West Fargo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of West Fargo?

West Fargo has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 652 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in West Fargo?

The hottest day measured in West Fargo between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1988, reaching 39.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in West Fargo?

The coldest day measured in West Fargo between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1966, at -39.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in West Fargo?

Yes. West Fargo gets on average 79.3 cm of snow per year and has around 164 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of West Fargo warmed?

Yes: West Fargo warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in West Fargo?

The wettest day measured in West Fargo between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1962, with 83 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in West Fargo?

The windiest day measured in West Fargo between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1954, with winds reaching 61.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in West Fargo?

The warmest month in West Fargo is July (21.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in West Fargo?

West Fargo receives on average 652 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in West Fargo?

West Fargo gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

West Fargo (United States) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 652 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (21.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-12.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

West Fargo averages 164 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.

West Fargo has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 5 July 1988) and the coldest -39.5 °C (on 24 January 1966).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

West FargoNorth Dakota

coords: 46.87°, -96.90°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfbWarm-summer humid continentalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

5.7°C

Average daily high

10.9°C

Average daily low

0.6°C

Annual rainfall

652mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

20.1km/h

Seasonal range

34.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

164 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

23 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

91 d/yr

Annual snowfall

79.3 cm

Average feels-like high

8.0 °C

Average feels-like low

-3.0 °C

Average peak gust

38.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

9 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.16 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

