All-time weather records — Fargo, AR

Record high
111.0°F
July 29, 1930
Record low
-11.9°F
February 12, 1899
Wettest day
5.90 in
December 24, 1904

Climate change signal in Fargo

0.3%

of Fargo's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (1 of 366 records since 2015).

0.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (1 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1880s
5
2
1890s
16
21
1900s
43
36
1910s
84
74
1920s
59
47
1930s
59
45
1940s
26
39
1950s
33
31
1960s
16
39
1970s
10
6
1980s
5
17
1990s
4
4
2000s
3
3
2010s
3
2

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1885, the latest in 2015. Period of observation: 1883-2017.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 24, 1950 -9.9°F — Jan 12, 1918 5.70 in — Jan 13, 1899
February 84.9°F — Feb 26, 1918 -11.9°F — Feb 12, 1899 4.81 in — Feb 27, 1910
March 91.9°F — Mar 21, 1907 10.0°F — Mar 6, 1899 5.72 in — Mar 16, 1919
April 99.0°F — Apr 22, 1911 23.0°F — Apr 6, 1937 5.82 in — Apr 16, 1918
May 100.0°F — May 6, 1952 27.0°F — May 31, 1901 4.92 in — May 13, 1905
June 109.9°F — Jun 20, 1936 27.0°F — Jun 16, 1928 5.78 in — Jun 27, 1960
July 111.0°F — Jul 29, 1930 45.0°F — Jul 1, 1937 4.83 in — Jul 3, 1936
August 109.9°F — Aug 9, 1930 44.1°F — Aug 31, 1946 5.30 in — Aug 12, 1894
September 109.0°F — Sep 6, 1925 30.0°F — Sep 29, 1942 4.80 in — Sep 11, 1965
October 97.0°F — Oct 1, 1904 19.9°F — Oct 29, 1952 3.99 in — Oct 5, 1949
November 90.0°F — Nov 24, 1899 10.0°F — Nov 19, 1903 4.28 in — Nov 22, 1961
December 82.0°F — Dec 17, 1924 -7.1°F — Dec 24, 1963 5.90 in — Dec 24, 1904

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Fargo.