Fargo Weather in 1973

Historical record of Fargo, North Dakota weather for the year 1973 based on NOAA data.

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1973 Fargo Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	August 27
Lowest temperature	-31 °F	January 5
Highest daily low	72 °F	August 18
Lowest daily high	-18 °F	December 31
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	September 24
Most daily snow	4.4 inches	December 12
Total annual precipitation	21.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	23.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Fargo in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in Fargo, North Dakota in 1973 was 96 °F which happened on August 27.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Fargo in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Aug 27
2	95 °F	Jul 16
3	93 °F	Aug 18
3	93 °F	Jul 6
5	92 °F	Aug 29
5	92 °F	Aug 4
5	92 °F	Jun 9
8	91 °F	Aug 28
8	91 °F	Aug 17
8	91 °F	Jul 5

What was the coldest temperature in Fargo in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in Fargo, North Dakota in 1973 was -31 °F which happened on Jan 5.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Fargo in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-31 °F	January 5
2	-30 °F	January 8
2	-30 °F	January 7
4	-28 °F	January 6
5	-27 °F	December 31
6	-24 °F	December 30
7	-23 °F	January 9
8	-19 °F	February 16
8	-19 °F	January 4
10	-18 °F	December 29

January 1973 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	16	-10	0.00	0.0
January 2	25	5	0.00	0.0
January 3	25	-3	0.06	0.6
January 4	-3	-19	0.01	0.1
January 5	-14	-31	0.00	0.0
January 6	-8	-28	0.00	0.0
January 7	-14	-30	0.00	0.0
January 8	-14	-30	0.00	0.0
January 9	-1	-23	0.00	0.0
January 10	11	-10	0.00	0.0
January 11	12	-9	0.00	0.0
January 12	20	3	0.00	0.0
January 13	29	6	0.00	0.0
January 14	36	19	0.00	0.0
January 15	35	18	0.00	0.0
January 16	35	26	0.00	0.0
January 17	35	23	0.00	0.0
January 18	32	9	0.00	0.0
January 19	9	-2	0.00	0.0
January 20	21	-3	0.01	0.2
January 21	24	21	0.01	0.2
January 22	26	8	0.02	0.5
January 23	32	5	0.00	0.0
January 24	36	17	0.00	0.0
January 25	38	23	0.00	0.0
January 26	32	15	0.00	0.0
January 27	21	6	0.01	0.1
January 28	14	-2	0.00	0.0
January 29	24	7	0.00	0.0
January 30	28	13	0.00	0.0
January 31	29	22	0.00	0.0

February 1973 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	26	23	0.02	0.0
February 2	27	21	0.00	0.0
February 3	36	14	0.00	0.0
February 4	24	6	0.00	0.0
February 5	29	4	0.00	0.1
February 6	14	0	0.01	0.2
February 7	10	-6	0.00	0.0
February 8	17	-6	0.00	0.0
February 9	11	-4	0.00	0.0
February 10	19	-5	0.00	0.0
February 11	32	16	0.00	0.0
February 12	32	28	0.00	0.0
February 13	31	-3	0.02	0.3
February 14	5	-9	0.00	0.0
February 15	2	-13	0.00	0.0
February 16	9	-19	0.00	0.0
February 17	24	5	0.00	0.0
February 18	33	11	0.00	0.0
February 19	32	6	0.00	0.0
February 20	29	5	0.02	0.2
February 21	29	-5	0.00	0.0
February 22	40	20	0.00	0.0
February 23	27	20	0.00	0.0
February 24	28	15	0.00	0.0
February 25	34	15	0.00	0.0
February 26	29	22	0.06	0.6
February 27	33	21	0.00	0.0
February 28	34	32	0.00	0.0

March 1973 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	33	30	0.00	0.0
March 2	35	31	0.00	0.0
March 3	42	27	0.00	0.0
March 4	41	25	0.00	0.0
March 5	36	31	0.02	0.3
March 6	38	32	0.06	1.0
March 7	36	33	0.01	0.1
March 8	34	28	0.00	0.0
March 9	45	27	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	34	0.00	0.0
March 11	44	28	0.00	0.0
March 12	48	24	0.01	0.0
March 13	45	35	0.00	0.0
March 14	43	34	0.82	0.0
March 15	34	30	0.00	0.0
March 16	35	25	0.00	0.0
March 17	38	20	0.00	0.0
March 18	38	27	0.00	0.0
March 19	36	32	0.00	0.0
March 20	40	31	0.00	0.0
March 21	51	31	0.00	0.0
March 22	49	34	0.00	0.0
March 23	55	37	0.10	0.0
March 24	45	39	0.23	0.0
March 25	56	33	0.00	0.0
March 26	60	30	0.00	0.0
March 27	53	32	0.00	0.0
March 28	36	22	0.00	0.0
March 29	35	18	0.00	0.0
March 30	48	19	0.00	0.0
March 31	58	22	0.00	0.0

