Grand Forks, ND: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 68°F in Grand Forks, ND, the warmest August since 2025, tied 39th warmest of 86 (with 2008 and 1943).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 68°F; Warmest since 2025; 39th warmest of 86
Precipitation: 2.70 in; Wettest since 2024; 41st wettest of 86

A normal August in Grand Forks, ND (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 67.8°F, between 65.4°F and 70.1°F in eight years of ten and 2.72 in of precipitation, between 1.14 in and 4.49 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Grand Forks, ND since 1941: 68°F in 2026; the highest is 73°F, in 1983 and 1961.

Normal range, 65.4 to 70.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August 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	68	39	80.9	41	55	40	2.70	41	0
2025	69.1	26	81.1	39	57	17	1.15	78	0
2024	69.1	26	80.4	48	57.7	6	4.83	10	0
2023	68.3	33	80.6	46	56	31	1.14	79	0
2022	69.1	26	81.5	32	56.7	19	1.42	71	0
2021	69.7	18	82.6	17	56.7	19	5.06	7	0
2020	68.3	33	80.6	46	56.1	28	2.41	49	0
2019	66.5	55	78	65	54.9	41	2.66	42	0
2018	67.6	43	81.5	32	53.8	54	1.81	59	0
2017	66.4	56	79.8	53	53	63	1.16	77	0
2016	68.7	30	81.2	38	56.2	26	3.53	23	0
2015	67.4	46	80.7	44	54.1	50	2.89	35	0
2014	68.1	37	79.1	57	57.2	14	3.20	28	0
2013	68.2	35	82.1	23	54.4	47	0.88	83	0
2012	67.6	43	82	25	53.2	62	2.01	55	0
2011	69.6	20	81.6	30	57.6	9	3.23	26	0
2010	70.6	8	82.6	17	58.7	2	4.12	15	0
2009	64.9	71	76.3	78	53.5	56	3.17	32	0
2008	68	39	80.7	44	55.2	38	2.55	43	0
2007	65.4	69	77.8	67	53	63	1.79	61	0
2006	68.2	35	81.8	26	54.6	44	3.18	30	0
2005	65.7	64	78	65	53.4	60	5.27	5	0
2004	59.6	86	72.2	86	47	86	2.34	50	0
2003	70.3	12	83.1	13	57.5	10	1.00	80	0
2002	66.2	60	77.3	71	55.2	38	6.21	3	0
2001	69.4	23	82.4	21	56.4	24	3.20	28	0
2000	67.2	48	79.9	51	54.5	45	2.45	48	0
1999	65.4	69	77.3	71	53.5	56	4.44	14	0
1998	70.1	14	83.4	12	56.7	19	1.68	64	0
1997	69.5	22	81.6	30	57.4	13	2.75	37	0
1996	69.8	17	82.6	17	57	17	0.96	81	0
1995	70	15	82.1	23	57.9	5	3.23	26	0
1994	66.4	56	78.6	60	54.1	50	2.72	39	0
1993	66.9	51	77.8	67	56.1	28	4.90	8	0
1992	64.4	78	76	80	52.7	70	2.72	39	0
1991	71.4	3	84.6	6	58.1	4	1.67	65	0
1990	69.7	18	82.8	16	56.6	23	2.29	52	0
1989	69.4	23	82.6	17	56.2	26	3.18	30	0
1988	69.3	25	83	14	55.5	33	1.34	74	0
1987	64.6	73	77.4	70	51.9	75	3.59	20	0
1986	64.6	73	78.9	59	50.4	81	1.58	67	0
1985	63	82	74.4	82	51.7	78	3.17	32	0
1984	70.4	11	83.7	11	57.1	16	3.64	19	0
1983	73	1	86.7	2	59.3	1	3.59	20	0
1982	66	62	78.4	62	53.5	56	1.42	71	0
1981	69.6	20	81.8	26	57.5	10	2.26	53	0
1980	64.6	73	76.3	78	52.9	66	4.88	9	0
1979	64.6	73	77.5	69	51.8	77	1.81	59	0
