Climate averages 1991–2020
Fargo weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Fargo: daytime highs average 12.2°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bismarck (304 km away). In October its highs average 12.7°C, about as warm as Fargo, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fargo ranks 496th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 180th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Fargo is 9.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.3°C to 2.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bismarck in OctoberUnited States · 304 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Plymouth, United States in OctoberUnited States · 331 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Brooklyn Park in OctoberUnited States · 331 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Winnipeg in OctoberCanada · 335 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Minneapolis in OctoberUnited States · 345 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Bloomington (Minnesota), United States in OctoberUnited States · 353 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Duluth in OctoberUnited States · 356 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Saint Paul in OctoberUnited States · 358 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 6.1°C · 68 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.