Grand Forks, ND: 2026

9 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 46.6°F in Grand Forks, ND, the warmest 1 January to 9 October since 2025, 17th warmest of 85.

2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 46.6°F; Warmest since 2025; 17th warmest of 85
Precipitation: 18.18 in; Wettest since 2024; 38th wettest of 85

A normal 1 January to 9 October in Grand Forks, ND (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 44.3°F, between 42°F and 47.5°F in eight years of ten and 18.68 in of precipitation, between 15.46 in and 23.49 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 9 October in Grand Forks, ND since 1942: 46.6°F in 2026; the highest is 49.3°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 42 to 47.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 9 October in Grand Forks, ND from 1941 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	46.6	17	58	18	35.2	17	18.18	38	0
2025	47.3	11	59.3	5	35.3	14	13.12	76	0
2024	49.3	1	60.1	3	38.6	2	20.65	13	0
2023	44.8	34	56.5	29	33.1	38	13.11	77	0
2022	42.6	62	54	61	31.2	64	21.14	11	0
2021	48.2	5	61	2	35.3	14	14.81	67	0
2020	44.4	38	56	34	32.8	42	18.46	33	0
2019	41.7	71	52.4	74	30.9	68	23.48	5	0
2018	44	46	55.4	46	32.6	45	18.59	31	0
2017	47.4	7	58.4	14	36.4	9	15.58	61	0
2016	48.2	5	58.8	9	37.6	3	23.54	4	0
2015	46	20	58.1	16	33.9	26	17.87	40	0
2014	41.7	71	52.7	69	30.7	70	22.12	9	0
2013	43.2	55	54.1	59	32.3	51	16.97	44	0
2012	49.2	2	61.7	1	36.7	6	14.41	70	0
2011	44.1	45	54.8	52	33.5	32	18.77	30	0
2010	46.8	15	57	26	36.6	7	24.19	2	0
2009	42.1	65	52.8	67	31.3	62	15.64	60	0
2008	42	66	53.8	64	30.2	75	18.31	35	0
2007	44.9	31	56.2	31	33.5	32	18.98	28	0
2006	46.9	14	58.5	13	35.3	14	13.33	75	0
2005	44.3	41	55.6	43	33.1	38	22.74	6	0
2004	41.6	74	52.7	69	30.6	72	18.15	39	0
2003	44	46	55.6	43	32.4	48	15.65	59	0
2002	44.8	34	55.8	38	33.8	27	20.59	14	0
2001	44.9	31	55.5	45	34.3	24	19.37	23	0
2000	45.5	27	57.7	22	33.3	35	17.85	41	0
1999	44.2	44	54.6	54	33.8	27	21.29	10	0
1998	47.4	7	58.2	15	36.6	7	16.80	46	0
1997	44.3	41	55.2	47	33.4	34	19.11	27	9
1996	42	66	52.6	73	31.4	60	14.00	72	0
1995	49	3	59.3	5	38.8	1	23.58	3	28
1994	43.5	52	54.4	56	32.6	45	19.95	18	0
1993	43.3	54	53.9	62	32.8	42	20.82	12	0
1992	45.9	22	56.5	29	35.4	13	15.66	58	0
1991	47.4	7	58.7	10	36.1	10	19.93	19	0
1990	47.1	13	59	8	35.1	18	15.97	53	0
1989	43.1	57	55	49	31.3	62	11.91	83	0
1988	45.9	22	58.6	11	33.2	36	12.03	81	0
1987	48.6	4	59.6	4	37.5	4	19.68	22	0
1986	45.4	28	56	34	34.8	20	13.89	73	0
1985	44.7	37	55.8	38	33.7	30	15.99	52	0
1984	45.9	22	56.8	27	35	19	16.49	47	0
1983	47.4	7	57.4	25	37.3	5	19.16	26	0
1982	41.6	74	52.2	78	31	66	19.80	20	0
1981	47.3	11	58.6	11	36	11	17.72	42	0
1980	45.3	29	57.6	23	33	40	13.02	78	0
1979	38.7	84	49.3	84	28.1	84	16.25	49	0
1978	43.6	51	54.8	52	32.3	51	16.18	50	0
1977	46.7	16	57.9	19	35.5	12	19.80	20	0
1976	46	20	59.3	5	32.7	44	13.34	74	0
1975	43	60	53.9	62	32	56	15.19	66	0
1974	39.9	82	51	82	28.9	81	19.31	25	0
1973	46.3	18	57.9	19	34.7	21	14.22	71	0
1972	41.1	77	52.4	74	29.9	77	12.18	80	0
1971	43.8	49	54.9	50	32.6	45	18.31	35	0
1970	41.8	70	52.7	69	30.8	69	16.13	51	0
1969	40.6	80	51.7	80	29.5	79	17.11	43	0
1968	41.9	69	52.4	74	31.4	60	22.24	8	0
1967	41.1	77	52.8	67	29.4	80	11.24	84	0
1966	41	79	51.3	81	30.6	72	20.31	16	0
1965	39.1	83	49.4	83	28.9	81	22.42	7	0
1964	45.3	29	56.1	32	34.4	23	20.16	17	2
1963	45.7	25	57.5	24	33.8	27	9.31	85	0
1962	42.2	64	52.2	78	32.1	55	15.46	63	0
1961	46.1	19	57.8	21	34.5	22	11.98	82	0
1960	43.1	57	55.2	47	31	66	15.72	57	0
1959	43.4	53	55.7	40	31.2	64	14.53	69	0
1958	45.7	25	58.1	16	33.2	36	12.37	79	2
1957	43.7	50	54.9	50	32.4	48	20.32	15	3
1956	40.4	81	52.4	74	28.5	83	15.91	54	1
1955	44.3	41	56.1	32	32.4	48	18.36	34	3
1954	43.2	55	54.1	59	32.2	53	15.36	65	0
1953	44.9	31	56	34	33.7	30	14.55	68	0
1952	44.4	38	56.7	28	32.2	53	15.48	62	0
1951	41.7	71	52.7	69	30.7	70	15.44	64	0
1950	38.2	85	48.9	85	27.5	85	18.57	32	0
1949	42.6	62	54.6	54	30.6	72	15.81	56	0
1948	42	66	53.8	64	30.2	75	19.35	24	2
1947	43.1	57	54.3	57	32	56	18.84	29	0
1946	43.9	48	55.9	37	31.9	58	18.20	37	0
1945	42.9	61	54.2	58	31.7	59	16.81	45	0
1944	44.4	38	55.7	40	33	40	25.25	1	0
1943	41.6	74	53.5	66	29.7	78	15.86	55	0
1942	44.8	34	55.7	40	34	25	16.43	48	0
1941									90

