Bismarck, ND: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 41.5°F in Bismarck, ND, the coldest April since 2023, 52nd coldest of 152.

April 2026

Mean temperature: 41.5°F; Coldest since 2023; 52nd coldest of 152
Precipitation: 1.54 in; Wettest since 2025; 63rd wettest of 152

A normal April in Bismarck, ND (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 43.2°F, between 38.8°F and 47.8°F in eight years of ten and 1.05 in of precipitation, between 0.51 in and 2.42 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Bismarck, ND since 1875: 41.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 33.6°F, in 1950.

Normal range, 38.8 to 47.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April in Bismarck, ND from 1875 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank
2026	41.5	101	53.9	88	29.1	111	1.54	63
2025	44.4	56	57.2	55	31.7	68	1.95	40
2024	45.5	41	57.8	46	33.2	42	2.06	36
2023	37	140	47.6	140	26.5	141	0.63	118
2022	37	140	45.8	146	28.2	124	3.53	10
2021	43.1	76	57.6	48	28.6	118	0.66	115
2020	40.9	107	54.2	84	27.6	130	0.47	131
2019	44.2	58	55.9	66	32.5	51	1.14	80
2018	36.2	144	48.5	134	24	149	0.62	119
2017	45.3	46	58.5	38	32	62	0.96	91
2016	45	49	57.4	53	32.5	51	4.15	4
2015	45.4	43	59.8	29	30.9	83	0.37	136
2014	41.1	104	54.5	81	27.7	129	1.95	40
2013	34.5	150	45.4	147	23.7	150	1.81	48
2012	47.1	23	60.1	27	34	25	1.71	53
2011	40.1	119	49.6	125	30.5	89	2.35	29
2010	47.8	20	62	16	33.6	35	3.08	15
2009	41.2	103	51.8	107	30.6	88	0.69	109
2008	41.8	98	57	58	26.6	140	0.73	106
2007	42.1	92	54.8	79	29.4	107	0.80	101
2006	49.8	8	64.8	6	34.9	16	0.73	106
2005	48.7	14	62	16	35.4	12	1.04	85
2004	45.9	38	60.4	25	31.5	74	0.78	102
2003	47	24	60.5	24	33.5	37	0.85	98
2002	40.8	110	53.2	94	28.3	121	1.15	78
2001	44.7	52	57.7	47	31.7	68	1.88	43
2000	43.6	67	57.6	48	29.6	104	1.51	65
1999	43.3	73	55.1	72	31.4	75	1.61	59
1998	48	19	61.9	18	34.1	23	0.66	115
1997	38.6	130	50	123	27.1	135	3.26	12
1996	39.6	125	51.2	118	27.9	126	0.51	128
1995	38.8	129	49.9	124	27.8	128	1.00	89
1994	43	78	56.6	60	29.4	107	1.06	82
1993	42.2	89	55.1	72	29.2	110	1.26	75
1992	42.1	92	55	76	29.1	111	0.22	144
1991	46.1	34	58.3	41	33.9	26	1.62	58
1990	43.5	70	58.2	43	28.8	116	0.31	141
1989	44.2	58	56.8	59	31.7	68	1.86	47
1988	45	49	62.4	15	27.6	130	0.12	147
1987	51.2	2	66.6	1	35.8	9	0.13	145
1986	42.3	87	52.9	98	31.7	68	3.60	8
1985	46	36	60.4	25	31.6	72	1.77	50
1984	41.7	99	53	97	30.4	92	3.65	6
1983	39.9	123	51.5	113	28.3	121	0.51	128
1982	40	121	51.8	107	28.2	124	0.76	104
1981	46.5	30	61.1	22	31.8	64	0.58	122
1980	48.7	14	64.7	7	32.6	48	0.43	133
