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Weather extremes
How extreme does West Fargo's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days West Fargo has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days West Fargo has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 25°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in West Fargo (typical high near 81°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 43°F colder than a normal February night in West Fargo (typical low near 4°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than West Fargo usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 4.3 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical January's snow in one day (West Fargo averages about 10 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
West Fargo's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 106°F is about 25°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Fargo Hector Intl AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00014914), about 9 km from the city centre.