46.924°N, 96.812°W · station FARthr · 146 years of record
58°F
COLDEST SEP 2 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Sep 2
7-Day Forecast
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Fargo.
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.
Ranks
#135 / 145
coldest Sep 3 in 145 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 3 ever
31°F
set in 1885
Mildest Sep 3 ever
72°F
set in 2015
Forecast low 63°F — 135th coldest Sep 3 of 145 years · record 31°F (1885) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#137 / 145
coldest Sep 4 in 145 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 4 ever
32°F
set in 1885
Mildest Sep 4 ever
74°F
set in 2015
Forecast low 65°F — 137th coldest Sep 4 of 145 years · record 32°F (1885) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#146 / 145
coldest Sep 5 in 145 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 5 ever
26°F
set in 1885
Mildest Sep 5 ever
70°F
set in 1912
Forecast low 70°F — 146th coldest Sep 5 of 145 years · record 26°F (1885) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#134 / 145
coldest Sep 6 in 145 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 6 ever
30°F
set in 1885
Mildest Sep 6 ever
73°F
set in 1996
Forecast low 65°F — 134th coldest Sep 6 of 145 years · record 30°F (1885) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#121 / 145
coldest Sep 7 in 145 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 7 ever
31°F
set in 1885
Mildest Sep 7 ever
73°F
set in 1931
Forecast low 58°F — 121st coldest Sep 7 of 145 years · record 31°F (1885) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#122 / 145
coldest Sep 8 in 145 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 8 ever
29°F
set in 1883
Mildest Sep 8 ever
69°F
set in 1897
Forecast low 59°F — 122nd coldest Sep 8 of 145 years · record 29°F (1883) · coldest since 2025.
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.
Month
Record High
Record Low
Jan
55°FJan 5, 2012
-48°FJan 8, 1887
Feb
66°FFeb 25, 1958
-47°FFeb 9, 1888
Mar
80°FMar 23, 1910
-34°FMar 10, 1948
Apr
100°FApr 21, 1980
-13°FApr 1, 1881
May
104°FMay 30, 1934
14°FMay 1, 1890
Jun
104°FJun 18, 1933
28°FJun 1, 1888
Jul
114°FJul 6, 1936
36°FJul 3, 1967
Aug
106°FAug 18, 1976
32°FAug 25, 1885
Sep
102°FSep 8, 1959
17°FSep 30, 1883
Oct
97°FOct 11, 2015
-4°FOct 26, 1919
Nov
74°FNov 1, 1990
-27°FNov 30, 1905
Dec
65°FDec 6, 1939
-36°FDec 29, 1887
All-time
114°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
Month
Warmest low
Coldest high
Jan
36°FJan 12, 1928
-29°FJan 22, 1936
Feb
40°FFeb 26, 1958
-28°FFeb 1, 1996
Mar
60°FMar 18, 2012
-8°FMar 1, 2014
Apr
67°FApr 23, 1990
13°FApr 7, 1997
May
71°FMay 31, 1988
29°FMay 2, 1967
Jun
78°FJun 28, 1996
43°FJun 4, 1935
Jul
82°FJul 10, 1936
55°FJul 3, 1997
Aug
80°FAug 19, 1976
52°FAug 27, 1885
Sep
74°FSep 4, 2015
38°FSep 28, 1899
Oct
68°FOct 1, 2023
18°FOct 24, 1887
Nov
51°FNov 7, 1977
-12°FNov 29, 1896
Dec
39°FDec 3, 1941
-19°FDec 2, 1886
All-time
82°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.