46.924°N, 96.812°W · station FARthr · 1881–2026 · 146 years of record
The Almanac Ribbon
Every day of the year at Fargo: the record high and record low ever set (outer lines), the everyday normal range (shaded band), and the full record envelope behind it.
Record highRecord lowNormal high–low band (1991–2020)hottest ever 114°F · coldest ever -48°F
Records by Month
Month
Record high
Record low
Jan
55°Jan 5, 2012
-48°Jan 8, 1887
Feb
66°Feb 25, 1958
-47°Feb 9, 1888
Mar
80°Mar 23, 1910
-34°Mar 10, 1948
Apr
100°Apr 21, 1980
-13°Apr 1, 1881
May
104°May 30, 1934
14°May 1, 1890
Jun
104°Jun 18, 1933
28°Jun 1, 1888
Jul
114°Jul 6, 1936
36°Jul 3, 1967
Aug
106°Aug 18, 1976
32°Aug 25, 1885
Sep
102°Sep 8, 1959
17°Sep 30, 1883
Oct
97°Oct 11, 2015
-4°Oct 26, 1919
Nov
74°Nov 1, 1990
-27°Nov 30, 1905
Dec
65°Dec 6, 1939
-36°Dec 29, 1887
All-time
114°Jul 6, 1936
-48°Jan 8, 1887
Longest-Standing Records
The daily records that have held the longest — set in the earliest years and never beaten since. Highs power Fargo on hottestsince.com; lows on coldestsince.com.
Oldest-standing record highs
Date
Record
Set
Standing
Jun 27
99°
1883
143yrs
Dec 11
55°
1883
143yrs
Jan 17
43°
1884
142yrs
Sep 24
92°
1885
141yrs
Feb 7
51°
1886
140yrs
Aug 23
100°
1886
140yrs
Aug 24
100°
1886
140yrs
Apr 7
86°
1887
139yrs
Apr 8
86°
1887
139yrs
May 9
96°
1887
139yrs
Dec 9
55°
1888
138yrs
Jan 2
46°
1889
137yrs
Oldest-standing record lows
Date
Record
Set
Standing
Feb 14
-33°
1881
145yrs
Mar 30
0°
1881
145yrs
Mar 31
-13°
1881
145yrs
Apr 3
-2°
1881
145yrs
Apr 4
0°
1881
145yrs
Apr 11
1°
1881
145yrs
Apr 12
5°
1881
145yrs
Nov 14
-14°
1881
145yrs
Nov 17
-13°
1881
145yrs
Nov 18
-15°
1881
145yrs
Jan 23
-36°
1882
144yrs
Mar 23
-20°
1882
144yrs
All-Time Extremes
Hottest ever
114°F
1936-07-06
Coldest ever
-48°F
1887-01-08
Longest heat streak
15 days
≥ 90°F · ended 1936-07-18
The Warming Trend
Fargo's annual mean temperature, each year a stripe — blue below the 1991–2020 average, red above.
Days Above / Below the Mark
25 days ≥90°F in 2026 · normal 13 · record 39 in 1988
116 days ≤32°F in 2026 · normal 179 · record 213 in 1907
The Full Record
Every day of the year, record and normal high & low with the year each record was set. Type to filter, click a column to sort.