Sherrelwood weather in April

In April, Sherrelwood sees average daytime highs of 59°F and overnight lows near 33°F, with 2.7 in of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 57°F in the first days to 62°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Sherrelwood's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sherrelwood's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 59°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 33°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 2.7 in; 9.9 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 5:29 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 mph; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 6.28 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Sherrelwood is census-designated place in Adams County, Colorado, United States.

Density: 2,882/km²; people per km²

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

← March Sherrelwood 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 57°F in the first days to 62°F by the end.

A typical April day in Sherrelwood reaches about 59°F in the afternoon and slips back to 33°F overnight — a 26°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 43°F and 74°F. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 6°F warmer than March and about 9°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)	56	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	63
Avg low (°F)	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	56	30
2	57	30
3	57	30
4	57	31
5	57	31
6	58	31
7	58	31
8	58	31
9	58	32
10	58	32
11	59	32
12	59	33
13	59	33
14	59	33
15	59	33
16	59	33
17	60	34
18	60	34
19	60	34
20	60	35
21	60	35
22	60	35
23	61	35
24	61	35
25	61	36
26	61	36
27	62	36
28	62	37
29	62	37
30	63	37

How April really feels in Sherrelwood

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 28 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.

Sherrelwood 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	42° / 18°	0.9	5.2	5	9.5	0.3
Feb	44° / 20°	0.9	5.8	5.5	10.4	1.0
Mar	53° / 27°	1.9	7.6	5.7	11.7	3.3
Apr	59° / 33°	2.7	9.9	4.7	13	4.7
May	69° / 43°	3.2	11	1	14.2	6.2
Jun	80° / 52°	2.1	8.3	0	14.8	6.8
Jul	85° / 58°	1.6	7.2	0	14.5	5.5
Aug	83° / 57°	1.5	6.4	0	13.6	6.3
Sep	76° / 49°	1.4	5.8	0.5	12.3	7.7
Oct	64° / 37°	1.6	6.1	2.2	10.9	6.4
Nov	51° / 26°	1.2	6	5.1	9.8	2.9
Dec	42° / 18°	0.8	4.8	4.9	9.2	0.3

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	49	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	50	50
Cloudier (%)	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	51	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	50	50

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	50	50
30	50	50

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Sherrelwood gets around 2.7 in of rain and snow over 9.9 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 33% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 5 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 (%)	32	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	31	32	32	33	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37
Snow chance (%)	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11

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

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, the windiest month of the year.

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
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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 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 5:09 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:46 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	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:35	5:33	5:32	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	5:09
Sunset (PM)	6:16	6:17	6:18	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	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:53	6:16
2	12.4	5:51	6:17
3	12.5	5:50	6:18
4	12.5	5:48	6:19
5	12.6	5:46	6:20
6	12.6	5:45	6:22
7	12.7	5:43	6:23
8	12.7	5:41	6:24
9	12.7	5:40	6:25
10	12.8	5:38	6:26
11	12.8	5:37	6:27
12	12.9	5:35	6:28
13	12.9	5:33	6:29
14	13.0	5:32	6:30
15	13.0	5:30	6:31
16	13.0	5:29	6:32
17	13.1	5:27	6:33
18	13.1	5:26	6:34
19	13.2	5:24	6:35
20	13.2	5:23	6:36
21	13.3	5:21	6:37
22	13.3	5:20	6:38
23	13.3	5:18	6:39
24	13.4	5:17	6:40
25	13.4	5:15	6:41
26	13.5	5:14	6:42
27	13.5	5:13	6:43
28	13.5	5:11	6:44
29	13.6	5:10	6:45
30	13.6	5:09	6:46

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.55 kWh/m² to a high of 7.45 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.28 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	5.9	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	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6
Level	Bright	Bright	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

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

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Sherrelwood?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.4

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Sherrelwood for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sherrelwood in April

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

In April, Sherrelwood sees daytime highs around 59°F and nights near 33°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Sherrelwood 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 Sherrelwood peaks around July 13 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 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)	2	4	7	6	7	11	11	10	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	6	High
May	7	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Sherrelwood 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 Sherrelwood is worst in August — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (May, 13 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)	17	15	16	13	13	14	14	21	13	15	15	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	13	Moderate
May	13	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Sherrelwood?

Sherrelwood sits at 39.8°N, 105.0°W, 5,292 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Westminster, 1.9 mi away.

Topography around Sherrelwood

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Sherrelwood has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 440 ft around an average of 5,292 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 912 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 9,685 ft.

The land around Sherrelwood is covered by artificial surfaces (69%) within 2 miles, artificial surfaces (50%) and grassland (29%) within 10 miles, and grassland (42%) and trees (32%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

440 ft

artificial surfaces 69%

10 miles

912 ft

artificial surfaces 50%

50 miles

9,685 ft

grassland 42%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen

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

April weather nearby: Westminster 1.9 mi · Thornton 2.5 mi · Northglenn 3.1 mi · Commerce City 4.3 mi · Arvada 5.0 mi · Wheat Ridge 6.2 mi · Denver 6.8 mi · Broomfield 7.5 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 Sherrelwood (39.8378°, -105.0014°, elevation 5,292 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	56	30
2	57	30
3	57	30
4	57	31
5	57	31
6	58	31
7	58	31
8	58	31
9	58	32
10	58	32
11	59	32
12	59	33
13	59	33
14	59	33
15	59	33
16	59	33
17	60	34
18	60	34
19	60	34
20	60	35
21	60	35
22	60	35
23	61	35
24	61	35
25	61	36
26	61	36
27	62	36
28	62	37
29	62	37
30	63	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	50	50
30	50	50

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

	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	56	30
2	57	30
3	57	30
4	57	31
5	57	31
6	58	31
7	58	31
8	58	31
9	58	32
10	58	32
11	59	32
12	59	33
13	59	33
14	59	33
15	59	33
16	59	33
17	60	34
18	60	34
19	60	34
20	60	35
21	60	35
22	60	35
23	61	35
24	61	35
25	61	36
26	61	36
27	62	36
28	62	37
29	62	37
30	63	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	50	50
30	50	50

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

	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	56	30
2	57	30
3	57	30
4	57	31
5	57	31
6	58	31
7	58	31
8	58	31
9	58	32
10	58	32
11	59	32
12	59	33
13	59	33
14	59	33
15	59	33
16	59	33
17	60	34
18	60	34
19	60	34
20	60	35
21	60	35
22	60	35
23	61	35
24	61	35
25	61	36
26	61	36
27	62	36
28	62	37
29	62	37
30	63	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	50	50
30	50	50

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

	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