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	49.3
2012	49.2
1995	49
1987	48.6
2021	48.2
2016	48.2
2017	47.4
1998	47.4
1991	47.4
1983	47.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	38.2
1979	38.7
1965	39.1
1974	39.9
1956	40.4
1969	40.6
1966	41
1972	41.1
1967	41.1
2004	41.6
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	25.25
2010	24.19
1995	23.58
2016	23.54
2019	23.48
2005	22.74
1965	22.42
1968	22.24
2014	22.12
1999	21.29

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1963	9.31
1967	11.24
1989	11.91
1961	11.98
1988	12.03
1972	12.18
1958	12.37
1980	13.02
2023	13.11
2025	13.12

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 29 July 2026
Coldest night: -22°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.88 in; 3 June 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	6.4°F 40th warmest of 85	0.30 in 21st driest of 85
February	18.5°F 17th warmest of 84	1.00 in 10th wettest of 84
March	25.3°F 39th warmest of 85	0.45 in 27th driest of 85
April	39.3°F 28th coldest of 86	1.07 in 42nd driest of 86
May	54.6°F 43rd warmest of 86	1.78 in 38th driest of 86
June	66.3°F 24th warmest of 86	4.84 in 16th wettest of 86
July	74.7°F 2nd warmest of 86	0.75 in 5th driest of 86
August	68°F 39th warmest of 86	2.70 in 41st wettest of 86
September	62.3°F 8th warmest of 86	5.29 in 3rd wettest of 86
October so far	53.2°F 22nd warmest of 85	0.00 in Driest of 85

Hot days and freezes

Grand Forks, ND has had 20 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2023, tied 11th most of 85 (with 2023, 1983 and 1978).
Grand Forks, ND has had 126 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2020, tied 9th most of 85 (with 2020, 1961 and 1954).
The first freeze of fall 2026 in Grand Forks, ND came on Friday 2 October 2026, the earliest since 2025, tied 70th earliest of 85 (with 2010 and 1950).
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Grand Forks, ND came on Wednesday 20 May 2026, the latest since 2022, tied 31st latest of 84 (with 2003, 1997 and 1971).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
29 July	Warmest day	99°F	95°F 1975	Provisional
13 July	Warmest day	96°F	95°F 1983	Provisional
12 July	Warmest day	98°F	95°F 2006	Provisional
11 July	Warmest day	98°F	97°F 1957, 1954	Provisional
26 May	Warmest day	92°F	91°F 2018	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 18.18 in of precipitation in Grand Forks, ND, the wettest 1 January to 9 October since 2024, 38th wettest of 85.
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Grand Forks, ND: 99°F on Wednesday 29 July 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Grand Forks, ND: a low of -22°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Grand Forks, ND: 1.88 in on Wednesday 3 June 2026.