Fargo weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Fargo, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Fargo Hector International Airport, 7 km from Fargo; records cover 1881–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 24 in608 mm
- Snow a year
- 51 in131 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 11
- First fall freeze
- Oct 2
- Heating degree days
- 8,807
- Cooling degree days
- 542
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −21°−29° (heating, 99%) and 93°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Fargo in January
Highs average 18°−8° and lows 0°−18°, with 0.71 in18 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 55°13° (2012)
- Record low
- −48°−44° (1887)
- Heating degree days
- 1730
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fargo in February
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 4°−15°, with 0.69 in18 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 66°19° (1958)
- Record low
- −47°−44° (1888)
- Heating degree days
- 1445
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fargo in March
Highs average 36°2° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1910)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1172
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fargo in April
Highs average 54°12° and lows 32°0°, with 1.5 in39 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1980)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1881)
- Heating degree days
- 661
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Fargo in May
Highs average 69°20° and lows 44°7°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1934)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1890)
- Heating degree days
- 291
- Cooling degree days
- 29
Fargo in June
Highs average 78°26° and lows 56°13°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1933)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1888)
- Heating degree days
- 60
- Cooling degree days
- 116
Fargo in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 59°15°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1936)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 17
- Cooling degree days
- 195
Fargo in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 57°14°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1976)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1885)
- Heating degree days
- 32
- Cooling degree days
- 148
Fargo in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 48°9°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1959)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1883)
- Heating degree days
- 198
- Cooling degree days
- 49
Fargo in OctoberThis month
Highs average 56°13° and lows 35°2°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation and 1.2 in3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2015)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 609
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Fargo in November
Highs average 38°3° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.97 in25 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1990)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 1065
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fargo in December
Highs average 24°−4° and lows 8°−14°, with 0.89 in23 mm of precipitation and 12 in30 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1939)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1887)
- Heating degree days
- 1527
- Cooling degree days
- 0