First snow · North Dakota
When is the first snow in Fargo?
Snow in the next 5 days?
No. There’s no snow in the Fargo forecast for the next 5 days.
It’s 31°F in Fargo right now.
Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.
Fargo’s first measurable snow usually lands around October 30.
Fargo’s first snow is just the opening act. The wind is the headliner, and it never cancels.
Snow’s coming. Heads-up or surprise?
Tomorrow’s roast for FargoFree, no account, and you pick how rude I get.Cities on the same snow schedule
Fargo is number 11 of 76 for the earliest first snow. Is your city earlier?
- Bismarck, North Dakota: around October 28
- Binghamton, New York: around November 3
- Helena, Montana: around October 26
The fastest way back here when the snow gets close.
In 8 winters out of 10 it arrives between October 11 and November 19. A typical Fargo winter adds up to about 50 inches of snow.
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How much snow Fargo gets in a year
Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for the Fargo area, winters 1991 to 2020 (30 with complete records), via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.