April 1973 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	55	28	0.00	0.0
April 2	53	28	0.00	0.0
April 3	52	27	0.00	0.0
April 4	53	22	0.00	0.0
April 5	55	35	0.02	0.0
April 6	44	27	0.00	0.0
April 7	37	25	0.00	0.0
April 8	39	25	0.00	0.0
April 9	39	13	0.00	0.0
April 10	45	9	0.00	0.0
April 11	55	24	0.00	0.0
April 12	52	17	0.00	0.0
April 13	64	31	0.00	0.0
April 14	77	42	0.00	0.0
April 15	42	21	0.30	2.4
April 16	52	13	0.00	0.0
April 17	70	36	0.00	0.0
April 18	78	49	0.03	0.0
April 19	64	48	0.26	0.0
April 20	69	47	0.09	0.0
April 21	52	35	0.00	0.0
April 22	40	29	0.00	0.0
April 23	43	25	0.00	0.0
April 24	53	25	0.00	0.0
April 25	56	24	0.00	0.0
April 26	51	27	0.00	0.0
April 27	52	19	0.00	0.0
April 28	57	34	0.00	0.0
April 29	50	43	0.00	0.0
April 30	62	42	0.00	0.0

May 1973 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	55	37	0.00
May 2	60	32	0.00
May 3	63	21	0.00
May 4	68	34	0.00
May 5	81	46	0.00
May 6	59	34	0.02
May 7	76	31	0.00
May 8	74	42	0.00
May 9	61	44	0.25
May 10	58	37	0.01
May 11	50	35	0.00
May 12	62	32	0.00
May 13	59	34	0.00
May 14	64	22	0.00
May 15	82	38	0.00
May 16	62	30	0.00
May 17	79	31	0.00
May 18	75	47	0.00
May 19	76	43	0.00
May 20	80	41	0.00
May 21	74	55	0.60
May 22	68	47	0.03
May 23	68	52	0.46
May 24	58	47	0.27
May 25	56	45	0.00
May 26	66	50	0.00
May 27	75	51	0.00
May 28	80	49	0.00
May 29	75	38	0.00
May 30	81	43	0.01
May 31	80	46	0.00

June 1973 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	88	58	0.00
June 2	83	63	0.22
June 3	73	51	0.01
June 4	76	48	0.00
June 5	74	43	0.00
June 6	79	46	0.01
June 7	71	39	0.36
June 8	79	52	0.02
June 9	92	53	0.00
June 10	78	50	0.02
June 11	76	46	0.01
June 12	76	39	0.00
June 13	83	50	0.00
June 14	89	64	0.00
June 15	90	63	0.42
June 16	81	52	0.00
June 17	79	49	0.20
June 18	71	51	0.12
June 19	65	50	0.25
June 20	62	52	0.01
June 21	74	50	0.00
June 22	82	49	0.00
June 23	83	50	0.00
June 24	86	60	0.00
June 25	89	60	0.00
June 26	74	60	0.13
June 27	71	51	0.00
June 28	72	42	0.00
June 29	66	51	0.00
June 30	79	47	0.00

July 1973 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	57	0.16
July 2	81	51	0.00
July 3	84	53	0.00
July 4	81	50	0.00
July 5	91	61	0.00
July 6	93	69	0.00
July 7	87	58	0.00
July 8	86	51	0.00
July 9	84	63	1.03
July 10	82	55	0.00
July 11	89	63	0.26
July 12	86	59	0.00
July 13	80	53	0.00
July 14	71	48	0.00
July 15	76	43	0.00
July 16	95	57	0.10
July 17	89	57	0.00
July 18	81	57	0.72
July 19	77	52	0.00
July 20	77	48	0.00
July 21	79	53	0.00
July 22	79	60	0.16
July 23	77	62	0.19
July 24	82	64	0.01
July 25	75	62	0.60
July 26	81	59	0.13
July 27	68	50	0.06
July 28	74	44	0.00
July 29	79	57	0.18
July 30	68	51	0.00
July 31	75	49	0.00

August 1973 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	79	56	0.00
August 2	85	57	0.00
August 3	86	64	0.00
August 4	92	64	0.00
August 5	81	65	0.06
August 6	90	60	0.82
August 7	81	61	0.00
August 8	80	61	0.05
August 9	76	57	0.00
August 10	78	57	0.00
August 11	80	53	0.00
August 12	84	62	0.12
August 13	79	58	0.00
August 14	82	57	0.03
August 15	84	64	0.02
August 16	88	60	0.00
August 17	91	66	0.00
August 18	93	72	0.00
August 19	81	53	0.00
August 20	80	47	0.03
August 21	74	56	1.05
August 22	66	59	0.00
August 23	77	54	0.00
August 24	68	64	0.02
August 25	77	65	0.00
August 26	86	69	0.00
August 27	96	68	0.00
August 28	91	65	0.00
August 29	92	63	0.00
August 30	87	64	0.00
August 31	75	67	1.65

