Fargo Weather in January
Average highs run from 18°F on January 1 to 18°F on January 31, and lows from 2°F to -1°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.73 in over about 9 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 17°F
- Average low
- 0°F
- Precipitation
- 0.73 in
- Snowfall
- 12.2 in
- Record high
- 55°FJan 5, 2012
- Record low
- -36°FJan 29, 1951
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 8 h 37 min to 9 h 36 min
- Cloud cover
- 62%
- Humidity
- 90%
- Dew point
- 6°F
- Wind
- 11.2 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 18°F | 2°F | 43°F 1964 | -28°F 2022 | 32% | 33% |
| Jan 2 | 18°F | 2°F | 46°F 1964 | -33°F 2010 | 32% | 33% |
| Jan 3 | 18°F | 2°F | 40°F 2019 | -28°F 1982 | 32% | 33% |
| Jan 4 | 17°F | 1°F | 41°F 2001 | -33°F 1968 | 32% | 33% |
| Jan 5 | 17°F | 1°F | 55°F 2012 | -31°F 1968 | 32% | 33% |
| Jan 6 | 17°F | 1°F | 44°F 2012 | -32°F 1968 | 32% | 33% |
| Jan 7 | 17°F | 1°F | 44°F 1963 | -30°F 1973 | 32% | 33% |
| Jan 8 | 17°F | 0°F | 46°F 2002 | -30°F 1973 | 32% | 33% |
| Jan 9 | 17°F | 0°F | 51°F 2012 | -27°F 1977 | 32% | 33% |
| Jan 10 | 17°F | 0°F | 51°F 2012 | -29°F 1982 | 32% | 33% |
| Jan 11 | 17°F | 0°F | 46°F 1987 | -28°F 1974 | 32% | 33% |
| Jan 12 | 17°F | 0°F | 49°F 1987 | -29°F 1977 | 32% | 33% |
| Jan 13 | 17°F | 0°F | 48°F 1987 | -28°F 2009 | 31% | 33% |
| Jan 14 | 17°F | -1°F | 41°F 2021 | -30°F 1972 | 31% | 33% |
| Jan 15 | 17°F | -1°F | 39°F 1942 | -33°F 1972 | 31% | 33% |
| Jan 16 | 17°F | -1°F | 48°F 1942 | -35°F 1977 | 31% | 33% |
| Jan 17 | 17°F | -1°F | 39°F 1944 | -32°F 1977 | 31% | 32% |
| Jan 18 | 17°F | -1°F | 41°F 1942 | -33°F 1994 | 30% | 32% |
| Jan 19 | 17°F | -1°F | 46°F 1942 | -35°F 1892 | 30% | 32% |
| Jan 20 | 17°F | -1°F | 53°F 1944 | -31°F 1984 | 30% | 32% |
| Jan 21 | 17°F | -1°F | 48°F 1942 | -30°F 1954 | 30% | 31% |
| Jan 22 | 17°F | -1°F | 50°F 1942 | -30°F 1948 | 29% | 31% |
| Jan 23 | 17°F | -1°F | 53°F 1942 | -34°F 1948 | 29% | 31% |
| Jan 24 | 17°F | -1°F | 52°F 1981 | -33°F 1966 | 29% | 31% |
| Jan 25 | 17°F | -1°F | 51°F 2002 | -28°F 1997 | 29% | 30% |
| Jan 26 | 18°F | -1°F | 46°F 1947 | -32°F 1950 | 28% | 30% |
| Jan 27 | 18°F | -1°F | 40°F 2016 | -31°F 2004 | 28% | 30% |
| Jan 28 | 18°F | -1°F | 44°F 2024 | -33°F 1966 | 28% | 30% |
| Jan 29 | 18°F | -1°F | 46°F 2024 | -36°F 1951 | 28% | 29% |
| Jan 30 | 18°F | -1°F | 42°F 1892 | -36°F 2004 | 28% | 29% |
| Jan 31 | 18°F | -1°F | 52°F 2024 | -29°F 1996 | 27% | 29% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:12 AM, sunset 4:49 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:53 AM, sunset 5:29 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00215586 (Moorhead), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014914, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.