Climate averages 1991–2020
Fargo weather
in November.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Fargo: daytime highs average 2.9°C and nights cool to about -4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 26 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bismarck (304 km away). In November its highs average 3.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Fargo, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fargo ranks 497th of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 88th of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Fargo is 12.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 7.6°C to -4.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 27 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Bismarck in NovemberUnited States · 304 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -4.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Plymouth, United States in NovemberUnited States · 331 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Brooklyn Park in NovemberUnited States · 331 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Winnipeg in NovemberCanada · 335 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -7.4°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Minneapolis in NovemberUnited States · 345 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Bloomington (Minnesota), United States in NovemberUnited States · 353 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -1.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Duluth in NovemberUnited States · 356 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -1.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Saint Paul in NovemberUnited States · 358 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -1.9°C · 49 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.