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NORTH DAKOTA · CASS COUNTY

Fargo

136,285 people, 900 ft above sea level in Cass County.

900 ftElevation, city center
136,285People, 2024 estimate
51 sq miLand area
Rain 64°
Rain now Dew point 61° · SSE 14 mph · high 74°
City of Fargo River Interstate 2 miles
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The Fargo plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Fargo

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 2:00 AM CDT
RIGHT NOW Hector International Airport (KFAR) · 2:53 AM
Rain
64° Rain Feels like 64° · high of 74° near 3 PM
WindSSE 14 mphgusts 25
Humidity90%falling to 76% this afternoon
Pressure29.72 in ↘falling quickly
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsA few cloudsbases near 2,400 ft
UV index2 by 1 PMlow
Dew point 61° · Sticky36° by Thursday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Today, about 3 AMin about 1 hours · 79% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINSept. 290.08 in · 0 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
! Flood WatchFlood Watch issued September 28 at 11:10PM CDT until September 29 at 5:00AM CDT by NWS Grand Forks ND
NWS Grand Forks and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 3:37 AM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:23 AM7:11 PM ↓
11 h 48 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 92% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
20
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
THURSDAY, OCT. 1
FRIDAY, OCT. 2
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mostly cloudy day
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mostly clear night
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mostly sunny
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clear day
mostly clear night
mostly clear night
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partly cloudy night
mostly sunny
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mostly clear night
mostly clear night
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TEMPERATURE °F
63°
71°
53°
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CHANCE OF RAIN
79% · 0.69 in Tuesday morning 50%
WIND, MPH
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Comfortable: dew points 50 to 64° ↑ The front passes Drier: 38° by Friday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 66° / 43°
TUE Sept. 29 Showers likely Showers likely
74° 53°
80% rain up to 0.2″ S 9 A
WED Sept. 30 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
75° 44°
0% rain — W 7 B
THU Oct. 1 Mostly sunny; cooler Mostly sunny; cooler
65° 40°
0% rain — NW 11 B
FRI Oct. 2 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
63° 44°
20% rain — SSE 6 B
SAT Oct. 3 Chance of showers Chance of showers
64° 42°
40% rain up to 0.1″ NW 9 C
SUN Oct. 4 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
63° 41°
0% rain — NNE 6 C
MON Oct. 5 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
66° 48°
0% rain — SSE 14, gusts 25 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
Map of a 72-hour back-trajectory: the air now over Fargo was over the central Plains three days ago.
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Fargo at 5,000 feet was over the central Plains three days ago, and over the northern Plains a day ago, about 560 miles back along its path. It has stayed over land the whole way. Traced hour by hour through GFS analyses of the 850 hPa wind.

THIS WEEK IN 1897 Sept. 29, 1897

The hottest this week has been

96° on Sept. 29, 1897, the hottest reading for this week of the year since 1881. Next is 96° in 2023.

96°
96°
20231897
Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS, the Fargo Area threaded record since 1881.
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West Fargo ND · 4 MI 4 miles west Moorhead MN · 4 MI 4 miles east Grand Forks ND · 74 MI 74 miles north St. Cloud MN · 157 MI 157 miles southeast Bismarck ND · 187 MI 187 miles west
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NORTH DAKOTA · CASS

Fargo

136,285 people, 900 ft above sea level in Cass County.

900 ftElevation
136,285People
51 sq miLand
Rain 64°
RainDew point 61°
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Today in Fargo

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now rain 63° 56%
6a rain 62° 73%
9a rain 63° 32%
12p mostly cloudy day 68° 9%
3p partly cloudy day 71° 2%
6p mostly sunny 70° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINToday about 3 AM · 79%
→
Tue80%
Showers likely Showers likely
53
74
A
Wed0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
44
75
B
Thu0%
Mostly sunny; cooler Mostly sunny; cooler
40
65
B
Fri20%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
44
63
B
Sat40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
42
64
C
Sun0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
41
63
C
Mon0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
48
66
C
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
THIS WEEK IN 1897 · SEPT. 29, 1897

96°, the hottest this week of the year has been since 1881.