1978	67.2	48	81.4	35	52.9	66	4.01	16	0
1977	60.8	85	73.4	85	48.2	85	2.53	45	0
1976	70.9	7	85.4	4	56.3	25	2.54	44	0
1975	65.6	65	78.3	63	52.9	66	1.63	66	0
1974	62.5	84	73.9	84	51.1	80	5.10	6	0
1973	70.5	10	84.3	7	56.7	19	1.58	67	0
1972	66.6	54	80.9	41	52.4	72	1.55	69	0
1971	67.3	47	82.2	22	52.4	72	2.48	47	0
1970	67.9	42	81.4	35	54.3	48	1.23	76	0
1969	70.2	13	85.7	3	54.7	42	1.97	56	0
1968	62.7	83	74	83	51.4	79	3.59	20	0
1967	64.8	72	80.3	49	49.4	84	0.34	86	0
1966	64.5	77	76.7	76	52.2	74	3.30	25	0
1965	63.5	80	77.1	74	49.8	83	1.87	58	0
1964	65.5	67	76.5	77	54.5	45	2.30	51	0
1963	68.6	31	81.8	26	55.4	36	0.69	84	0
1962	68.1	37	80.8	43	55.4	36	1.40	73	0
1961	73	1	88.8	1	57.2	14	1.53	70	0
1960	68.8	29	81.5	32	56.1	28	3.34	24	0
1959	70	15	84.2	9	55.8	32	2.74	38	0
1958	66.9	51	81	40	52.8	69	1.25	75	0
1957	67.5	45	79.4	55	55.5	33	5.28	4	0
1956	66.4	56	79.8	53	53	63	4.52	12	0
1955	71.2	4	84.8	5	57.5	10	1.89	57	0
1954	65.8	63	78.2	64	53.5	56	2.82	36	0
1953	71	5	84.2	9	57.7	6	0.69	84	0
1952	66.2	60	79.9	51	52.5	71	1.79	61	0
1951	64.1	79	74.7	81	53.4	60	7.90	2	0
1950	63.5	80	77.1	74	49.9	82	0.89	82	0
1949	71	5	84.3	7	57.7	6	2.49	46	0
1948	68.6	31	81.7	29	55.5	33	4.51	13	2
1947	70.6	8	83	14	58.2	3	3.03	34	0
1946	65.5	67	79.1	57	51.9	75	4.67	11	0
1945	67	50	80.2	50	53.8	54	2.13	54	0
1944	66.3	59	78.5	61	54.2	49	12.73	1	0
1943	68	39	81.4	35	54.7	42	1.77	63	0
1942	65.6	65	77.3	71	53.9	53	3.91	17	0
1941	66.7	53	79.4	55	54.1	50	3.91	17	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1983	73
1961	73
1991	71.4
1955	71.2
1953	71
1949	71
1976	70.9
2010	70.6
1947	70.6
1973	70.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2004	59.6
1977	60.8
1974	62.5
1968	62.7
1985	63
1965	63.5
1950	63.5
1951	64.1
1992	64.4
1966	64.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	12.73
1951	7.90
2002	6.21
1957	5.28
2005	5.27
1974	5.10
2021	5.06
1993	4.90
1980	4.88
2024	4.83

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1967	0.34
1963	0.69
1953	0.69
2013	0.88
1950	0.89
1996	0.96
2003	1.00
2023	1.14
2025	1.15
2017	1.16

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 2 August 2026
Coldest night: 43°F; 19 August 2026
Wettest day: 1.05 in; 3 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 2.70 in of precipitation in Grand Forks, ND, the wettest August since 2024, 41st wettest of 86.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Grand Forks, ND: 94°F on Sunday 2 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Grand Forks, ND: a low of 43°F on Wednesday 19 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Grand Forks, ND: 1.05 in on Monday 3 August 2026.