1979	35	147	44.2	150	25.9	142	0.94	92
1978	42.7	84	51.7	110	33.6	35	2.00	38
1977	49.1	10	64.3	8	33.9	26	0.13	145
1976	46.5	30	59.2	33	33.7	33	2.84	20
1975	35.5	145	42.4	151	28.5	119	5.46	2
1974	42.3	87	54	86	30.5	89	2.23	31
1973	40.9	107	52.7	99	29.1	111	0.87	95
1972	42.4	86	50.8	119	33.9	26	1.81	48
1971	43.8	64	55.7	67	31.8	64	1.06	82
1970	39.6	125	47.8	139	31.3	76	4.05	5
1969	46	36	58.6	36	33.5	37	0.77	103
1968	42.8	81	55.1	72	30.4	92	1.30	74
1967	38.3	132	48.9	129	27.6	130	2.79	21
1966	38	135	48.1	136	27.9	126	1.23	76
1965	42	96	51.3	116	32.6	48	1.88	43
1964	45.1	48	57.5	52	32.6	48	2.90	19
1963	43.9	61	55.4	71	32.3	54	1.98	39
1962	44.6	54	58.3	41	30.8	86	0.55	125
1961	40.3	115	51.7	110	28.9	114	1.70	56
1960	45.2	47	57.2	55	33.2	42	0.41	135
1959	43.3	73	55.6	69	30.9	83	0.37	136
1958	44.6	54	57.3	54	31.9	63	0.76	104
1957	41.7	99	53.7	89	29.7	103	1.61	59
1956	37.4	136	49.6	125	25.2	145	0.11	148
1955	48.9	11	62.9	13	34.9	16	1.77	50
1954	40.6	112	53.7	89	27.5	133	0.56	124
1953	37.2	138	47.6	140	26.8	136	2.44	26
1952	48.4	17	63.6	12	33.3	40	trace	152
1951	40.2	116	51.6	112	28.8	116	0.48	130
1950	33.6	152	42	152	25.3	143	1.71	53
1949	48.9	11	63.9	10	33.9	26	1.70	56
1948	44.2	58	56.3	64	32.1	59	3.05	16
1947	41.4	102	52.1	104	30.7	87	0.90	94
1946	50.7	4	64.9	5	36.4	6	1.04	85
1945	40	121	51.5	113	28.5	119	0.98	90
1944	42.1	92	53.2	94	31	82	1.05	84
1943	47	24	60.6	23	33.3	40	0.87	95
1942	46.1	34	57.6	48	34.7	19	2.58	24
1941	45.6	39	55	76	36.2	7	1.60	61
1940	39.1	128	48.8	130	29.4	107	2.93	18
1939	43.9	61	56.5	61	31.3	76	0.69	109
1938	46.3	33	58.5	38	34.1	23	0.54	127
1937	42.9	80	52.7	99	33	45	1.43	67
1936	38.1	134	49.5	127	26.7	138	0.37	136
1935	40.2	116	49.2	128	31.2	79	3.03	17
1934	45.4	43	58.1	44	32.7	47	0.32	140
1933	42.5	85	53.2	94	31.8	64	0.73	106
1932	46.8	26	57.9	45	35.8	9	2.08	35
1931	45.5	41	59	34	32.1	59	0.42	134
1930	49.4	9	61.2	21	37.6	4	1.37	70
1929	43.2	75	54.5	81	31.8	64	1.87	45
1928	37.1	139	48.8	130	25.3	143	1.15	78
1927	43.7	65	53.4	92	33.9	26	1.37	70
1926	44.7	52	59.4	32	29.9	99	0.11	148
1925	51	3	63.8	11	38.3	1	0.86	97
1924	41	106	51.5	113	30.4	92	1.90	42
1923	41.1	104	52.7	99	29.5	106	2.01	37
1922	44.8	51	55.6	69	33.9	26	0.68	112
1921	43.4	71	56.2	65	30.5	89	2.40	27
1920	34.6	149	45.1	148	24.1	148	0.45	132
1919	43.4	71	53.4	92	33.4	39	1.71	53
1918	43	78	53.6	91	32.3	54	2.13	34
1917	38.5	131	48.1	136	28.9	114	1.87	45
1916	40.9	107	51.8	107	30.1	97	0.65	117
1915	51.5	1	65	4	38	2	1.04	85
1914	43.1	76	55	76	31.2	79	0.92	93
1913	48.1	18	61.6	19	34.6	20	0.55	125
1912	46.5	30	60.1	27	33	45	2.30	30
