°F29°F77°F 200016°F 197226%7%
Apr 556°F29°F80°F 196014°F 197926%7%
Apr 656°F29°F79°F 196910°F 201827%7%
Apr 756°F30°F77°F 200511°F 201827%6%
Apr 857°F30°F79°F 199613°F 199727%6%
Apr 957°F30°F82°F 199616°F 197328%6%
Apr 1057°F31°F78°F 198513°F 199728%6%
Apr 1157°F31°F81°F 20259°F 199728%6%
Apr 1258°F31°F80°F 19765°F 199729%5%
Apr 1358°F31°F80°F 20179°F 202229%5%
Apr 1458°F32°F80°F 19854°F 202229%5%
Apr 1558°F32°F85°F 196210°F 202230%5%
Apr 1659°F32°F82°F 199415°F 202230%5%
Apr 1759°F32°F84°F 198716°F 201330%4%
Apr 1859°F33°F80°F 198018°F 195130%4%
Apr 1959°F33°F87°F 196211°F 195131%4%
Apr 2060°F33°F90°F 198017°F 196631%4%
Apr 2160°F33°F89°F 198015°F 200831%4%
Apr 2260°F34°F83°F 201617°F 196732%3%
Apr 2360°F34°F87°F 201220°F 196732%3%
Apr 2461°F34°F86°F 201222°F 196732%3%
Apr 2561°F34°F84°F 197423°F 196033%3%
Apr 2661°F35°F84°F 195223°F 199433%3%
Apr 2762°F35°F84°F 198720°F 199433%2%
Apr 2862°F35°F88°F 198718°F 195433%2%
Apr 2962°F36°F88°F 198719°F 196633%2%
Apr 3062°F36°F85°F 198717°F 195034%2%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Shepherd, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MDT).

April 1
sunrise 6:53 AM, sunset 7:42 PM
April 30
sunrise 6:02 AM, sunset 8:20 PM

Every day of April: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00244345 (Huntley Exp Stn), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00024033, 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.