Climate averages 1991–2020
Fargo weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Fargo: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bismarck (304 km away). In August its highs average 26.9°C, 1.0°C warmer than Fargo, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fargo ranks joint 447th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 273rd of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Fargo is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Bismarck in AugustUnited States · 304 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Plymouth, United States in AugustUnited States · 331 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Brooklyn Park in AugustUnited States · 331 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Winnipeg in AugustCanada · 335 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Minneapolis in AugustUnited States · 345 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Bloomington (Minnesota), United States in AugustUnited States · 353 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Duluth in AugustUnited States · 356 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Saint Paul in AugustUnited States · 358 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 98 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.