North Dakota · THREADEX · 1941–2026

Grand Forks, ND

47.943°N, 97.183°W · station GFKthr · 86 years of record
64°F
forecast low · Jul 19

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Grand Forks.
72°TUE7/1467°WED7/1568°THU7/1669°FRI7/1766°SAT7/1864°SUN7/19

This Day in History · Jul 19

Today ranks

#74 / 85
coldest Jul 19 in 85 yrs of record

Coldest Jul 19 ever

42°F
set in 1951

Mildest Jul 19 ever

75°F
set in 2011

Coldest Jul 19 — Year by Year

Every year's low on Jul 19 at Grand Forks. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
4258751941: 54°F1942: 57°F1943: 60°F1944: 57°F1945: 59°F1946: 54°F1947: 52°F1948: 50°F1949: 47°F1950: 56°F1951: 42°F1952: 58°F1953: 61°F1954: 63°F1955: 63°F1956: 57°F1957: 58°F1958: 51°F1959: 51°F1960: 57°F1961: 51°F1962: 63°F1963: 62°F1964: 55°F1965: 57°F1966: 57°F1967: 60°F1968: 59°F1969: 53°F1970: 52°F1971: 48°F1972: 47°F1973: 45°F1974: 65°F1975: 59°F1976: 54°F1977: 61°F1978: 56°F1979: 63°F1980: 57°F1981: 62°F1982: 57°F1983: 66°F1984: 55°F1985: 53°F1986: 58°F1987: 62°F1988: 55°F1989: 59°F1990: 53°F1991: 58°F1992: 51°F1993: 55°F1994: 62°F1995: 61°F1996: 67°F1997: 65°F1998: 58°F1999: 56°F2000: 51°F2001: 63°F2002: 65°F2003: 65°F2004: 59°F2005: 50°F2006: 58°F2007: 52°F2008: 51°F2009: 48°F2010: 58°F2011: 75°F2012: 65°F2013: 60°F2014: 57°F2015: 58°F2016: 58°F2017: 55°F2018: 64°F2019: 59°F2020: 61°F2021: 64°F2022: 64°F2023: 55°F2024: 64°F2025: 55°F64° forecast194119512025

The Numbers

Forecast low · Jul 1964°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record42°F
This-date rank#74 of 85
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-43°F (2004)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1941–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Grand Forks in each calendar month, and for the whole 1941–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan52°F1990-43°F2004
Feb67°F2000-40°F1996
Mar80°F1963-38°F1948
Apr100°F1980-8°F1970
May101°F19645°F1967
Jun103°F202130°F1953
Jul104°F198830°F1972
Aug104°F198331°F1986
Sep103°F198318°F1942
Oct92°F19926°F1991
Nov75°F1975-31°F1985
Dec56°F1990-33°F2021
All-time104°F1983-43°F2004

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Grand Forks so far this year — through Jul 11.

Record Highs in 2026

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

Record Lows in 2026

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

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

187 days
record run, ended May 1 1956

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Grand Forks's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 58°F · forecast is +5° vs normal.
Jan: 16°FJan: -2°FFeb: 21°FFeb: 1°FMar: 34°FMar: 16°FApr: 52°FApr: 30°FMay: 67°FMay: 42°FJun: 77°FJun: 54°FJul: 81°FJul: 58°FAug: 80°FAug: 55°FSep: 71°FSep: 46°FOct: 54°FOct: 33°FNov: 36°FNov: 18°FDec: 21°FDec: 4°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:43 AM
Sunset8:26 PM
Solar noon12:34 PM
Daylight15h 43m · losing 10 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

47.94°N, 97.18°W

Nearby Stations

Fargo, ND72 mi SSisseton, SD157 mi SBrainerd, MN178 mi SEInternational Falls, MN179 mi EAberdeen, SD182 mi SWBismarck, ND185 mi W

The Last 6 Weeks

Grand Forks'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.
Grand Forks, ND — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Grand Forks's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Grand Forks, ND — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1941

Each cell is one day's low at Grand Forks, coloured by temperature — 86 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Grand Forks, ND daily low heat map 1941–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Grand Forks — counted through Jul 19 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
124 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 6th most in 86 years. Normal for this point: 109. Record: 129 in 1956.

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