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    When is the first snow in North Dakota?

    North Dakota’s first snow usually lands first in Bismarck, around October 28, and last in Fargo, around October 30.

    North Dakota’s first snow arrives in late October and treats the rest of the year as a formality.
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    That makes North Dakota number 6 of the 36 states we track, earliest first.

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    Snow in the next 5 days?

    • No. There’s no snow in the Bismarck forecast for the next 5 days.
    • No. There’s no snow in the Fargo forecast for the next 5 days.

    Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.

    First snow, city by city

    CityUsually around8 winters in 10Snow a winter
    BismarckOctober 28October 11 to November 17about 50 in
    FargoOctober 30October 11 to November 19about 50 in

    Usually around is the middle date across 30 winters. In 8 winters out of 10, the first snow lands inside the range.

    States on the same snow schedule

    Every state’s first snow, earliest first

    Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for each city’s official station, winters 1991 to 2020, via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.

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