39.5 °C

5 July 1988

Coldest day

-39.5 °C

24 January 1966

Wettest day

83 mm

7 July 1962

Windiest day

61.4 km/h

7 June 1954

Strongest gust

110.9 km/h

7 June 1954

Hottest feels-like

42.1 °C

23 July 1940

Coldest feels-like

-44.9 °C

24 January 1966

Snowiest day

26.0 cm

28 November 1960

Sunniest day

15.0 h

22 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	35.5 °C11 May 2025	-31.3 °C21 January 2025	6.8 °C	680 mm	21	155
2024	33.8 °C12 June 2024	-24.8 °C20 January 2024	8.1 °C	666 mm	24	151
2023	36.9 °C20 June 2023	-29.6 °C24 February 2023	7.3 °C	539 mm	37	164
2022	38.7 °C19 June 2022	-33.9 °C3 February 2022	5.1 °C	727 mm	17	171
2021	39.2 °C4 June 2021	-31.9 °C29 December 2021	8.0 °C	558 mm	39	160
2020	35.0 °C1 June 2020	-30.4 °C16 January 2020	6.6 °C	551 mm	22	179
2019	34.2 °C7 June 2019	-37.2 °C30 January 2019	4.7 °C	821 mm	16	167
2018	35.0 °C26 May 2018	-32.6 °C12 January 2018	5.8 °C	628 mm	31	183
2017	36.0 °C2 June 2017	-31.3 °C13 January 2017	7.1 °C	507 mm	21	151
2016	33.9 °C12 June 2016	-30.8 °C18 December 2016	8.3 °C	789 mm	23	132
2015	35.4 °C14 August 2015	-26.8 °C22 February 2015	7.9 °C	554 mm	26	137
2014	33.3 °C20 July 2014	-34.2 °C2 January 2014	4.9 °C	693 mm	10	163
2013	36.0 °C20 August 2013	-31.3 °C8 December 2013	4.8 °C	688 mm	32	191
2012	35.6 °C4 July 2012	-25.0 °C19 January 2012	8.2 °C	580 mm	41	144
2011	33.8 °C19 July 2011	-29.3 °C21 January 2011	6.3 °C	692 mm	23	163
2010	33.6 °C9 August 2010	-35.1 °C2 January 2010	6.6 °C	802 mm	19	139
2009	34.1 °C12 August 2009	-33.1 °C15 January 2009	4.9 °C	753 mm	5	159
2008	33.2 °C11 July 2008	-35.3 °C20 February 2008	4.8 °C	697 mm	14	173
2007	35.8 °C7 July 2007	-30.4 °C7 February 2007	6.6 °C	678 mm	27	155
2006	38.0 °C15 July 2006	-29.5 °C17 February 2006	7.6 °C	587 mm	27	162
2005	34.0 °C16 July 2005	-31.4 °C17 January 2005	6.7 °C	760 mm	23	158
2004	32.3 °C2 September 2004	-35.6 °C30 January 2004	5.7 °C	835 mm	5	163
2003	35.1 °C18 August 2003	-30.2 °C23 January 2003	5.8 °C	566 mm	22	163
2002	36.0 °C1 July 2002	-24.2 °C30 January 2002	6.2 °C	569 mm	22	191
2001	34.3 °C5 September 2001	-31.7 °C1 January 2001	6.5 °C	657 mm	24	152
2000	34.8 °C11 August 2000	-31.6 °C22 December 2000	5.7 °C	749 mm	14	155
1999	34.6 °C29 July 1999	-31.2 °C4 January 1999	7.0 °C	692 mm	17	158
1998	35.5 °C10 September 1998	-30.6 °C13 January 1998	7.4 °C	845 mm	22	147
1997	32.9 °C16 July 1997	-31.7 °C26 January 1997	5.4 °C	601 mm	16	174
1996	33.9 °C27 June 1996	-38.3 °C1 February 1996	3.5 °C	700 mm	11	181
1995	36.8 °C17 June 1995	-27.8 °C8 March 1995	5.4 °C	671 mm	19	166
1994	34.5 °C14 June 1994	-36.3 °C9 February 1994	5.9 °C	722 mm	10	161
1993	36.3 °C25 August 1993	-33.1 °C1 January 1993	4.8 °C	664 mm	8	167
1992	34.0 °C8 August 1992	-31.5 °C18 January 1992	6.0 °C	571 mm	13	172
1991	38.2 °C26 August 1991	-29.0 °C2 January 1991	6.9 °C	692 mm	33	163
1990	34.3 °C16 August 1990	-37.0 °C26 December 1990	7.0 °C	509 mm	25	175
1989	38.8 °C5 July 1989	-34.7 °C3 February 1989	5.0 °C	447 mm	36	179
1988	39.5 °C5 July 1988	-35.2 °C11 February 1988	6.7 °C	440 mm	52	173
1987	38.5 °C31 July 1987	-26.6 °C23 January 1987	8.6 °C	443 mm	40	154
1986	34.6 °C19 June 1986	-33.2 °C7 January 1986	6.2 °C	721 mm	18	158
1985	35.9 °C7 July 1985	-33.2 °C19 January 1985	4.6 °C	686 mm	12	160
1984	37.2 °C28 August 1984	-34.7 °C20 January 1984	6.2 °C	608 mm	34	164
1983	39.4 °C7 August 1983	-36.1 °C19 December 1983	6.6 °C	601 mm	38	162
1982	34.9 °C2 August 1982	-34.9 °C5 February 1982	5.0 °C	596 mm	22	159
1981	34.2 °C6 July 1981	-30.2 °C30 December 1981	7.3 °C	645 mm	14	146
1980	38.2 °C21 April 1980	-32.8 °C1 March 1980	6.1 °C	636 mm	35	161
1979	36.9 °C14 June 1979	-32.8 °C16 February 1979	4.1 °C	557 mm	18	178
1978	36.1 °C6 September 1978	-33.4 °C2 February 1978	4.5 °C	662 mm	26	166
1977	36.8 °C19 July 1977	-38.6 °C9 January 1977	5.9 °C	885 mm	22	141
1976	38.6 °C19 August 1976	-33.3 °C4 January 1976	6.2 °C	359 mm	50	183
1975	38.3 °C29 July 1975	-29.8 °C18 December 1975	5.5 °C	767 mm	24	151
1974	36.5 °C7 July 1974	-33.7 °C7 January 1974	5.1 °C	532 mm	26	179
1973	35.5 °C6 July 1973	-33.0 °C8 January 1973	6.6 °C	616 mm	25	159
1972	34.0 °C29 August 1972	-39.2 °C15 January 1972	4.2 °C	755 mm	23	172
1971	35.7 °C16 August 1971	-33.3 °C15 January 1971	5.2 °C	661 mm	18	158
1970	35.7 °C25 July 1970	-35.3 °C18 January 1970	4.9 °C	529 mm	38	166
1969	35.5 °C27 May 1969	-33.6 °C11 January 1969	4.9 °C	654 mm	22	165
1968	35.8 °C5 August 1968	-37.5 °C4 January 1968	5.4 °C	709 mm	21	165
1967	35.2 °C25 July 1967	-33.2 °C18 January 1967	4.9 °C	490 mm	23	178
1966	35.1 °C30 June 1966	-39.5 °C24 January 1966	4.2 °C	620 mm	29	178
1965	36.0 °C13 August 1965	-36.7 °C29 January 1965	4.1 °C	795 mm	6	169
1964	37.0 °C23 July 1964	-31.2 °C12 January 1964	5.4 °C	735 mm	28	163
1963	34.5 °C29 June 1963	-34.7 °C21 December 1963	6.0 °C	646 mm	18	155
1962	32.7 °C5 August 1962	-35.1 °C28 February 1962	5.0 °C	956 mm	7	165
1961	38.2 °C14 August 1961	-33.8 °C24 January 1961	6.0 °C	506 mm	33	171
1960	37.3 °C20 July 1960	-31.3 °C27 December 1960	5.2 °C	714 mm	32	176
1959	37.5 °C18 August 1959	-31.3 °C31 January 1959	5.8 °C	557 mm	44	174
1958	38.0 °C9 August 1958	-32.3 °C17 February 1958	6.0 °C	477 mm	23	151
1957	35.4 °C11 July 1957	-36.7 °C29 January 1957	5.6 °C	717 mm	22	166
1956	36.2 °C10 June 1956	-30.9 °C21 February 1956	4.9 °C	691 mm	9	171
1955	37.0 °C20 August 1955	-36.7 °C19 December 1955	5.1 °C	627 mm	37	164
1954	34.8 °C11 July 1954	-36.2 °C21 January 1954	5.6 °C	563 mm	19	167
1953	34.8 °C26 August 1953	-31.0 °C15 January 1953	6.2 °C	874 mm	17	159
1952	35.8 °C14 August 1952	-33.2 °C23 January 1952	6.0 °C	510 mm	32	172
1951	33.3 °C24 July 1951	-36.6 °C29 January 1951	3.3 °C	776 mm	8	175
1950	36.0 °C22 June 1950	-34.7 °C18 January 1950	2.9 °C	692 mm	18	174
1949	36.4 °C3 July 1949	-32.1 °C4 February 1949	5.3 °C	774 mm	24	167
1948	36.5 °C6 July 1948	-35.6 °C23 January 1948	5.1 °C	591 mm	29	166
1947	38.6 °C10 August 1947	-36.2 °C3 January 1947	5.2 °C	672 mm	25	169
1946	32.9 °C23 June 1946	-32.5 °C2 February 1946	6.0 °C	732 mm	11	150
1945	34.3 °C18 August 1945	-31.2 °C18 February 1945	4.8 °C	640 mm	10	173
1944	33.3 °C9 August 1944	-30.0 °C11 February 1944	6.5 °C	750 mm	8	159
1943	33.2 °C31 July 1943	-35.6 °C20 January 1943	5.4 °C	601 mm	11	167
1942	32.1 °C21 August 1942	-30.5 °C4 January 1942	6.1 °C	735 mm	3	174
1941	37.6 °C23 July 1941	-33.4 °C19 February 1941	6.9 °C	628 mm	27	156
1940	38.5 °C23 July 1940	-33.6 °C13 December 1940	5.7 °C	510 mm	30	170

