Climate averages 1991–2020
Fargo weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Fargo: daytime highs average 11.5°C and nights cool to about 0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bismarck (304 km away). In April its highs average 11.4°C, about as warm as Fargo, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fargo ranks 482nd of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 154th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Fargo is 7.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.3°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 88 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Fargo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.9°C-17.3°C | -17.3°C | 19 | 4.7 | 9.09 h |
| February | -4.6°C-14.5°C | -14.5°C | 18 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| March | 3.1°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 35 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 11.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 52 | 7.7 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 88 | 11.2 | 15.015 h |
| June | 24.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 109 | 11.8 | 15.816 h |
| July | 26.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 95 | 10.5 | 15.515 h |
| August | 25.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 82 | 8.8 | 14.214 h |
| September | 20.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 72 | 8.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 60 | 7.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 2.9°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 27 | 5.3 | 9.49 h |
| December | -4.7°C-12.7°C | -12.7°C | 24 | 5.7 | 8.69 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Bismarck in AprilUnited States · 304 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -0.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Plymouth, United States in AprilUnited States · 331 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Brooklyn Park in AprilUnited States · 331 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 2.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Winnipeg in AprilCanada · 335 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -2.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Minneapolis in AprilUnited States · 345 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 81 mm rain
- Bloomington (Minnesota), United States in AprilUnited States · 353 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 2.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Duluth in AprilUnited States · 356 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -0.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Saint Paul in AprilUnited States · 358 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.6°C · 81 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Fargo) is explained once on the Fargo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.