Fargo, ND: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 71°F in Fargo, ND, the warmest August since 2023, 29th warmest of 146.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 71°F; Warmest since 2023; 29th warmest of 146
Precipitation: 0.67 in; Driest since 2013; 8th driest of 146

A normal August in Fargo, ND (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 69.3°F, between 66.4°F and 72.1°F in eight years of ten and 2.26 in of precipitation, between 1.12 in and 4.28 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Fargo, ND since 1881: 71°F in 2026; the highest is 74.1°F, in 1937.

Normal range, 66.4 to 72.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Fargo, ND from 1881 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
2026	71	29	84.5	16	57.5	54	0.67	139
2025	69	62	79.2	90	58.7	33	3.31	40
2024	69.5	49	80.1	79	59	27	2.88	55
2023	71.8	20	82.9	33	60.8	6	4.00	24
2022	68.4	74	79.4	86	57.5	54	2.44	79
2021	72	18	84.1	20	59.8	15	2.85	57
2020	69.2	57	80.5	69	57.9	47	4.16	22
2019	66.5	106	76.6	127	56.5	75	3.89	30
2018	68.7	67	80.8	65	56.6	72	2.52	75
2017	66.8	101	78.3	107	55.3	96	2.30	82
2016	70.3	40	81.6	56	58.9	29	1.56	106
2015	69.4	53	81.8	52	57.1	61	1.29	116
2014	69.3	56	79.4	86	59.2	24	2.11	90
2013	70.9	30	83.5	26	58.4	37	0.39	143
2012	68.8	65	82.6	36	55	100	0.92	129
2011	70.6	35	82	45	59.3	23	4.26	20
2010	71.2	26	82	45	60.5	8	2.76	63
2009	65.9	112	77.5	117	54.4	108	2.13	89
2008	69.4	53	81.3	57	57.6	53	4.55	17
2007	67.2	97	78.6	100	55.8	92	2.39	80
2006	69.7	44	81.3	57	58.1	42	2.21	85
2005	68.2	79	79.7	82	56.8	65	7.52	3
2004	62.2	145	73.6	144	50.8	144	2.01	93
2003	72.6	10	85	11	60.2	14	1.06	123
2002	67.3	95	77.7	116	56.9	62	3.73	34
2001	70.4	39	82.8	34	58.1	42	2.19	86
2000	69.5	49	81.7	53	57.4	56	3.07	45
1999	68	85	79.2	90	56.8	65	4.43	18
1998	72.7	8	85.1	9	60.3	12	1.93	95
1997	67.8	87	80.2	78	55.5	93	2.60	67
1996	71.1	27	84.2	19	58	46	2.11	90
1995	72	18	84.3	18	59.7	17	1.75	101
1994	66.5	106	77.9	114	55	100	2.85	57
1993	69.1	59	80.4	74	57.9	47	1.13	119
1992	64.8	128	76.4	128	53.2	120	2.35	81
1991	72.7	8	85	11	60.4	10	1.87	96
1990	71.1	27	84.1	20	58.1	42	0.99	126
1989	70.8	31	82.7	35	58.8	32	6.07	10
1988	72.1	17	84.9	14	59.4	20	2.14	88
1987	66.7	103	78.5	101	55	100	3.23	43
1986	65.5	117	77.1	123	54	115	1.72	103
1985	64.5	133	74.8	139	54.1	112	2.30	82
1984	73.3	6	85.7	7	60.9	4	0.18	146
1983	72.9	7	85	11	60.8	6	2.56	70
1982	68.4	74	80.5	69	56.4	78	1.12	120
1981	69.5	49	80.4	74	58.7	33	1.76	99
1980	67.5	90	78.7	98	56.2	82	4.24	21
1979	67.3	95	78.1	111	56.5	75	0.90	133
1978	69.1	59	81.9	47	56.3	81	3.79	33
1977	62.5	144	73.5	145	51.5	140	2.53	74
1976	73.6	3	87.5	2	59.6	18	0.41	141
1975	68.1	83	79.3	89	56.8	65	2.90	53
1974	64.3	136	74.6	141	53.9	116	6.46	6
1973	71.7	22	82.5	38	60.9	4	3.85	31
1972	70.5	37	82.5	38	58.4	37	3.45	37
1971	68.3	77	81.7	53	54.8	104	0.92	129
1970	69.7	44	83.5	26	55.9	88	1.24	117
1969	72.4	14	86	5	58.7	33	0.38	144
1968	68.1	83	81.1	61	55.1	99	1.61	105
1967	66.7	103	81.7	53	51.7	137	0.41	141
1966	65.5	117	77.4	118	53.6	117	3.80	32
1965	66.5	106	78.5	101	54.5	106	2.55	72
1964	64.8	128	77.4	118	52.3	131	2.85	57
1963	70.3	40	81.9	47	58.6	36	4.41	19
1962	71.5	23	84	23	59.1	26	3.25	42
1961	73.5	4	88.7	1	58.3	40	1.02	125
1960	70.6	35	83.3	28	57.8	51	3.91	28
1959	72.4	14	84.5	16	60.4	10	3.02	47
1958	68.9	64	81.1	61	56.7	70	3.93	27
1957	69	62	79.7	82	58.3	40	1.68	104
1956	68.5	70	80.5	69	56.5	75	1.75	101
1955	72.5	12	84.6	15	60.5	8	1.11	121
1954	68.8	65	80.8	65	56.7	70	2.60	67
1953	71.8	20	83.3	28	60.3	12	2.94	51
1952	67.9	86	80.6	68	55.2	97	2.69	66
1951	64.7	130	74.9	138	54.6	105	5.64	13
1950	65.5	117	78.3	107	52.7	124	0.42	140
1949	72.6	10	85.8	6	59.5	19	1.19	118
1948	70	42	82.6	36	57.4	56	0.79	135