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

12.3 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

21 d/yr

-2

Frost days (< 0 °C)

155 d/yr

-9

Annual rainfall

680 mm

+28 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	-7.0 °C	+1.3 °C	13 mm	-7 mm
Feb	-6.8 °C	-1.5 °C	11 mm	-7 mm
Mar	7.3 °C	+5.4 °C	11 mm	-24 mm
Apr	12.3 °C	+0.5 °C	94 mm	+34 mm
May	21.9 °C	+2.3 °C	92 mm	+4 mm
Jun	24.8 °C	+0.1 °C	89 mm	-12 mm
Jul	27.2 °C	-0.4 °C	86 mm	+4 mm
Aug	25.7 °C	-0.8 °C	117 mm	+38 mm
Sep	23.6 °C	+2.5 °C	81 mm	+15 mm
Oct	16.3 °C	+2.6 °C	30 mm	-21 mm
Nov	5.8 °C	+2.9 °C	21 mm	-7 mm
Dec	-4.3 °C	+0.7 °C	34 mm	+11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.5 °C

11 May 2025

Coldest day

-31.3 °C

21 Jan 2025

Wettest day

45.2 mm

28 Apr 2025

Windiest day

39.7 km/h

18 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

75.6 km/h

18 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.0 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-36.7 °C

21 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

12.6 cm

2 Apr 2025

Sunniest day

15.0 h

22 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of West Fargo?

West Fargo has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 652 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in West Fargo?

The hottest day measured in West Fargo between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1988, reaching 39.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in West Fargo?

The coldest day measured in West Fargo between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1966, at -39.5 °C.

Does it snow in West Fargo?

Yes. West Fargo gets on average 79.3 cm of snow per year and has around 164 frost days.

Has the climate of West Fargo warmed?

Yes: West Fargo warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in West Fargo?

The wettest day measured in West Fargo between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1962, with 83 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in West Fargo?

The windiest day measured in West Fargo between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1954, with winds reaching 61.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in West Fargo?

The warmest month in West Fargo is July (21.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.9 °C).

How much does it rain in West Fargo?

West Fargo receives on average 652 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.

Is it sunny in West Fargo?

West Fargo gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in West Fargo?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in West Fargo between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 1960, with 26.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in West Fargo?

Yes: West Fargo has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in West Fargo?

In West Fargo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 23 July 1940, and the lowest was -44.9 °C on 24 January 1966.

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