Rochester, MN: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 47.9°F in Rochester, MN, the warmest April since 2017, tied 24th warmest of 112 (with 1968).

April 2026

Mean temperature: 47.9°F; Warmest since 2017; 24th warmest of 112
Precipitation: 4.44 in; Wettest since 2025; 16th wettest of 109

A normal April in Rochester, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 45.5°F, between 40.8°F and 49.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.21 in of precipitation, between 1.61 in and 5.72 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Rochester, MN since 1887: 47.9°F in 2026; the highest is 54.5°F, in 1915.

Normal range, 40.8 to 49.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April in Rochester, MN from 1887 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	Days missing
2026	47.9	24	58.1	31	37.8	16	4.44	16	0
2025	46.4	37	56.6	46	36.2	28	4.85	11	0
2024	46.8	34	56.7	44	36.9	23	3.92	26	0
2023	45.1	55	55.2	60	34.9	49	3.01	44	0
2022	40.3	100	48.4	106	32.2	86	6.83	2	0
2021	46.4	37	56.8	42	35.9	31	0.81	106	0
2020	42.8	77	54	71	31.5	95	1.82	78	0
2019	44.8	58	54.6	65	35.1	44	3.93	25	0
2018	34.5	112	44.5	113	24.5	112	3.18	41	0
2017	48.1	22	56.7	44	39.4	9	4.55	14	0
2016	47	31	56.6	46	37.4	20	1.72	83	0
2015	47.7	26	58.3	30	37.1	22	4.93	10	0
2014	42.2	80	50.8	91	33.5	73	5.64	6	0
2013	40.2	102	47.8	108	32.6	80	6.79	3	0
2012	49.1	14	59.7	18	38.4	11	2.66	52	0
2011	45.4	52	54	71	36.7	24	4.03	22	0
2010	53	2	64.8	3	41.2	2	1.62	86	0
2009	46.1	42	57.9	32	34.4	58	2.09	72	0
2008	44.1	66	53	77	35.2	40	4.17	19	0
2007	44.7	60	54.9	62	34.5	55	1.11	98	0
2006	51.3	6	61.7	12	40.9	4	5.51	7	0
2005	50	10	60.5	15	39.5	8	1.77	81	0
2004	48.5	18	60.8	14	36.2	28	2.34	64	0
2003	45.5	50	55.8	55	35.2	40	2.54	58	0
2002	44.6	62	54.3	67	34.9	49	3.40	38	0
2001	47.7	26	57.3	38	38	12	7.30	1	0
2000	45.6	47	56.9	41	34.3	61	0.94	103	0
1999	46.7	35	55.4	58	38	12	6.47	4	0
1998	49.1	14	59.3	21	38.9	10	2.20	68	0
1997	41.7	85	52.7	81	30.7	100	2.32	65	0
1996	40.8	97	51.4	86	30.1	105	1.53	89	0
1995	40.3	100	49.1	102	31.5	95	2.91	46	0
1994	44.5	63	55.3	59	33.7	68	4.95	9	0
1993	41.7	85	51	88	32.3	84	4.56	13	0
1992	42.1	81	50.4	97	33.8	66	3.24	40	0
1991	48.2	20	58.5	26	38	12	5.25	8	0
1990	45.5	50	56.6	46	34.4	58	6.47	4	0
1989	44.1	66	54.3	67	33.9	63	3.49	36	0
1988	44	68	56.1	51	31.9	90	2.43	61	0
1987	50.8	7	64	4	37.6	18	1.02	102	0
1986	48.4	19	58.9	24	37.9	15	3.80	29	0
1985	50.4	9	60.4	16	40.3	6	1.58	87	0
1984	44.8	58	54.2	69	35.4	37	3.91	28	0
1983	39.3	108	47.4	109	31.1	97	2.52	59	0
1982	40.9	95	51.2	87	30.5	102	3.13	42	0
1981	48.1	22	58.8	25	37.4	20	2.47	60	0
1980	47.1	30	58.5	26	35.7	33	1.17	95	0
1979	42.1	81	51	88	33.2	75	2.10	71	0
1978	44.7	60	54.2	69	35.2	40	2.36	62	0
1977	53	2	64.9	2	41.1	3	2.91	46	0
1976	49.5	12	62.7	9	36.3	27	2.77	51	0
1975	39.6	106	47.3	110	31.9	90	3.66	30	0
1974	46.7	35	57.9	32	35.6	34	2.59	56	0
1973	42.3	79	52.3	82	32.4	83	4.26	18	0
1972	41.3	94	50.9	90	31.7	93	1.66	85	0
1971	45.8	44	57.8	34	33.9	63	1.58	87	0
1970	45.7	46	55.9	52	35.4	37	2.29	66	0
1969	47.2	28	57.8	34	36.6	26	1.35	91	0
1968	47.9	24	60.1	17	35.6	34	4.16	21	0
1967	44.4	64	53.6	74	35.3	39	3.36	39	0
1966	40.9	95	49.1	102	32.7	78	1.08	101	0
