Climate averages 1991–2020
Fargo weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Fargo: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 28 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bismarck (304 km away). In July its highs average 27.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Fargo, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fargo ranks joint 441st of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 352nd of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Fargo is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Bismarck in JulyUnited States · 304 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Plymouth, United States in JulyUnited States · 331 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Brooklyn Park in JulyUnited States · 331 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Winnipeg in JulyCanada · 335 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Minneapolis in JulyUnited States · 345 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Bloomington (Minnesota), United States in JulyUnited States · 353 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Duluth in JulyUnited States · 356 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Saint Paul in JulyUnited States · 358 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 89 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.