September 1973 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	74	65	0.63
September 2	77	65	0.64
September 3	73	60	0.38
September 4	67	55	0.00
September 5	70	50	0.00
September 6	70	43	0.00
September 7	71	47	0.00
September 8	74	55	0.00
September 9	71	48	0.00
September 10	74	47	0.00
September 11	71	40	0.00
September 12	74	39	0.00
September 13	68	42	0.00
September 14	60	38	0.03
September 15	48	35	0.00
September 16	57	26	0.00
September 17	64	29	0.00
September 18	67	34	0.00
September 19	57	33	0.00
September 20	55	27	0.05
September 21	49	44	0.92
September 22	50	44	0.00
September 23	60	39	0.19
September 24	65	48	2.07
September 25	69	49	0.00
September 26	62	43	0.07
September 27	70	40	0.00
September 28	72	45	0.00
September 29	70	40	0.00
September 30	66	45	0.00

October 1973 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	66	52	0.00
October 2	70	50	0.00
October 3	63	39	0.00
October 4	64	35	0.00
October 5	70	36	0.00
October 6	71	52	0.00
October 7	65	54	0.00
October 8	66	61	0.01
October 9	66	49	0.86
October 10	50	40	0.04
October 11	61	40	0.55
October 12	58	40	0.00
October 13	59	41	0.00
October 14	69	41	0.00
October 15	54	35	0.00
October 16	49	29	0.00
October 17	61	36	0.00
October 18	59	29	0.00
October 19	61	37	0.00
October 20	74	43	0.00
October 21	73	52	0.00
October 22	72	43	0.00
October 23	72	38	0.00
October 24	64	47	0.00
October 25	53	40	0.00
October 26	49	32	0.06
October 27	40	26	0.02
October 28	43	28	0.00
October 29	53	30	0.00
October 30	53	30	0.00
October 31	46	31	0.00

November 1973 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	42	31	0.00	0.0
November 2	33	22	0.00	0.0
November 3	30	17	0.00	0.0
November 4	24	10	0.00	0.0
November 5	24	6	0.00	0.0
November 6	32	10	0.00	0.0
November 7	32	9	0.06	1.0
November 8	22	7	0.00	0.0
November 9	23	3	0.00	0.0
November 10	36	19	0.00	0.0
November 11	44	21	0.00	0.0
November 12	37	30	0.00	0.0
November 13	59	31	0.00	0.0
November 14	41	23	0.00	0.0
November 15	29	24	0.00	0.0
November 16	31	24	0.00	0.0
November 17	37	30	0.00	0.0
November 18	34	19	0.00	0.0
November 19	36	24	0.26	1.3
November 20	25	16	0.13	0.9
November 21	30	13	0.35	0.3
November 22	26	10	0.00	0.0
November 23	25	5	0.01	0.1
November 24	33	24	0.04	0.3
November 25	34	28	0.00	0.0
November 26	34	23	0.05	0.0
November 27	26	15	0.00	0.0
November 28	26	11	0.00	0.0
November 29	40	21	0.00	0.0
November 30	25	10	0.00	0.0

December 1973 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	34	18	0.00	0.0
December 2	34	26	0.00	0.0
December 3	26	15	0.00	0.0
December 4	17	11	0.00	0.0
December 5	14	2	0.00	0.0
December 6	21	-1	0.00	0.0
December 7	35	15	0.00	0.0
December 8	33	18	0.19	1.3
December 9	18	0	0.20	2.2
December 10	13	-9	0.00	0.0
December 11	22	13	0.00	0.0
December 12	20	7	0.42	4.4
December 13	7	-4	0.02	0.2
December 14	10	1	0.03	0.6
December 15	10	-5	0.01	0.1
December 16	12	-13	0.01	0.4
December 17	17	12	0.01	0.3
December 18	17	-7	0.00	0.2
December 19	3	-11	0.00	0.0
December 20	6	-12	0.00	0.0
December 21	19	6	0.00	0.0
December 22	26	14	0.00	0.0
December 23	24	15	0.00	0.0
December 24	24	22	0.01	0.2
December 25	23	20	0.01	0.2
December 26	22	18	0.08	1.4
December 27	22	3	0.02	0.3
December 28	15	1	0.00	0.3
December 29	7	-18	0.01	0.2
December 30	-13	-24	0.00	0.0
December 31	-18	-27	0.00	0.0

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