Climate averages 1991–2020

Fargo weather
in June.

A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.1°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 14.3°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 109 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 16 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Fargo · average highYear overview

June is a warm month in Fargo: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 48 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bismarck (304 km away). In June its highs average 23.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Fargo, with 96 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fargo ranks joint 435th of 498 for the warmest June highs and joint 400th of 498 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 498 cities is 27.9°C; Fargo is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 95 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -20-15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Fargo, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -7.9°C-17.3°C-17.3°C194.79.09 h
February -4.6°C-14.5°C-14.5°C184.610.310 h
March 3.1°C-7.2°C-7.2°C356.211.912 h
April 11.5°C0.4°C0.4°C527.713.614 h
May 18.8°C8.0°C8.0°C8811.215.015 h
June, selected 24.1°C14.3°C14.3°C10911.815.816 h
July 26.7°C16.9°C16.9°C9510.515.515 h
August 25.9°C16.1°C16.1°C828.814.214 h
September 20.9°C11.4°C11.4°C728.112.613 h
October 12.2°C3.8°C3.8°C607.710.911 h
November 2.9°C-4.5°C-4.5°C275.39.49 h
December -4.7°C-12.7°C-12.7°C245.78.69 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Fargo

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 limits

How 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.