Bismarck, ND: Fall

9 October 2026: Fall 2026 so far averaged 61.9°F in Bismarck, ND, the warmest 1 September to 9 October since 2025, 7th warmest of 152.

Fall 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 61.9°F; Warmest since 2025; 7th warmest of 152
Precipitation: 2.49 in; Wettest since 2025; 36th wettest of 152

A normal 1 September to 9 October in Bismarck, ND (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 57.6°F, between 54.8°F and 60.2°F in eight years of ten and 1.79 in of precipitation, between 0.55 in and 4.04 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 September to 9 October in Bismarck, ND since 1875: 61.9°F in 2026; the highest is 64.7°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 54.8 to 60.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 September to 9 October in Bismarck, ND from 1874 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	61.9	7	74.5	20	49.2	4	2.49	36	0
2025	62.9	4	76	10	49.9	2	6.08	5	0
2024	64.7	1	81.4	1	47.9	9	0.21	149	0
2023	61.7	8	74.2	23	49.3	3	3.35	18	0
2022	61.2	13	76.1	9	46.4	24	1.02	101	0
2021	64.6	2	80.2	2	49	5	2.29	44	0
2020	58.4	37	72.6	40	44.2	52	0.50	130	0
2019	57.4	55	67.3	112	47.5	11	6.42	4	0
2018	53.5	131	63.4	147	43.5	63	3.78	13	0
2017	58.2	42	71.3	56	45.1	35	1.40	79	0
2016	57.7	52	69.8	76	45.7	30	1.40	79	0
2015	61.6	9	76.2	8	47	15	0.75	115	0
2014	56.9	63	70.6	63	43.2	77	0.37	140	0
2013	60.4	18	73.2	34	47.7	10	6.91	2	0
2012	55.5	89	72.2	45	38.9	144	0.56	127	0
2011	58.7	35	72.9	36	44.5	44	1.94	58	0
2010	56.5	74	69.2	86	43.7	60	3.60	16	0
2009	59.5	27	71.5	53	47.5	11	2.28	45	0
2008	57.9	48	71.6	50	44.2	52	2.61	33	0
2007	57.4	55	70.8	61	44	55	1.80	61	0
2006	56.4	75	68.9	91	43.9	56	2.06	55	0
2005	58.2	42	72.9	36	43.4	69	1.33	83	0
2004	58.9	31	73	35	44.9	36	2.09	53	0
2003	59.3	29	74.9	15	43.6	61	1.77	62	0
2002	57	61	69.6	80	44.4	48	0.98	107	0
2001	58.3	38	71.9	48	44.6	42	1.51	73	0
2000	55.6	87	70	72	41.2	122	1.26	91	0
1999	52.6	141	64.1	142	41.2	122	1.31	85	0
1998	60.2	21	73.8	26	46.5	20	3.04	22	0
1997	61.6	9	76.7	6	46.5	20	2.40	41	0
1996	56	80	68.7	94	43.3	73	2.82	27	0
1995	54.9	107	69	90	40.8	129	1.35	82	0
1994	58.9	31	71.9	48	45.8	29	6.74	3	0
1993	52.1	144	66	127	38.2	149	0.27	146	0
1992	55.1	102	71.2	58	38.9	144	1.28	89	0
1991	56.1	79	69.4	83	42.7	82	2.49	36	0
1990	58.1	44	73.4	32	42.8	81	1.25	92	0
1989	55.1	102	70	72	40.2	135	1.33	83	0
1988	54.2	120	70.1	68	38.3	148	0.63	123	0
1987	55.9	81	70.8	61	41	126	0.29	144	0
1986	53	138	61.5	150	44.5	44	4.75	7	0
1985	50.2	151	59.9	151	40.5	132	2.17	50	0
1984	53.6	129	66.6	120	40.5	132	1.05	98	0
1983	54.3	119	67	115	41.6	111	1.44	76	0
1982	53.4	133	66.1	124	40.6	130	3.69	14	0
1981	57.4	55	70.3	66	44.6	42	2.12	52	0
1980	58	45	71.6	50	44.5	44	1.11	96	0
1979	57.3	59	72.1	47	42.5	87	0.85	111	0
1978	58.3	38	72.3	43	44.3	50	2.24	47	0
1977	53.8	126	64.1	142	43.5	63	7.89	1	0
1976	57.6	53	75.6	12	39.6	141	1.59	72	0
1975	55	105	70.1	68	39.9	138	0.82	113	0
1974	51.2	150	67	115	35.5	152	0.39	137	0
1973	54.2	120	67.4	110	41	126	2.55	35	0
1972	55.8	84	69.2	86	42.4	92	1.41	78	0
1971	55.3	98	67.2	114	43.4	69	3.24	20	0
1970	55.8	84	69.8	76	41.8	107	1.47	74	0
1969	58.9	31	73.4	32	44.5	44	0.65	121	0
1968	54.8	108	68.1	102	41.4	116	1.21	94	0
1967	58.3	38	70.9	60	45.6	32	3.32	19	0
1966	57.4	55	72.9	36	41.9	104	0.91	110	0
1965	47.5	152	59.5	152	35.6	151	3.02	23	0
1964	52.2	143	66.9	117	37.5	150	0.66	119	0
1963	60.8	15	76.8	5	44.8	39	0.72	116	0
1962	56.9	63	72.4	41	41.4	116	1.00	104	0
