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Fargo, ND

46.924°N, 96.812°W · station FARthr · 146 years of record
92°F
forecast high · Sep 4

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Fargo.
84°TUE9/184°WED9/291°THU9/392°FRI9/490°SAT9/583°SUN9/678°MON9/7

This Day in History

Every year's high 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 hottest on record.

Ranks

#7 / 145
warmest Sep 4 in 145 yrs of record

Warmest Sep 4 ever

98°F
set in 1979

Coolest Sep 4 ever

54°F
set in 1885
Forecast high 92°F — 7th warmest Sep 4 of 145 years · record 98°F (1979) · warmest since 2023.
1881: 75°F1882: 84°F1883: 66°F1884: 72°F1885: 54°F1886: 90°F1887: 74°F1888: 73°F1889: 62°F1890: 74°F1891: 74°F1892: 62°F1893: 78°F1894: 81°F1895: 68°F1896: 64°F1897: 89°F1898: 75°F1899: 86°F1900: 80°F1901: 88°F1902: 68°F1903: 66°F1904: 75°F1905: 70°F1906: 84°F1907: 72°F1908: 88°F1909: 65°F1910: 78°F1911: 62°F1912: 88°F1913: 83°F1914: 73°F1915: 86°F1916: 90°F1917: 74°F1918: 67°F1919: 74°F1920: 72°F1921: 70°F1922: 97°F1923: 83°F1924: 83°F1925: 79°F1926: 60°F1927: 85°F1928: 66°F1929: 65°F1930: 87°F1931: 87°F1932: 71°F1933: 83°F1934: 70°F1935: 60°F1936: 86°F1937: 63°F1938: 82°F1939: 77°F1940: 90°F1941: 76°F1942: 77°F1943: 69°F1944: 69°F1945: 91°F1946: 80°F1947: 91°F1948: 94°F1949: 67°F1950: 82°F1951: 70°F1952: 86°F1953: 66°F1954: 73°F1955: 77°F1956: 62°F1957: 74°F1958: 74°F1959: 83°F1960: 87°F1961: 75°F1962: 65°F1963: 76°F1964: 79°F1965: 68°F1966: 72°F1967: 82°F1968: 67°F1969: 83°F1970: 92°F1971: 79°F1972: 77°F1973: 67°F1974: 77°F1975: 60°F1976: 77°F1977: 64°F1978: 96°F1979: 98°F1980: 83°F1981: 70°F1982: 90°F1983: 73°F1984: 74°F1985: 79°F1986: 70°F1987: 78°F1988: 78°F1989: 72°F1990: 84°F1991: 79°F1992: 71°F1993: 66°F1994: 66°F1995: 91°F1996: 83°F1997: 76°F1998: 94°F1999: 62°F2000: 70°F2001: 85°F2002: 85°F2003: 79°F2004: 89°F2005: 86°F2006: 82°F2007: 89°F2008: 66°F2009: 78°F2010: 71°F2011: 69°F2012: 88°F2013: 82°F2014: 77°F2015: 84°F2016: 84°F2017: 75°F2018: 79°F2019: 70°F2020: 68°F2021: 79°F2022: 76°F2023: 96°F2024: 88°F2025: 58°F92° forecast5055606570758085909510018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast high · Sep 492°F
Hottest this date since2023
This-date record98°F
This-date rank#7 of 145
Hottest at any time since2026
All-time record114°F (1936)
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

Hot Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F

Longest ever

15 days
record run, ended Jul 18 1936

So far in 2026

25 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal high & low by month, from Fargo's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 77°F · forecast is +15° 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 high 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 high

2026 So Far

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

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

Days Above the Mark

How many days a year hit a given high at Fargo — counted through Sep 4 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
25 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 7th most in 146 years. Normal for this point: 12. Record: 39 in 1988.

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