Dover climate

Dover Weather in April

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Rowe 3NE, 23.8 km from Dover

Average highs run from 44°F on April 1 to 58°F on April 30, and lows from 26°F to 37°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.37 in.

April day by day

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

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

April at a glance

Average high
51°F
Average low
32°F
Precipitation
4.37 in
Snowfall
6.1 in
Record high
89°FApr 27, 2009
Record low
2°FApr 5, 2016
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
12 h 45 min to 14 h 05 min
Cloud cover
68%
Humidity
81%
Dew point
35°F
Wind
5.6 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 144°F26°F73°F 200620°F 200319%
Apr 245°F26°F78°F 201019°F 201918%
Apr 345°F27°F81°F 201015°F 202118%
Apr 445°F27°F67°F 201011°F 201617%
Apr 546°F27°F72°F 20102°F 201616%
Apr 646°F28°F71°F 200512°F 201616%
Apr 747°F28°F83°F 201015°F 200215%
Apr 847°F29°F79°F 201017°F 202614%
Apr 948°F29°F74°F 202122°F 201813%
Apr 1048°F30°F82°F 201721°F 202513%
Apr 1149°F30°F85°F 201719°F 199912%
Apr 1249°F30°F76°F 200624°F 202612%
Apr 1350°F31°F85°F 202322°F 200011%
Apr 1450°F31°F87°F 202324°F 200010%
Apr 1551°F32°F83°F 202321°F 200810%
Apr 1651°F32°F87°F 201222°F 20149%
Apr 1752°F32°F88°F 200222°F 20149%
Apr 1852°F33°F84°F 200225°F 20148%
Apr 1953°F33°F87°F 200422°F 20018%
Apr 2053°F33°F81°F 200523°F 20017%
Apr 2154°F34°F78°F 202320°F 20267%
Apr 2254°F34°F79°F 200124°F 20117%
Apr 2355°F34°F83°F 200726°F 20186%
Apr 2455°F35°F83°F 200125°F 20026%
Apr 2556°F35°F87°F 200923°F 20246%
Apr 2656°F35°F83°F 201126°F 20245%
Apr 2756°F36°F89°F 200923°F 20025%
Apr 2857°F36°F89°F 200926°F 20065%
Apr 2957°F36°F83°F 202525°F 20014%
Apr 3058°F37°F80°F 200425°F 20124%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Dover, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EDT).

April 1
sunrise 6:33 AM, sunset 7:18 PM
April 30
sunrise 5:46 AM, sunset 7:51 PM

Every day of April: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00196989 (Rowe 3NE), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00054781, 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.