Fortuna, ND
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from FORTUNA 1 W, ND US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Fortuna has an annual average temperature of 38.3°F with about 15.3 inches of precipitation per year and 36.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is August (average high 79.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low -2.5°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.30 in) and February the driest (0.46 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
Best time to visit Fortuna
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →60 of 366 (16.4%) of Fortuna's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1960s | 53 | |
| 1970s | 43 | |
| 1980s | 87 | |
| 1990s | 50 | |
| 2000s | 56 | |
| 2010s | 42 | |
| 2020s | 35 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.1°F | -2.5°F | 7.3°F | 0.62 in | 6.6 in | 2 |
| February | 21.4°F | 1.7°F | 11.6°F | 0.46 in | 5.7 in | 2 |
| March | 34.3°F | 13.8°F | 24.0°F | 0.62 in | 7.0 in | 3 |
| April | 51.7°F | 26.6°F | 39.2°F | 1.15 in | 3.4 in | 3 |
| May | 64.7°F | 38.7°F | 51.7°F | 2.06 in | 0.9 in | 6 |
| June | 73.0°F | 49.2°F | 61.1°F | 3.30 in | — | 10 |
| July | 79.6°F | 54.0°F | 66.8°F | 2.43 in | — | 7 |
| August | 79.9°F | 51.5°F | 65.7°F | 1.46 in | — | 5 |
| September | 69.0°F | 40.9°F | 55.0°F | 1.18 in | — | 3 |
| October | 52.5°F | 27.8°F | 40.2°F | 1.03 in | 2.2 in | 3 |
| November | 34.6°F | 14.7°F | 24.7°F | 0.54 in | 4.3 in | 2 |
| December | 22.4°F | 3.4°F | 12.9°F | 0.48 in | 6.4 in | 3 |
Climate twins of Fortuna
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).