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Fargo, ND

46.924°N, 96.812°W · station FARthr · 146 years of record
58°F
forecast low · Sep 2

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Fargo.
58°WED9/263°THU9/365°FRI9/470°SAT9/565°SUN9/658°MON9/759°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Fargo — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#109 / 145
coldest Sep 2 in 145 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 2 ever

34°F
set in 1946

Mildest Sep 2 ever

69°F
set in 1929
Forecast low 58°F — 109th coldest Sep 2 of 145 years · record 34°F (1946) · coldest since 2025.
1881: 56°F1882: 51°F1883: 41°F1884: 62°F1885: 43°F1886: 49°F1887: 58°F1888: 43°F1889: 55°F1890: 50°F1891: 50°F1892: 55°F1893: 39°F1894: 58°F1895: 54°F1896: 51°F1897: 56°F1898: 64°F1899: 54°F1900: 55°F1901: 56°F1902: 48°F1903: 49°F1904: 55°F1905: 50°F1906: 57°F1907: 44°F1908: 47°F1909: 46°F1910: 52°F1911: 48°F1912: 56°F1913: 54°F1914: 48°F1915: 62°F1916: 46°F1917: 37°F1918: 45°F1919: 53°F1920: 50°F1921: 60°F1922: 56°F1923: 61°F1924: 48°F1925: 66°F1926: 58°F1927: 57°F1928: 55°F1929: 69°F1930: 46°F1931: 46°F1932: 49°F1933: 57°F1934: 45°F1935: 45°F1936: 64°F1937: 67°F1938: 48°F1939: 67°F1940: 49°F1941: 63°F1942: 46°F1943: 57°F1944: 53°F1945: 44°F1946: 34°F1947: 54°F1948: 56°F1949: 47°F1950: 54°F1951: 54°F1952: 45°F1953: 59°F1954: 52°F1955: 60°F1956: 48°F1957: 61°F1958: 61°F1959: 51°F1960: 57°F1961: 44°F1962: 55°F1963: 61°F1964: 61°F1965: 51°F1966: 47°F1967: 53°F1968: 45°F1969: 47°F1970: 67°F1971: 68°F1972: 44°F1973: 65°F1974: 37°F1975: 50°F1976: 53°F1977: 51°F1978: 60°F1979: 50°F1980: 50°F1981: 51°F1982: 49°F1983: 66°F1984: 53°F1985: 58°F1986: 63°F1987: 42°F1988: 53°F1989: 50°F1990: 58°F1991: 65°F1992: 52°F1993: 48°F1994: 45°F1995: 61°F1996: 64°F1997: 44°F1998: 45°F1999: 56°F2000: 52°F2001: 54°F2002: 55°F2003: 56°F2004: 51°F2005: 44°F2006: 54°F2007: 57°F2008: 66°F2009: 56°F2010: 55°F2011: 59°F2012: 61°F2013: 41°F2014: 51°F2015: 68°F2016: 56°F2017: 56°F2018: 51°F2019: 53°F2020: 53°F2021: 60°F2022: 50°F2023: 63°F2024: 47°F2025: 51°F58° forecast30354045505560657018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 258°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record34°F
This-date rank#109 of 145
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-48°F (1887)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1881–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Fargo in each calendar month, and for the whole 1881–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan55°FJan 5, 2012-48°FJan 8, 1887
Feb66°FFeb 25, 1958-47°FFeb 9, 1888
Mar80°FMar 23, 1910-34°FMar 10, 1948
Apr100°FApr 21, 1980-13°FApr 1, 1881
May104°FMay 30, 193414°FMay 1, 1890
Jun104°FJun 18, 193328°FJun 1, 1888
Jul114°FJul 6, 193636°FJul 3, 1967
Aug106°FAug 18, 197632°FAug 25, 1885
Sep102°FSep 8, 195917°FSep 30, 1883
Oct97°FOct 11, 2015-4°FOct 26, 1919
Nov74°FNov 1, 1990-27°FNov 30, 1905
Dec65°FDec 6, 1939-36°FDec 29, 1887
All-time114°FJul 6, 1936-48°FJan 8, 1887

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Fargo so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

2 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

82°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 10, 1936

Coldest high ever

-29°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 22, 1936
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan36°FJan 12, 1928-29°FJan 22, 1936
Feb40°FFeb 26, 1958-28°FFeb 1, 1996
Mar60°FMar 18, 2012-8°FMar 1, 2014
Apr67°FApr 23, 199013°FApr 7, 1997
May71°FMay 31, 198829°FMay 2, 1967
Jun78°FJun 28, 199643°FJun 4, 1935
Jul82°FJul 10, 193655°FJul 3, 1997
Aug80°FAug 19, 197652°FAug 27, 1885
Sep74°FSep 4, 201538°FSep 28, 1899
Oct68°FOct 1, 202318°FOct 24, 1887
Nov51°FNov 7, 1977-12°FNov 29, 1896
Dec39°FDec 3, 1941-19°FDec 2, 1886
All-time82°FJul 10, 1936-29°FJan 22, 1936

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

166 days
record run, ended Apr 9 1974

So far in 2026

116 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Fargo's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 54°F · forecast is +4° vs normal.
Jan: 18°FJan: 0°FFeb: 23°FFeb: 4°FMar: 36°FMar: 18°FApr: 54°FApr: 32°FMay: 69°FMay: 45°FJun: 78°FJun: 56°FJul: 82°FJul: 60°FAug: 81°FAug: 57°FSep: 72°FSep: 48°FOct: 56°FOct: 36°FNov: 38°FNov: 21°FDec: 24°FDec: 8°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:46 AM
Sunset7:07 PM
Solar noon12:27 PM
Daylight13h 21m · losing 22 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

46.92°N, 96.81°W

Nearby Stations

Grand Forks, ND72 mi NSisseton, SD87 mi SAberdeen, SD127 mi SWBrainerd, MN132 mi ESaint Cloud, MN162 mi SEBismarck, ND186 mi W

The Last 6 Weeks

Fargo's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Fargo, ND — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Fargo's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Fargo, ND — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1881

Each cell is one day's low at Fargo, coloured by temperature — 146 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Fargo, ND daily low heat map 1881–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Fargo — counted through Sep 2 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
116 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 14th most in 146 years. Normal for this point: 107. Record: 131 in 1907.

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