Climate averages 1991–2020
Fargo weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Fargo: daytime highs average -4.6°C and nights cool to about -14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 16 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bismarck (304 km away). In February its highs average -2.9°C, 1.7°C warmer than Fargo, with 18 mm of precipitation.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fargo ranks 497th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 11th of 498 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Fargo is 15.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 7.7°C to 3.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 18 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | -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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Bismarck in FebruaryUnited States · 304 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -12.5°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Plymouth, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 331 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -11.3°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Brooklyn Park in FebruaryUnited States · 331 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -11.5°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Winnipeg in FebruaryCanada · 335 kmHigh -9.0°C · Low -18.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Minneapolis in FebruaryUnited States · 345 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -11.4°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Bloomington (Minnesota), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 353 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -11.0°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Duluth in FebruaryUnited States · 356 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -12.0°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Saint Paul in FebruaryUnited States · 358 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -11.2°C · 27 mm precipitation
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.