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Raton in April

Mild and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Raton is mild: highs near 63°F, lows near 30°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 48 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Raton is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 48 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
63°F17°Caverage
Low
30°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 30% of days
Daylight
13h 06mon average

Is April a good time to visit Raton?

April sits outside Raton's best months, which run from September to October. Expect mild days and rain or snow on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 63°F in April, against 46°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in April, against 8°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

30% of days in April, against 16% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

38% cover in April, against 28% to 43% through the year.

Daylight

13h 06m in April, against 9h 41m to 14h 38m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. March55°13°low 24°low -4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. April63°17°low 30°low -1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. May73°23°low 39°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Raton sits, in April

America/Denver
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:27 AMsets 7:33 PM
Above the sea
1,981 mhigh country
Latitude
36.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Taos Ski Valley56 km south-west

The land around Raton, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Raton

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Raton. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,981 m) against the climate model's (2,284 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,981 m) against the climate model's (2,284 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.