WETTESTSINCE
North Dakota · precipitation record 1881–2026

Fargo, ND

IN 90 DAYS · 2026
DRIEST IN 90 DAYS SINCE 1988
4.23in
9th driest of 146 years · normal 9.01"
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rain ahead · next 3 days
0.98" of rain forecast
the most rain in 3 days since 2026
0.98in

Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 145 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
0.65in
12th driest of 146 yrs
26% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
4.23in
9th driest of 146 yrs
47% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
8.27in
14th driest of 146 yrs
64% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

4.72in
on Aug 8, 1943 · in 146 years

Dry Streak

17days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 45 days (to Dec 13, 1999)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 14 days

Year to Date vs Normal

64%
8.27" of a normal 12.96" · wettest 22.21" (1882) · driest 5.9" (1910)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 145-year record (1881–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 21.4" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1200034.76in
2188234.01in
3197732.28in
4201332.1in
5199831.75in

Driest Years on Record

119768.84in
219368.87in
319179.94in
4191010.5in
5193911.23in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Jun (~2.99") and driest in Feb (~0.51"). Wettest calendar month ever: Jun 2000, 11.72".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Fargo — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Jul 28 ever

1.60in
set in 1901

Rain on Jul 28

23%
of 145 years had measurable rain
1881: 0.00″1882: 0.00″1883: 0.00″1884: 0.94″1885: 0.00″1886: 0.00″1887: 0.76″1888: 0.03″1889: 0.00″1890: 0.01″1891: 0.00″1892: 0.00″1893: 0.04″1894: 0.00″1895: 0.00″1896: 0.00″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.02″1900: 0.00″1901: 1.60″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.00″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.10″1906: 0.00″1907: 0.00″1908: 0.00″1909: 0.46″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.00″1916: 0.00″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.00″1922: 0.00″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.27″1925: 0.00″1926: 0.00″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.00″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.01″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.02″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.00″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.97″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.18″1943: 0.14″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.86″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.40″1956: 0.30″1957: 0.29″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.02″1964: 0.16″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.17″1971: 0.09″1972: 0.01″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.01″1989: 0.16″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.08″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.78″2005: 0.00″2006: 1.11″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.65″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.06″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.02″2024: 0.22″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″18901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Fargo's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Fargo, ND — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Fargo's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Fargo, ND — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:03 AM
Sunset8:04 PM
Solar noon12:33 PM
Daylight15h 01m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

46.92°N, 96.81°W

Nearby Stations

Grand Forks, ND72 mi NSisseton, SD87 mi SAberdeen, SD127 mi SWBrainerd, MN132 mi ESaint Cloud, MN162 mi SEBismarck, ND186 mi W

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