Fargo, ND

North Dakota · Records since 1881–2026

☁️ 46°F Feels like 38°
Currently in Fargo
As of 3:30 PM CST

Records for November 4

🔥 Record High

74°F

November 4, 2020

+30° from 44° normal

❄ Record Low

-3°F

November 4, 1919

-29° from 26° normal
🌞 Normal high: 44°F 🌑 Normal low: 26°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Fargo

🔥
114°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 6, 1936
❄
-48°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 8, 1887
🌧
4.72"
Wettest Day Ever
Aug 8, 1943
☃
16.3"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 22, 1982

First & Last Dates — Fargo

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
187 days
Longest growing season
2007
77 days
Shortest growing season
1885
146 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — November 4

# Temp Date
🏆 74°F November 4, 2020
2 70°F November 4, 1975
3 68°F November 4, 2016
4 67°F November 4, 1904
5 63°F November 4, 1981
6 63°F November 4, 1952
7 63°F November 4, 1917
8 62°F November 4, 1963
9 62°F November 4, 1899
10 61°F November 4, 2008

Top 5 Record Lows — November 4

# Temp Date
🥶 -3°F November 4, 1919
2 -1°F November 4, 1991
3 -1°F November 4, 1951
4 1°F November 4, 1995
5 4°F November 4, 1935
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1881–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Fargo

threshold: 90°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.0
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
97°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
11
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
4
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1881–2026
26
2026 so far
13
Avg/year 1970–2025
14
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
39
Most in a year (1988)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Fargo

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 4, 1936 – Jul 18, 1936 15 114°F (Jul 6) 102°F 72°F
2 Aug 18, 1976 – Aug 26, 1976 9 106°F (Aug 18) 98°F 67°F
3 Jun 25, 1921 – Jul 2, 1921 8 100°F (Jun 30) 94°F 68°F
4 Jun 14, 1995 – Jun 21, 1995 8 100°F (Jun 17) 94°F 70°F
5 Jul 31, 1930 – Aug 7, 1930 8 98°F (Aug 1) 94°F 65°F
6 Jul 13, 1932 – Jul 19, 1932 7 104°F (Jul 19) 96°F 66°F
7 Jul 4, 1948 – Jul 10, 1948 7 101°F (Jul 6) 95°F 69°F
8 May 31, 2023 – Jun 6, 2023 7 97°F (Jun 1) 93°F 68°F
9 Jul 22, 2021 – Jul 28, 2021 7 96°F (Jul 23) 92°F 66°F
10 Jul 26, 1988 – Jul 31, 1988 6 105°F (Jul 27) 97°F 68°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

52
2026 total
above-normal nights
44.0
Avg / summer
1970–2020
60
Most in a summer
2023

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1881–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1881, annual totals have trended -0.06" per decade, about -0.9" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Fargo is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

180 of 307 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

14.29"
2026 YTD
Normal: 22.21"
-7.92"
1.15"
November so far
November normal: 0.97"
+0.18"
3
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Fargo is 7.92" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Aug 5 – Nov 3, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 91 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
61.6°F
Average temperature
3rd-warmest of 146
+4.5°
vs. average
Normal: 57.1°F (1991–2020)
5.95"
Precipitation
71st-wettest of 146
-1.25"
vs. average
Normal: 7.20" · 83% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Aug 5 – Nov 3

1881–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.23° per decade (warming since 1881)

Precipitation by Year — Aug 5 – Nov 3

1881–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.02" per decade (wetter since 1881)

Warmest Aug 5 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1963 62.0°F
2 2024 62.0°F
3 2026 61.6°F
4 2015 61.2°F
5 2021 61.1°F
6 2023 61.0°F
7 2025 60.9°F
8 1938 60.6°F
9 1953 60.5°F
10 1948 60.3°F

Coolest Aug 5 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1887 51.5°F
2 1896 51.9°F
3 1883 51.9°F
4 1951 52.0°F
5 1917 52.1°F
6 1885 52.1°F
7 1926 53.0°F
8 1890 53.0°F
9 1985 53.0°F
10 1881 53.0°F

Wettest Aug 5 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 1900 15.64"
2 2008 13.96"
3 1903 12.90"
4 1884 11.94"
5 1999 11.85"
6 2005 11.66"
7 1881 11.49"
8 2019 11.34"
9 2010 10.49"
10 1973 10.37"

Driest Aug 5 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 1976 0.99"
2 1993 1.74"
3 1967 1.78"
4 1936 1.99"
5 1952 2.06"
6 1948 2.18"
7 1922 2.23"
8 1917 2.32"
9 1955 2.39"
10 2011 2.58"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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