Portales Weather in April
Average highs run from 74°F on April 1 to 80°F on April 30, and lows from 39°F to 47°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.68 in over about 4 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
- 77°F
- Average low
- 43°F
- Precipitation
- 0.68 in
- Snowfall
- 0.2 in
- Record high
- 99°FApr 13, 1936
- Record low
- 12°FApr 23, 1913
- Chance of a freeze
- 86%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 1.0
- Daylight
- 12 h 34 min to 13 h 32 min
- Cloud cover
- 44%
- Humidity
- 36%
- Dew point
- 28°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 | 74°F | 39°F | 87°F 1932 | 15°F 1936 | 13% | 1% |
| Apr 2 | 74°F | 39°F | 89°F 1943 | 20°F 1936 | 13% | 1% |
| Apr 3 | 74°F | 39°F | 91°F 1943 | 23°F 1975 | 13% | 1% |
| Apr 4 | 75°F | 40°F | 90°F 1943 | 14°F 1945 | 13% | 1% |
| Apr 5 | 75°F | 40°F | 87°F 1954 | 17°F 1936 | 13% | 1% |
| Apr 6 | 75°F | 40°F | 91°F 1930 | 22°F 1994 | 13% | 1% |
| Apr 7 | 75°F | 40°F | 90°F 1930 | 17°F 1938 | 13% | 1% |
| Apr 8 | 75°F | 41°F | 90°F 1930 | 15°F 1973 | 13% | 1% |
| Apr 9 | 76°F | 41°F | 89°F 1930 | 20°F 1973 | 13% | 1% |
| Apr 10 | 76°F | 41°F | 90°F 1972 | 19°F 1973 | 13% | 1% |
| Apr 11 | 76°F | 41°F | 91°F 1972 | 21°F 1951 | 12% | 1% |
| Apr 12 | 76°F | 42°F | 96°F 1936 | 20°F 1997 | 12% | 1% |
| Apr 13 | 77°F | 42°F | 99°F 1936 | 21°F 1933 | 12% | 1% |
| Apr 14 | 77°F | 42°F | 94°F 1936 | 20°F 1980 | 12% | 1% |
| Apr 15 | 77°F | 42°F | 92°F 1925 | 25°F 1945 | 12% | 1% |
| Apr 16 | 77°F | 43°F | 90°F 1925 | 24°F 1921 | 12% | 1% |
| Apr 17 | 77°F | 43°F | 90°F 1962 | 27°F 1947 | 12% | 1% |
| Apr 18 | 77°F | 43°F | 91°F 1938 | 24°F 1953 | 12% | 1% |
| Apr 19 | 78°F | 43°F | 92°F 1987 | 28°F 1975 | 13% | 0% |
| Apr 20 | 78°F | 44°F | 91°F 1917 | 25°F 1966 | 13% | 0% |
| Apr 21 | 78°F | 44°F | 93°F 1919 | 30°F 1927 | 13% | 0% |
| Apr 22 | 78°F | 44°F | 97°F 1989 | 29°F 1987 | 13% | 0% |
| Apr 23 | 78°F | 45°F | 95°F 1965 | 12°F 1913 | 13% | 0% |
| Apr 24 | 79°F | 45°F | 97°F 1943 | 29°F 1958 | 13% | 0% |
| Apr 25 | 79°F | 45°F | 93°F 1927 | 30°F 1921 | 13% | 0% |
| Apr 26 | 79°F | 45°F | 93°F 1927 | 28°F 1920 | 13% | 0% |
| Apr 27 | 79°F | 46°F | 91°F 1943 | 30°F 1973 | 14% | 0% |
| Apr 28 | 79°F | 46°F | 97°F 1928 | 32°F 1917 | 14% | 0% |
| Apr 29 | 80°F | 46°F | 97°F 1943 | 32°F 1968 | 14% | 0% |
| Apr 30 | 80°F | 47°F | 97°F 1943 | 30°F 1960 | 14% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- April 1
- sunrise 6:40 AM, sunset 7:14 PM
- April 30
- sunrise 6:05 AM, sunset 7:37 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00297008 (Portales), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00291939, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.