1947	73.9	2	86.4	3	61.4	3	2.49	77
1946	66.4	109	79.7	82	53	123	1.76	99
1945	68.3	77	80.4	74	56.2	82	3.28	41
1944	67.5	90	78.3	107	56.6	72	8.52	2
1943	69.6	47	81.3	57	57.9	47	6.81	4
1942	68.4	74	79.9	80	56.9	62	6.71	5
1941	69.6	47	80.7	67	58.4	37	2.85	57
1940	66.8	101	76.4	128	57.2	60	3.33	39
1939	70.5	37	83.2	31	57.8	51	1.49	107
1938	72.5	12	85.6	8	59.4	20	2.59	69
1937	74.1	1	86.2	4	62.1	2	3.59	36
1936	71.5	23	83.3	28	59.8	15	0.96	127
1935	68.6	69	79.8	81	57.3	58	4.59	16
1934	67.5	90	79.6	85	55.4	94	2.16	87
1933	69.5	49	82.2	44	56.8	65	1.34	113
1932	70.7	33	82.5	38	58.9	29	2.48	78
1931	67.7	88	79.1	93	56.2	82	1.85	97
1930	72.3	16	85.1	9	59.4	20	0.92	129
1929	69.7	44	83.1	32	56.4	78	0.75	137
1928	67.2	97	78.4	104	56	86	6.42	7
1927	64.6	132	76.8	126	52.5	127	2.02	92
1926	66.6	105	78.1	111	55.2	97	1.83	98
1925	70.7	33	84.1	20	57.3	58	0.25	145
1924	66.4	109	77.4	118	55.4	94	2.99	49
1923	63.9	137	74.7	140	53.1	121	2.83	61
1922	71.4	25	83.8	24	58.9	29	0.74	138
1921	68.2	79	80.5	69	55.9	88	3.94	26
1920	68.5	70	82.5	38	54.4	108	1.33	114
1919	68.2	79	80.5	69	55.9	88	2.83	61
1918	69.4	53	81.9	47	56.8	65	4.90	15
1917	66.4	109	80.4	74	52.4	130	0.77	136
1916	67.2	97	78.4	104	56.1	85	2.87	56
1915	65.3	122	78.7	98	51.8	136	1.05	124
1914	65.1	123	77.4	118	52.7	124	2.89	54
1913	69.9	43	81.9	47	57.9	47	2.70	65
1912	64.4	134	75.5	134	53.3	118	5.84	12
1911	64.4	134	76.2	131	52.5	127	2.96	50
1910	65.5	117	79.2	90	51.7	137	1.39	112
1909	70.8	31	82.5	38	59.2	24	3.91	28
1908	65.1	123	78.1	111	52.1	134	3.01	48
1907	65.5	117	76.9	124	54.1	112	4.10	23
1906	67	100	77.3	122	56.6	72	2.56	70
1905	68.5	70	78.8	97	58.1	42	6.08	9
1904	63.9	137	76.3	130	51.5	140	0.96	127
1903	63.7	139	74.3	142	53.1	121	5.58	14
1902	64.9	126	75.6	133	54.1	112	3.42	38
1901	68.5	70	80.9	64	56	86	1.94	94
1900	73.5	4	83.8	24	63.1	1	9.58	1
1899	67.4	93	78.9	95	55.9	88	2.94	51
1898	65.6	114	78.9	95	52.3	131	2.72	64
1897	64.7	130	76.2	131	53.3	118	0.88	134
1896	65.8	113	79.1	93	52.5	127	2.26	84
1895	65	125	78.3	107	51.7	137	1.49	107
1894	68.2	79	81.9	47	54.5	106	1.08	122
1893	65.6	114	78.5	101	52.6	126	3.07	45
1892	67.4	93	78.4	104	56.4	78	3.99	25
1891	64.9	126	77.9	114	51.9	135	2.54	73
1890	62.7	143	75.4	136	50	145	3.69	35
1889	68.7	67	82.3	43	55	100	1.40	111
1888	63.3	140	75.5	134	51.1	143	0.92	129
1887	62.9	142	73.5	145	52.3	131	1.45	110
1886	67.7	88	81.1	61	54.4	108	1.32	115
1885	61.5	146	73.9	143	49.2	146	1.47	109
1884	65.6	114	76.9	124	54.4	108	6.17	8
1883	63.2	141	75.2	137	51.2	142	3.16	44
1882	69.1	59	81.3	57	56.9	62	2.50	76
1881	69.2	57	79.4	86	59	27	5.89	11

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	74.1
1947	73.9
1976	73.6
1961	73.5
1900	73.5
1984	73.3
1983	72.9
1998	72.7
1991	72.7
2003	72.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1885	61.5
2004	62.2
1977	62.5
1890	62.7
1887	62.9
1883	63.2
1888	63.3
1903	63.7
1923	63.9
1904	63.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1900	9.58
1944	8.52
2005	7.52
1943	6.81
1942	6.71
1974	6.46
1928	6.42
1884	6.17
1905	6.08
1989	6.07

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1984	0.18
1925	0.25
1969	0.38
2013	0.39
1976	0.41
1967	0.41
1950	0.42
2026	0.67
1922	0.74
1929	0.75

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 92°F; 20 August 2026
Coldest night: 46°F; 23 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.24 in; 21 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 0.67 in of precipitation in Fargo, ND, the driest August since 2013, 8th driest of 146.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Fargo, ND: 92°F on Thursday 20 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Fargo, ND: a low of 46°F on Sunday 23 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Fargo, ND: 0.24 in on Friday 21 August 2026.