1911	42.8	81	54.8	79	30.9	83	1.18	77
1910	50.1	7	65.7	2	34.5	22	0.59	121
1909	35.2	146	47.1	142	23.3	151	0.84	100
1908	45.4	43	59.6	30	31.3	76	1.73	52
1907	35	147	46.7	143	23.2	152	0.67	114
1906	48.6	16	61.4	20	35.7	11	0.85	98
1905	40.7	111	54	86	27.4	134	0.07	151
1904	40.4	114	50.4	121	30.3	95	1.38	69
1903	43.9	61	56.5	61	31.2	79	0.61	120
1902	42.1	92	54.3	83	29.9	99	0.26	142
1901	46.6	29	58.6	36	34.6	20	0.36	139
1900	50.7	4	64	9	37.4	5	0.58	122
1899	39.8	124	51.3	116	28.3	121	1.31	73
1898	43.7	65	55.1	72	32.3	54	1.12	81
1897	42.2	89	52.4	102	32.1	59	1.40	68
1896	42.2	89	52	106	32.3	54	2.23	31
1895	50.3	6	65.1	3	35.4	12	2.53	25
1894	43.6	67	52.2	103	35	15	3.40	11
1893	36.5	143	46.2	145	26.8	136	0.69	109
1892	38.3	132	46.3	144	30.3	95	3.23	13
1891	47.2	22	58.4	40	36	8	2.40	27
1890	46.7	28	59.6	30	33.8	32	0.68	112
1889	48.9	11	62.6	14	35.2	14	0.26	142
1888	42.8	81	55.7	67	29.9	99	0.11	148
1887	44.4	56	56.4	63	32.4	53	1.52	64
1886	45.6	39	57.6	48	33.7	33	1.49	66
1885	43.6	67	54.1	85	33.2	42	3.21	14
1884	39.3	127	48.4	135	30.1	97	2.20	33
1883	41.9	97	52.1	104	31.6	72	1.57	62
1882	40.5	113	48.8	130	32.2	58	3.56	9
1881	37.3	137	47.9	138	26.7	138	1.02	88
1880	36.9	142	48.7	133	25.1	146	3.65	6
1879	46.8	26	58.7	35	34.9	16	2.60	23
1878	47.6	21	57.2	55	38	2	5.71	1
1877	40.1	119	50.5	120	29.6	104	1.32	72
1876	40.2	116	50.4	121	29.9	99	2.77	22
1875	34.2	151	44.3	149	24.2	147	4.22	3

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	51.5
1987	51.2
1925	51
1946	50.7
1900	50.7
1895	50.3
1910	50.1
2006	49.8
1930	49.4
1977	49.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	33.6
1875	34.2
2013	34.5
1920	34.6
1979	35
1907	35
1909	35.2
1975	35.5
2018	36.2
1893	36.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1878	5.71
1975	5.46
1875	4.22
2016	4.15
1970	4.05
1984	3.65
1880	3.65
1986	3.60
1882	3.56
2022	3.53

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1952	trace
1905	0.07
1956	0.11
1926	0.11
1888	0.11
1988	0.12
1987	0.13
1977	0.13
1992	0.22
1902	0.26
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 22 April 2026
Coldest night: 18°F; 6 April 2026
Wettest day: 0.79 in; 3 April 2026

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Every answer in words

April 2026 brought 1.54 in of precipitation in Bismarck, ND, the wettest April since 2025, 63rd wettest of 152.
The hottest day of April 2026 in Bismarck, ND: 88°F on Wednesday 22 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Bismarck, ND: a low of 18°F on Monday 6 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Bismarck, ND: 0.79 in on Friday 3 April 2026.