Laramie weather in April

In April, Laramie sees average daytime highs of 48°F and overnight lows near 26°F, with 2.1 in of precipitation across 10.4 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 46°F in the first days to 51°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Laramie's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Laramie's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 48°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 2.1 in; 10.4 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 5:29 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 11th clearest
Wind: 10 mph; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 6.36 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.7; out of 10

Laramie is city in and county seat of Albany County, Wyoming, United States.

Density: 699/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1868

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

← March Laramie year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 46°F in the first days to 51°F by the end.

A typical April day in Laramie reaches about 48°F in the afternoon and slips back to 26°F overnight — a 22°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°F and 62°F. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 6°F warmer than March and about 10°F cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°F)	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	51
Avg low (°F)	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	29

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	45	23
2	45	23
3	46	23
4	46	24
5	46	24
6	46	24
7	46	24
8	47	24
9	47	24
10	47	25
11	47	25
12	47	25
13	47	25
14	47	25
15	48	26
16	48	26
17	48	26
18	48	26
19	48	26
20	49	26
21	49	27
22	49	27
23	49	27
24	49	27
25	50	28
26	50	28
27	50	28
28	51	28
29	51	29
30	51	29

How April really feels in Laramie

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 30 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

6 feel bitter (≤ 14°F)

The story in April is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Laramie weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 11°	0.6	4.7	5.3	9.4	0.0
Feb	33° / 13°	0.7	5.6	6.1	10.3	0.0
Mar	42° / 20°	1.3	6.7	6.4	11.7	0.4
Apr	48° / 26°	2.1	10.4	7.8	13.1	1.7
May	58° / 35°	2.6	11.6	3.2	14.3	4.2
Jun	71° / 44°	1.7	9.5	0.4	14.9	6.7
Jul	78° / 51°	1.3	8.5	0	14.7	7.1
Aug	76° / 49°	1.1	7.6	0	13.7	7.5
Sep	68° / 41°	1.3	6.7	0.7	12.3	7.0
Oct	54° / 30°	1.3	6.5	4.1	10.9	3.6
Nov	40° / 19°	0.9	5.4	5.4	9.7	0.3
Dec	31° / 11°	0.8	5	5.7	9.1	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	48	48	48	47	47	46	46	45	45	44	43	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	40	41	40	40	41	41	40	40	40	40
Cloudier (%)	52	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	57	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	60	60	59	60	60	59	59	60	60	60	60

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	40	60

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Laramie gets around 2.1 in of rain and snow over 10.4 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 34% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38
Snow chance (%)	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	23

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	25
2	28	25
3	29	25
4	29	25
5	30	26
6	30	26
7	30	26
8	31	26
9	31	26
10	31	26
11	32	26
12	32	26
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	34	25
16	34	25
17	35	25
18	35	25
19	36	25
20	36	25
21	37	25
22	37	25
23	38	25
24	38	25
25	38	25
26	38	25
27	38	24
28	38	24
29	38	23
30	38	23

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in April

Winds average 10 mph in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 9 mph on the calmest days to 10 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (mph)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	10	light breeze
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27	9	light breeze
28	9	light breeze
29	9	light breeze
30	9	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:55 AM to 5:08 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 6:51 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:48	5:46	5:44	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:38	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:23	5:22	5:20	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:10	5:08
Sunset (PM)	6:19	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:55	6:19
2	12.5	5:53	6:20
3	12.5	5:51	6:22
4	12.6	5:49	6:23
5	12.6	5:48	6:24
6	12.6	5:46	6:25
7	12.7	5:44	6:26
8	12.7	5:43	6:27
9	12.8	5:41	6:28
10	12.8	5:39	6:29
11	12.9	5:38	6:30
12	12.9	5:36	6:31
13	13.0	5:34	6:32
14	13.0	5:33	6:34
15	13.1	5:31	6:35
16	13.1	5:29	6:36
17	13.2	5:28	6:37
18	13.2	5:26	6:38
19	13.2	5:25	6:39
20	13.3	5:23	6:40
21	13.3	5:22	6:41
22	13.4	5:20	6:42
23	13.4	5:18	6:43
24	13.5	5:17	6:44
25	13.5	5:16	6:46
26	13.5	5:14	6:47
27	13.6	5:13	6:48
28	13.6	5:11	6:49
29	13.7	5:10	6:50
30	13.7	5:08	6:51

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.4 kWh/m² to a high of 7.57 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.36 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.0	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.2	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.4	Intense
17	6.4	Intense
18	6.4	Intense
19	6.5	Intense
20	6.5	Intense
21	6.5	Intense
22	6.5	Intense
23	6.6	Intense
24	6.6	Intense
25	6.6	Intense
26	6.6	Intense
27	6.7	Intense
28	6.7	Intense
29	6.7	Intense
30	6.7	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Laramie?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

1.7

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Laramie.

