Minot weather in April

In April, Minot sees average daytime highs of 51°F and overnight lows near 31°F, with 1.7 in of precipitation across 7.7 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 44°F in the first days to 57°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 14 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Minot's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Minot's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 51°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 31°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 1.7 in; 7.7 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 6:03 AM – 7:28 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 7th clearest
Wind: 10 mph; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

Minot is seat of Ward County, North Dakota, United States.

Density: 709/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1886

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 44°F in the first days to 57°F by the end.

A typical April day in Minot reaches about 51°F in the afternoon and slips back to 31°F overnight — a 20°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°F and 67°F. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 16°F warmer than March and about 14°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)	43	43	44	44	45	45	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	50	51	51	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	56	57	57	57	58	58
Avg low (°F)	24	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	43	24
2	43	25
3	44	25
4	44	26
5	45	26
6	45	26
7	46	27
8	47	27
9	47	28
10	48	28
11	48	28
12	49	29
13	49	29
14	50	30
15	51	30
16	51	31
17	52	31
18	53	32
19	53	32
20	54	33
21	54	33
22	55	33
23	55	34
24	56	34
25	56	35
26	57	35
27	57	35
28	57	36
29	58	36
30	58	37

How April really feels in Minot

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

wind chill below the day's low

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

Minot weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 3°	0.7	5	5.4	8.6	0.0
Feb	22° / 6°	0.7	4.2	5	9.9	0.0
Mar	35° / 18°	1.0	5.3	4.3	11.6	0.0
Apr	51° / 31°	1.7	7.7	3.1	13.4	2.6
May	64° / 43°	3.0	10.4	0.8	14.9	5.6
Jun	73° / 53°	4.1	11.4	0	15.8	6.5
Jul	78° / 58°	3.0	9.3	0	15.5	7.1
Aug	78° / 55°	2.1	7.7	0	14.1	7.4
Sep	69° / 46°	2.0	6.6	0	12.4	7.0
Oct	53° / 34°	1.6	6.4	1.6	10.6	3.4
Nov	36° / 20°	1.0	5.1	4.4	9	0.1
Dec	23° / 8°	0.8	5.6	6.3	8.2	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

	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 (%)	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	43	42	42	42	43	44	44	44	43
Cloudier (%)	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	60	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	57	58	58	58	57	56	56	56	57

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Minot gets around 1.7 in of rain and snow over 7.7 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 26% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

	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 (%)	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	29	29
Snow chance (%)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6

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

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 14 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:34 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 7:48 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)	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:26	6:24	6:21	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:01	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:48	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:37
Sunset (PM)	7:06	7:07	7:09	7:10	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:16	7:17	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:28	7:29	7:31	7:32	7:34	7:35	7:37	7:38	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:44	7:45	7:47	7:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:34	7:06
2	12.6	6:32	7:07
3	12.6	6:30	7:09
4	12.7	6:28	7:10
5	12.8	6:26	7:12
6	12.8	6:24	7:13
7	12.9	6:21	7:14
8	12.9	6:19	7:16
9	13.0	6:17	7:17
10	13.1	6:15	7:19
11	13.1	6:13	7:20
12	13.2	6:11	7:22
13	13.2	6:09	7:23
14	13.3	6:07	7:25
15	13.4	6:05	7:26
16	13.4	6:03	7:28
17	13.5	6:01	7:29
18	13.5	5:59	7:31
19	13.6	5:57	7:32
20	13.6	5:55	7:34
21	13.7	5:53	7:35
22	13.8	5:51	7:37
23	13.8	5:49	7:38
24	13.9	5:48	7:40
25	13.9	5:46	7:41
26	14.0	5:44	7:42
27	14.0	5:42	7:44
28	14.1	5:40	7:45
29	14.1	5:39	7:47
30	14.2	5:37	7:48

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.27 kWh/m² to a high of 6.57 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.26 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)	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Minot

In seasonPeak

None of Minot's seasonal hazards are active in April. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Minot's rainy season runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Is April a good time to visit Minot?

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

2.6

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 Minot.

What to pack for Minot in April

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

In April, Minot sees daytime highs around 51°F and nights near 31°F. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Minot in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Minot peaks around June 21 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	4	5	8	7	6	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Minot 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 Minot is worst in August — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (October, 6 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)	8	9	13	11	11	10	15	17	10	6	7	7
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	9	Good
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	11	Good
May	11	Good
Jun	10	Good
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	10	Good
Oct	6	Good
Nov	7	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Minot?

Minot sits at 48.2°N, 101.3°W, 1,621 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Mandan, 99 mi away.

Topography around Minot

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Minot has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 ft around an average of 1,644 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 505 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,007 ft.

The land around Minot is covered by artificial surfaces (46%), grassland (28%) and trees (20%) within 2 miles, cropland (64%) and grassland (25%) within 10 miles, and cropland (61%) and grassland (35%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

236 ft

artificial surfaces 46%

10 miles

505 ft

cropland 64%

50 miles

1,007 ft

cropland 61%

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

April weather nearby: Mandan 99 mi · Bismarck 101 mi · Williston 107 mi · Dickinson 117 mi · Brandon 127 mi · Jamestown 151 mi · Grand Forks 198 mi · Arcola East 211 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 Minot (48.2325°, -101.2963°, elevation 1,621 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	43	24
2	43	25
3	44	25
4	44	26
5	45	26
6	45	26
7	46	27
8	47	27
9	47	28
10	48	28
11	48	28
12	49	29
13	49	29
14	50	30
15	51	30
16	51	31
17	52	31
18	53	32
19	53	32
20	54	33
21	54	33
22	55	33
23	55	34
24	56	34
25	56	35
26	57	35
27	57	35
28	57	36
29	58	36
30	58	37

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

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

	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	43	24
2	43	25
3	44	25
4	44	26
5	45	26
6	45	26
7	46	27
8	47	27
9	47	28
10	48	28
11	48	28
12	49	29
13	49	29
14	50	30
15	51	30
16	51	31
17	52	31
18	53	32
19	53	32
20	54	33
21	54	33
22	55	33
23	55	34
24	56	34
25	56	35
26	57	35
27	57	35
28	57	36
29	58	36
30	58	37

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

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

	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	43	24
2	43	25
3	44	25
4	44	26
5	45	26
6	45	26
7	46	27
8	47	27
9	47	28
10	48	28
11	48	28
12	49	29
13	49	29
14	50	30
15	51	30
16	51	31
17	52	31
18	53	32
19	53	32
20	54	33
21	54	33
22	55	33
23	55	34
24	56	34
25	56	35
26	57	35
27	57	35
28	57	36
29	58	36
30	58	37

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

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

	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