1965	41.9	84	48.8	104	35	47	3.92	26	0
1964	45.1	55	55.7	56	34.6	52	2.61	55	0
1963	46.2	40	57.3	38	35.1	44	2.63	53	0
1962	41.5	90	51.9	84	31	98	2.83	48	0
1961	37.9	110	45.9	112	29.9	106	1.77	81	0
1960	46	43	56.5	49	35.5	36	2.11	70	0
1959	46.2	40	57.5	36	34.9	49	1.98	74	0
1958	45.6	47	57.5	36	33.6	71	2.35	63	0
1957	45.6	47	56.2	50	35	47	0.86	104	0
1956	40.4	99	52.3	82	28.6	108	1.79	79	0
1955	51.7	4	63.4	6	40	7	2.81	50	0
1954	47.2	28	58.5	26	35.9	31	4.68	12	0
1953	39.4	107	48.1	107	30.7	100	3.50	35	0
1952	46.9	32	59.2	22	34.5	55	2.09	72	0
1951	40.6	98	48.8	104	32.5	82	3.98	23	0
1950	37.6	111	46.6	111	28.6	108	2.20	68	0
1949	45.8	44	59.1	23	32.6	80	1.11	98	0
1948	49.6	11	62.5	11	36.7	24	2.55	57	0
1947	41.6	88	50.8	91	32.3	84	2.83	48	0
1946	49.5	12	63	8	36	30	0.46	109	0
1945	43.5	72	53.3	75	33.8	66	4.54	15	0
1944	41.4	93	50.8	91	32	89	3.52	34	0
1943	43.6	71	55.6	57	31.6	94	0.69	108	0
1942	50.7	8	64	4	37.5	19	1.78	80	0
1941	51.6	5	62.6	10	40.6	5	1.34	92	0
1940	43.7	70	54.5	66	32.9	77	1.83	77	0
1939	41.6	88	52.9	80	30.2	103	1.93	75	0
1938	43.8	69	53.9	73	33.7	68	3.59	33	0
1937	41.7	85	49.5	98	33.9	63	2.22	67	0
1936	40.1	104	50.7	95	29.5	107	0.79	107	0
1935	43.3	76	53	77	33.6	71	2.63	53	0
1934	44.4	64	56.8	42	31.9	90	1.45	90	0
1933	43.5	72	54.9	62	32.2	86	1.09	100	0
1932	45.4	52	57.1	40	33.1	76	1.28	93	2
1931	48.2	20	61.3	13	35.1	44			0
1930	46.9	32	59.4	20	34.4	58	4.17	19	0
1929									14
1920	40	105	49.4	100	30.2	103	3.09	43	2
1919			55.9	52			4.44	16	5
1918	41.5	90	54.8	64	28.3	110	1.13	97	0
1917	42.1	81	51.6	85	32.7	78	3.01	44	0
1916	43.4	74	53.2	76	33.7	68	3.94	24	0
1915	54.5	1	66.1	1	42.9	1	1.15	96	0
1914	44.9	57	55.9	52	33.5	73	3.62	32	1
1913	46.4	37	58.5	26	34.3	61	1.28	93	0
1912	48.6	17	59.6	19	37.7	17	1.70	84	2
1911	43.4	74	53	77	34.6	52	1.86	76	1
1910	48.8	16	63.1	7	34.6	52	0.82	105	0
1909	38.6	109	49.2	101	28.1	111			0
1893	40.2	102	49.5	98	31	98			2
1892	41.5	90	50.8	91	32.2	86			0
1888	42.6	78	50.6	96	34.5	55	3.65	31	0
1887	45.2	54	55.2	60	35.2	40	3.41	37	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	54.5
2010	53
1977	53
1955	51.7
1941	51.6
2006	51.3
1987	50.8
1942	50.7
1985	50.4
2005	50

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	34.5
1950	37.6
1961	37.9
1909	38.6
1983	39.3
1953	39.4
1975	39.6
1920	40
1936	40.1
2013	40.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2001	7.30
2022	6.83
2013	6.79
1999	6.47
1990	6.47
2014	5.64
2006	5.51
1991	5.25
1994	4.95
2015	4.93

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1946	0.46
1943	0.69
1936	0.79
2021	0.81
1910	0.82
1957	0.86
2000	0.94
1987	1.02
1966	1.08
1933	1.09

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 82°F; 22 April 2026
Coldest night: 19°F; 7 April 2026
Wettest day: 1.24 in; 3 April 2026

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Every answer in words

April 2026 brought 4.44 in of precipitation in Rochester, MN, the wettest April since 2025, tied 16th wettest of 109 (with 1919).
The hottest day of April 2026 in Rochester, MN: 82°F on Wednesday 22 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Rochester, MN: a low of 19°F on Tuesday 7 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Rochester, MN: 1.24 in on Friday 3 April 2026.