What to pack for Laramie in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Laramie sees daytime highs around 48°F and nights near 26°F. Pack a warm layer and sun protection. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layersun protectiona heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Laramie in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Laramie peaks around July 13 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	6	6	8	11	11	10	8	5	4	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Laramie in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Laramie is worst in October — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.9× the cleanest month (January, 5 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	5	6	8	7	8	14	10	12	22	25	5	5
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	5	Good
Feb	6	Good
Mar	8	Good
Apr	7	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	10	Good
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	22	Moderate
Oct	25	Moderate
Nov	5	Good
Dec	5	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Laramie?

Laramie sits at 41.3°N, 105.6°W, 7,165 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Cheyenne, 42 mi away.

Topography around Laramie

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Laramie.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Laramie has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 ft around an average of 7,182 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,877 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,592 ft.

The land around Laramie is covered by grassland (49%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 2 miles, grassland (89%) within 10 miles, and grassland (78%) and trees (20%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

200 ft

grassland 49%

10 miles

1,877 ft

grassland 89%

50 miles

7,592 ft

grassland 78%

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← March Laramie year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Cheyenne 42 mi · Fort Collins 57 mi · Estes Park 65 mi · Windsor 68 mi · Loveland 68 mi · Greeley 76 mi · Evans 80 mi · Longmont 83 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Laramie (41.3114°, -105.5911°, elevation 7,165 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	45	23
2	45	23
3	46	23
4	46	24
5	46	24
6	46	24
7	46	24
8	47	24
9	47	24
10	47	25
11	47	25
12	47	25
13	47	25
14	47	25
15	48	26
16	48	26
17	48	26
18	48	26
19	48	26
20	49	26
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25	50	28
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27	50	28
28	51	28
29	51	29
30	51	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	40	60

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	25
2	28	25
3	29	25
4	29	25
5	30	26
6	30	26
7	30	26
8	31	26
9	31	26
10	31	26
11	32	26
12	32	26
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	34	25
16	34	25
17	35	25
18	35	25
19	36	25
20	36	25
21	37	25
22	37	25
23	38	25
24	38	25
25	38	25
26	38	25
27	38	24
28	38	24
29	38	23
30	38	23

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
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17	100
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27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	45	23
2	45	23
3	46	23
4	46	24
5	46	24
6	46	24
7	46	24
8	47	24
9	47	24
10	47	25
11	47	25
12	47	25
13	47	25
14	47	25
15	48	26
16	48	26
17	48	26
18	48	26
19	48	26
20	49	26
21	49	27
22	49	27
23	49	27
24	49	27
25	50	28
26	50	28
27	50	28
28	51	28
29	51	29
30	51	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	40	60

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	25
2	28	25
3	29	25
4	29	25
5	30	26
6	30	26
7	30	26
8	31	26
9	31	26
10	31	26
11	32	26
12	32	26
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	34	25
16	34	25
17	35	25
18	35	25
19	36	25
20	36	25
21	37	25
22	37	25
23	38	25
24	38	25
25	38	25
26	38	25
27	38	24
28	38	24
29	38	23
30	38	23

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
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8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	45	23
2	45	23
3	46	23
4	46	24
5	46	24
6	46	24
7	46	24
8	47	24
9	47	24
10	47	25
11	47	25
12	47	25
13	47	25
14	47	25
15	48	26
16	48	26
17	48	26
18	48	26
19	48	26
20	49	26
21	49	27
22	49	27
23	49	27
24	49	27
25	50	28
26	50	28
27	50	28
28	51	28
29	51	29
30	51	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	40	60

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	25
2	28	25
3	29	25
4	29	25
5	30	26
6	30	26
7	30	26
8	31	26
9	31	26
10	31	26
11	32	26
12	32	26
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	34	25
16	34	25
17	35	25
18	35	25
19	36	25
20	36	25
21	37	25
22	37	25
23	38	25
24	38	25
25	38	25
26	38	25
27	38	24
28	38	24
29	38	23
30	38	23

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100