Roswell weather in April

In April, Roswell sees average daytime highs of 77°F and overnight lows near 48°F, with 0.8 in of precipitation across 2.6 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 73°F in the first days to 80°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Roswell's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Roswell's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 77°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 48°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 0.8 in; 2.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 5:33 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover: 33%; 4th clearest
Wind: 10 mph; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 7.15 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.4; out of 10

Roswell is city in and the county seat of Chaves County, New Mexico, United States.

Density: 627/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1869

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

← March Roswell 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 73°F in the first days to 80°F by the end.

A typical April day in Roswell reaches about 77°F in the afternoon and slips back to 48°F overnight — a 28°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 64°F and 88°F. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 8°F warmer than March and about 8°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)	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	81	81
Avg low (°F)	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	52

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	73	45
2	73	45
3	73	45
4	73	45
5	74	46
6	74	46
7	74	46
8	75	46
9	75	47
10	75	47
11	76	47
12	76	47
13	76	48
14	76	48
15	77	48
16	77	48
17	77	49
18	78	49
19	78	49
20	78	50
21	78	50
22	79	50
23	79	51
24	79	51
25	80	51
26	80	51
27	80	52
28	80	52
29	81	52
30	81	52

How April really feels in Roswell

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.

Roswell weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-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	55° / 31°	0.5	2.6	1.2	10	4.3
Feb	60° / 35°	0.5	2.7	0.9	10.8	6.0
Mar	68° / 41°	0.8	3.3	0.3	11.7	7.7
Apr	77° / 48°	0.8	2.6	0.1	12.8	8.4
May	85° / 58°	1.4	4.8	0	13.7	6.2
Jun	94° / 67°	0.9	5	0	14.2	3.4
Jul	94° / 70°	1.4	6.4	0	14	3.2
Aug	91° / 69°	1.5	7.6	0	13.2	3.9
Sep	85° / 62°	1.6	6.1	0	12.2	6.2
Oct	75° / 50°	1.3	4.3	0.2	11.2	8.2
Nov	63° / 38°	0.6	2.6	0.6	10.3	6.8
Dec	54° / 31°	0.7	3.1	1.3	9.8	4.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% 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 21%.

	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 (%)	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	79	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	80	79
Cloudier (%)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	20	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	80	20
30	79	21

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Roswell gets around 0.8 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 10% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings 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 (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10

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

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, the windiest month of the year.

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 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 5:17 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:34 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)	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:27	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17
Sunset (PM)	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:53	6:12
2	12.3	5:52	6:13
3	12.4	5:51	6:14
4	12.4	5:49	6:14
5	12.5	5:48	6:15
6	12.5	5:47	6:16
7	12.5	5:45	6:16
8	12.6	5:44	6:17
9	12.6	5:43	6:18
10	12.6	5:41	6:19
11	12.7	5:40	6:19
12	12.7	5:39	6:20
13	12.7	5:37	6:21
14	12.8	5:36	6:22
15	12.8	5:35	6:22
16	12.8	5:33	6:23
17	12.9	5:32	6:24
18	12.9	5:31	6:25
19	12.9	5:30	6:25
20	13.0	5:29	6:26
21	13.0	5:27	6:27
22	13.0	5:26	6:28
23	13.1	5:25	6:28
24	13.1	5:24	6:29
25	13.1	5:23	6:30
26	13.2	5:21	6:31
27	13.2	5:20	6:32
28	13.2	5:19	6:32
29	13.2	5:18	6:33
30	13.3	5:17	6:34

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 7.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.19 kWh/m² to a high of 7.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 7.15 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)	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5
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	6.6	Intense
2	6.6	Intense
3	6.7	Intense
4	6.7	Intense
5	6.8	Intense
6	6.8	Intense
7	6.8	Intense
8	6.9	Intense
9	6.9	Intense
10	7.0	Intense
11	7.0	Intense
12	7.0	Intense
13	7.1	Intense
14	7.1	Intense
15	7.2	Intense
16	7.2	Intense
17	7.2	Intense
18	7.3	Intense
19	7.3	Intense
20	7.3	Intense
21	7.3	Intense
22	7.4	Intense
23	7.4	Intense
24	7.4	Intense
25	7.4	Intense
26	7.5	Intense
27	7.5	Intense
28	7.5	Intense
29	7.5	Intense
30	7.5	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Roswell?

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

8.4

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.4

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Roswell for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Roswell in April

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

In April, Roswell sees daytime highs around 77°F and nights near 48°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Roswell in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Roswell peaks around June 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	5	7	10	9	12	12	11	9	6	5	3
Level	Moderate	High	High	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	High
Apr	10	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Roswell 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 Roswell is worst in December — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (August, 9 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)	19	17	13	11	10	11	10	9	9	9	16	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	19	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	11	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	11	Good
Jul	10	Good
Aug	9	Good
Sep	9	Good
Oct	9	Good
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Roswell?

Roswell sits at 33.4°N, 104.5°W, 3,576 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Carlsbad, 70 mi away.

Topography around Roswell

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Roswell has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 ft around an average of 3,593 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 719 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6,900 ft.

The land around Roswell is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) and grassland (22%) within 2 miles, grassland (72%) within 10 miles, and grassland (91%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

95 ft

artificial surfaces 55%

10 miles

719 ft

grassland 72%

50 miles

6,900 ft

grassland 91%

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

April weather nearby: Carlsbad 70 mi · Alamogordo 90 mi · Hobbs 94 mi · Clovis 103 mi · Las Cruces 150 mi · Horizon City 153 mi · Lubbock 154 mi · Hereford 157 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 Roswell (33.3944°, -104.5249°, elevation 3,576 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	73	45
2	73	45
3	73	45
4	73	45
5	74	46
6	74	46
7	74	46
8	75	46
9	75	47
10	75	47
11	76	47
12	76	47
13	76	48
14	76	48
15	77	48
16	77	48
17	77	49
18	78	49
19	78	49
20	78	50
21	78	50
22	79	50
23	79	51
24	79	51
25	80	51
26	80	51
27	80	52
28	80	52
29	81	52
30	81	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	80	20
30	79	21

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

	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	73	45
2	73	45
3	73	45
4	73	45
5	74	46
6	74	46
7	74	46
8	75	46
9	75	47
10	75	47
11	76	47
12	76	47
13	76	48
14	76	48
15	77	48
16	77	48
17	77	49
18	78	49
19	78	49
20	78	50
21	78	50
22	79	50
23	79	51
24	79	51
25	80	51
26	80	51
27	80	52
28	80	52
29	81	52
30	81	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	80	20
30	79	21

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

	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	73	45
2	73	45
3	73	45
4	73	45
5	74	46
6	74	46
7	74	46
8	75	46
9	75	47
10	75	47
11	76	47
12	76	47
13	76	48
14	76	48
15	77	48
16	77	48
17	77	49
18	78	49
19	78	49
20	78	50
21	78	50
22	79	50
23	79	51
24	79	51
25	80	51
26	80	51
27	80	52
28	80	52
29	81	52
30	81	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	80	20
30	79	21

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

	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