1961	51.5	149	64.3	139	38.8	147	2.85	24	0
1960	59	30	75.5	13	42.5	87	0.29	144	0
1959	53.9	124	66.3	122	41.6	111	2.06	55	0
1958	58	45	72.8	39	43.3	73	0.58	126	0
1957	55.2	99	68.3	99	42.1	97	1.60	71	0
1956	54.5	114	69.8	76	39.1	143	0.55	128	0
1955	57.3	59	72.3	43	42.4	92	2.26	46	0
1954	54.4	116	66.3	122	42.6	84	2.84	26	0
1953	58	45	73.7	29	42.3	96	0.42	134	0
1952	58.6	36	74.8	17	42.5	87	0.40	136	0
1951	53.6	129	65.6	131	41.6	111	0.99	106	0
1950	55.9	81	67.9	104	43.8	57	2.08	54	0
1949	55.2	99	70	72	40.4	134	1.61	70	0
1948	61.5	11	76.5	7	46.4	24	1.03	99	0
1947	56.9	63	70.3	66	43.5	63	1.72	64	0
1946	54.7	110	66.9	117	42.5	87	3.82	12	0
1945	54.4	116	68.2	101	40.6	130	1.99	57	0
1944	55.5	89	67.5	107	43.5	63	1.39	81	0
1943	57.8	51	73.5	30	42.1	97	0.23	148	0
1942	55.7	86	69.1	89	42.4	92	2.39	42	0
1941	54.7	110	65.9	128	43.6	61	4.75	7	0
1940	62.4	6	77.4	4	47.5	11	1.64	68	0
1939	57.9	48	71.3	56	44.4	48	0.94	108	0
1938	62.9	4	75.7	11	50.2	1	1.11	96	0
1937	58.3	38	70.1	68	46.5	20	1.68	66	0
1936	59.5	27	73.8	26	45.3	33	1.66	67	0
1935	56.8	68	71.6	50	42	101	0.38	138	0
1934	53.5	131	65.7	130	41.3	121	0.54	129	0
1933	60	23	74.3	22	45.7	30	0.37	140	0
1932	55.4	94	69.2	86	41.7	110	0.65	121	0
1931	61.5	11	74.8	17	48.2	7	2.81	28	0
1930	56.7	70	68.1	102	45.2	34	3.97	11	0
1929	53.2	136	64.3	139	42	101	2.59	34	0
1928	56.2	78	69.3	84	43.1	79	1.15	95	0
1927	55.4	94	67.5	107	43.4	69	0.47	132	0
1926	52.9	139	64.7	137	41.1	125	2.35	43	0
1925	54.5	114	65.2	135	43.8	57	1.22	93	0
1924	55.4	94	67.4	110	43.4	69	3.45	17	0
1923	59.8	26	71.5	53	48	8	3.64	15	0
1922	60.4	18	74.1	24	46.8	17	1.93	59	0
1921	56.9	63	68.9	91	44.9	36	1.72	64	0
1920	60.6	17	74.5	20	46.7	18	1.29	88	0
1919	58.9	31	71.4	55	46.3	27	0.42	134	0
1918	53.7	128	67.7	105	39.6	141	0.47	132	0
1917	55.5	89	68.5	96	42.4	92	1.75	63	0
1916	53.4	133	65.8	129	41	126	0.84	112	0
1915	53.4	133	64.3	139	42.6	84	2.85	24	0
1914	60.3	20	74	25	46.5	20	1.30	87	0
1913	56.7	70	70.5	64	42.9	80	2.77	29	0
1912	51.9	147	63.6	146	40.2	135	2.49	36	0
1911	55.6	87	66.9	117	44.3	50	2.42	40	0
1910	56.4	75	69.6	80	43.3	73	2.67	32	0
1909	59.9	24	74.9	15	44.9	36	1.43	77	0
1908	60.1	22	73.8	26	46.3	27	0.60	124	0
1907	52.5	142	65.3	134	39.8	140	1.63	69	0
1906	61.2	13	75.1	14	47.2	14	0.60	124	0
1905	60.7	16	74.8	17	46.7	18	0.94	108	0
1904	54.6	112	66.6	120	42.7	82	1.03	99	0
1903	52	145	62.5	149	41.5	115	2.45	39	0
1902	54.1	122	69.3	84	38.9	144	0.78	114	0
1901	53.9	124	64.5	138	43.3	73	2.18	49	0
1900	53.8	126	63.8	144	43.8	57	4.39	9	0
1899	56.6	73	71.1	59	42.1	97	0.06	152	0
1898	54.8	108	67.6	106	42	101	2.70	30	0
1897	64.2	3	79.5	3	48.8	6	0.30	143	0
1896	52.8	140	65.6	131	40	137	1.89	60	0
1895	57	61	72.2	45	41.8	107	0.67	118	0
1894	54.1	122	66.1	124	42.1	97	4.32	10	0
1893	56.7	70	69.8	76	43.5	63	1.02	101	0
1892	59.9	24	73.5	30	46.4	24	0.66	119	0
1891	57.5	54	70.1	68	44.8	39	1.46	75	0
1890	55.4	94	68.4	98	42.5	87	1.31	85	0
1889	55.5	89	69.6	80	41.4	116	0.48	131	0
1888	56.9	63	72.4	41	41.4	116	0.33	142	0
1887	55.5	89	67.5	107	43.5	63	2.15	51	0
1886	56.8	68	70.4	65	43.2	77	0.38	138	0
1885	55.2	99	68.6	95	41.9	104	0.19	150	0
1884	55.1	102	65.5	133	44.8	39	3.21	21	0
1883	54.6	112	67.3	112	41.9	104	0.26	147	0
1882	57.9	48	68.8	93	47	15	2.22	48	0
1881	52	145	62.7	148	41.2	122	1.27	90	0
1880	55	105	68.3	99	41.6	111	0.72	116	0
1879	55.9	81	70	72	41.8	107	0.14	151	0
1878	53.2	136	65.1	136	41.4	116	1.00	104	0
1877	56.4	75	68.5	96	44.2	52	1.01	103	0
1876	51.8	148	63.7	145	39.9	138	5.67	6	0
1875	54.4	116	66.1	124	42.6	84	2.69	31	0
1874									30

