Mesquite weather in April

In April, Mesquite sees average daytime highs of 72°F and overnight lows near 50°F, with 0.5 in of precipitation across 2.6 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 69°F in the first days to 77°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Mesquite's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mesquite's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 72°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 50°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 0.5 in; 2.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:08 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 8th clearest
Wind: 6 mph; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 7.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.2; out of 10

Mesquite is city in Clark County, Nevada, United States.

Density: 209/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1880

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 69°F in the first days to 77°F by the end.

A typical April day in Mesquite reaches about 72°F in the afternoon and slips back to 50°F overnight — a 22°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 60°F and 83°F. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 8°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)	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	74	75	75	76	76	76	77	77	77
Avg low (°F)	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	52	52	53	53	53	54	54	54	55	55

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	68	47
2	68	47
3	69	47
4	69	47
5	69	48
6	69	48
7	69	48
8	70	48
9	70	48
10	70	49
11	71	49
12	71	49
13	71	49
14	72	50
15	72	50
16	72	50
17	73	51
18	73	51
19	73	51
20	74	51
21	74	52
22	74	52
23	75	53
24	75	53
25	76	53
26	76	54
27	76	54
28	77	54
29	77	55
30	77	55

How April really feels in Mesquite

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 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

wind chill below the day's low

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Mesquite weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	53° / 34°	1.5	5	0.8	9.8	3.4
Feb	57° / 38°	1.8	5.7	0.9	10.6	4.6
Mar	65° / 44°	1.2	5.1	0.4	11.7	6.8
Apr	72° / 50°	0.5	2.6	0.2	12.9	8.2
May	82° / 60°	0.3	1.8	0	13.9	7.6
Jun	93° / 69°	0.1	0.6	0	14.5	4.2
Jul	98° / 76°	0.4	2.5	0	14.3	2.2
Aug	96° / 74°	0.5	2.8	0	13.4	2.8
Sep	88° / 66°	0.8	2.4	0	12.2	5.6
Oct	75° / 53°	1.0	2.9	0	11	8.4
Nov	61° / 41°	0.8	2.8	0.2	10	6.4
Dec	51° / 33°	1.2	4.7	1.1	9.5	3.1

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	74	75	75	75	76	77	77	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	78
Cloudier (%)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	26	25	25	25	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Mesquite gets around 0.5 in of rain and snow over 2.6 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 9% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease 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 (%)	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7

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

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 6 mph in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 6 mph on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:30 AM to 4:50 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:17 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	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:30	5:29	5:27	5:26	5:24	5:23	5:21	5:20	5:18	5:17	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:10	5:08	5:07	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:01	5:00	4:59	4:57	4:56	4:55	4:54	4:52	4:51	4:50
Sunset (PM)	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:30	5:51
2	12.4	5:29	5:52
3	12.4	5:27	5:53
4	12.5	5:26	5:54
5	12.5	5:24	5:55
6	12.6	5:23	5:56
7	12.6	5:21	5:57
8	12.6	5:20	5:58
9	12.7	5:18	5:59
10	12.7	5:17	5:59
11	12.7	5:15	6:00
12	12.8	5:14	6:01
13	12.8	5:13	6:02
14	12.9	5:11	6:03
15	12.9	5:10	6:04
16	12.9	5:08	6:05
17	13.0	5:07	6:06
18	13.0	5:05	6:06
19	13.1	5:04	6:07
20	13.1	5:03	6:08
21	13.1	5:01	6:09
22	13.2	5:00	6:10
23	13.2	4:59	6:11
24	13.2	4:57	6:12
25	13.3	4:56	6:13
26	13.3	4:55	6:14
27	13.3	4:54	6:15
28	13.4	4:52	6:15
29	13.4	4:51	6:16
30	13.5	4:50	6:17

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 7.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.77 kWh/m² to a high of 8.54 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 7.07 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)	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6
Level	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	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.4	Intense
2	6.4	Intense
3	6.5	Intense
4	6.5	Intense
5	6.6	Intense
6	6.6	Intense
7	6.7	Intense
8	6.7	Intense
9	6.8	Intense
10	6.8	Intense
11	6.9	Intense
12	6.9	Intense
13	7.0	Intense
14	7.0	Intense
15	7.1	Intense
16	7.1	Intense
17	7.2	Intense
18	7.2	Intense
19	7.2	Intense
20	7.3	Intense
21	7.3	Intense
22	7.3	Intense
23	7.4	Intense
24	7.4	Intense
25	7.5	Intense
26	7.5	Intense
27	7.5	Intense
28	7.6	Intense
29	7.6	Intense
30	7.6	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Mesquite?

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

8.2

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

6.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Mesquite for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Mesquite in April

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

In April, Mesquite sees daytime highs around 72°F and nights near 50°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Mesquite 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 Mesquite peaks around July 13 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

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)	3	4	5	6	8	11	11	10	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

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

Location & terrain

Where is Mesquite?

Mesquite sits at 36.8°N, 114.1°W, 1,601 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Saint George, 34 mi away.

Topography around Mesquite

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Mesquite has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 381 ft around an average of 1,680 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,194 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 9,232 ft.

The land around Mesquite is covered by bare terrain (45%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 2 miles, bare terrain (53%) and shrubs (34%) within 10 miles, and bare terrain (38%) and shrubs (34%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

381 ft

bare terrain 45%

10 miles

5,194 ft

bare terrain 53%

50 miles

9,232 ft

bare terrain 38%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

April weather nearby: Saint George 34 mi · Washington 38 mi · Hurricane 50 mi · Sunrise Manor 70 mi · Boulder City 71 mi · North Las Vegas 72 mi · Whitney 73 mi · Henderson 73 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 Mesquite (36.8055°, -114.0672°, elevation 1,601 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. 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	68	47
2	68	47
3	69	47
4	69	47
5	69	48
6	69	48
7	69	48
8	70	48
9	70	48
10	70	49
11	71	49
12	71	49
13	71	49
14	72	50
15	72	50
16	72	50
17	73	51
18	73	51
19	73	51
20	74	51
21	74	52
22	74	52
23	75	53
24	75	53
25	76	53
26	76	54
27	76	54
28	77	54
29	77	55
30	77	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22

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

	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

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	68	47
2	68	47
3	69	47
4	69	47
5	69	48
6	69	48
7	69	48
8	70	48
9	70	48
10	70	49
11	71	49
12	71	49
13	71	49
14	72	50
15	72	50
16	72	50
17	73	51
18	73	51
19	73	51
20	74	51
21	74	52
22	74	52
23	75	53
24	75	53
25	76	53
26	76	54
27	76	54
28	77	54
29	77	55
30	77	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22

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

	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

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	68	47
2	68	47
3	69	47
4	69	47
5	69	48
6	69	48
7	69	48
8	70	48
9	70	48
10	70	49
11	71	49
12	71	49
13	71	49
14	72	50
15	72	50
16	72	50
17	73	51
18	73	51
19	73	51
20	74	51
21	74	52
22	74	52
23	75	53
24	75	53
25	76	53
26	76	54
27	76	54
28	77	54
29	77	55
30	77	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22

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

	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