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	64.7
2021	64.6
1897	64.2
2025	62.9
1938	62.9
1940	62.4
2026	61.9
2023	61.7
2015	61.6
1997	61.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1965	47.5
1985	50.2
1974	51.2
1961	51.5
1876	51.8
1912	51.9
1903	52
1881	52
1993	52.1
1964	52.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1977	7.89
2013	6.91
1994	6.74
2019	6.42
2025	6.08
1876	5.67
1986	4.75
1941	4.75
1900	4.39
1894	4.32

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1899	0.06
1879	0.14
1885	0.19
2024	0.21
1943	0.23
1883	0.26
1993	0.27
1987	0.29
1960	0.29
1897	0.30

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 96°F; 5 September 2026
Coldest night: 33°F; 4 October 2026, 2 October 2026
Wettest day: 1.07 in; 29 September 2026

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Fall 2026 so far brought 2.49 in of precipitation in Bismarck, ND, the wettest 1 September to 9 October since 2025, tied 36th wettest of 152 (with 1991 and 1912).
The hottest day of fall 2026 so far in Bismarck, ND: 96°F on Saturday 5 September 2026.
The coldest night of fall 2026 so far in Bismarck, ND: a low of 33°F on Sunday 4 October 2026 and Friday 2 October 2026.
The wettest day of fall 2026 so far in Bismarck, ND: 1.07 in on Tuesday 29 September 2026.