Fargo Weather in 1979

Historical record of Fargo, North Dakota weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Fargo Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	September 4
Lowest temperature	-30 °F	February 17
Highest daily low	72 °F	June 14
Lowest daily high	-14 °F	February 16
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	July 23
Most daily snow	6.4 inches	February 22
Total annual precipitation	20.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	44.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Fargo in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Fargo, North Dakota in 1979 was 98 °F which happened on September 4.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Fargo in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Sep 4
2	95 °F	Jun 14
3	94 °F	Aug 31
4	93 °F	Sep 16
4	93 °F	Jun 13
6	92 °F	Jul 22
6	92 °F	Jul 20
6	92 °F	Jul 9
9	91 °F	Jul 21
9	91 °F	Jul 10

What was the coldest temperature in Fargo in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Fargo, North Dakota in 1979 was -30 °F which happened on Feb 17.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Fargo in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-30 °F	February 17
2	-29 °F	February 8
2	-29 °F	February 4
4	-28 °F	February 16
4	-28 °F	January 16
4	-28 °F	January 10
7	-26 °F	January 13
8	-24 °F	January 1
9	-22 °F	February 15
9	-22 °F	January 15
9	-22 °F	January 14
9	-22 °F	January 2

January 1979 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	-13	-24	0.00	0.0
January 2	-6	-22	0.00	0.0
January 3	5	-15	0.00	0.0
January 4	-10	-18	0.00	0.0
January 5	8	-21	0.00	0.0
January 6	8	-5	0.00	0.0
January 7	-3	-18	0.00	0.0
January 8	13	-12	0.00	0.1
January 9	-3	-20	0.00	0.0
January 10	-12	-28	0.00	0.0
January 11	5	-20	0.00	0.0
January 12	2	-20	0.00	0.0
January 13	-14	-26	0.00	0.0
January 14	-6	-22	0.00	0.0
January 15	-9	-22	0.00	0.0
January 16	3	-28	0.02	1.6
January 17	4	-16	0.00	0.0
January 18	19	-3	0.12	1.4
January 19	22	16	0.10	2.3
January 20	20	14	0.14	1.7
January 21	24	18	0.00	0.0
January 22	20	-6	0.00	0.0
January 23	-5	-16	0.00	0.0
January 24	4	-20	0.00	0.0
January 25	11	4	0.00	0.0
January 26	14	6	0.02	0.3
January 27	6	-6	0.00	0.0
January 28	7	-5	0.04	0.4
January 29	3	-13	0.00	0.0
January 30	0	-17	0.00	0.0
January 31	4	-14	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	1	-16	0.00	0.0
February 2	-4	-16	0.00	0.0
February 3	3	-19	0.01	0.3
February 4	-14	-29	0.00	0.0
February 5	7	-18	0.00	0.0
February 6	7	-18	0.03	0.7
February 7	-8	-21	0.00	0.0
February 8	-9	-29	0.00	0.0
February 9	-2	-18	0.00	0.0
February 10	5	-3	0.07	0.7
February 11	6	-7	0.32	3.6
February 12	-2	-16	0.02	0.3
February 13	16	-17	0.00	0.0
February 14	19	1	0.03	0.3
February 15	1	-22	0.32	3.3
February 16	-14	-28	0.00	0.0
February 17	6	-30	0.00	0.0
February 18	8	2	0.04	0.3
February 19	17	3	0.00	0.0
February 20	14	-1	0.04	0.2
February 21	15	7	0.07	0.4
February 22	27	11	0.41	6.4
February 23	26	-12	0.03	0.3
February 24	1	-20	0.00	0.2
February 25	18	-9	0.00	0.0
February 26	26	14	0.00	0.0
February 27	29	14	0.01	0.1
February 28	14	4	0.34	2.4

March 1979 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	18	8	0.00	0.0
March 2	25	16	0.05	0.1
March 3	18	8	0.02	0.1
March 4	24	3	0.00	0.0
March 5	26	-2	0.00	0.0
March 6	36	2	0.00	0.0
March 7	7	-2	0.00	0.0
March 8	35	6	0.05	0.6
March 9	15	-2	0.00	0.0
March 10	17	-12	0.00	0.0
March 11	26	10	0.00	0.0
March 12	36	10	0.00	0.0
March 13	37	13	0.02	0.2
March 14	26	-2	0.03	0.3
March 15	23	-6	0.00	0.0
March 16	39	19	0.00	0.0
March 17	39	37	0.00	0.0
March 18	38	34	0.51	0.0
March 19	36	27	0.59	0.4
March 20	32	26	0.03	0.2
March 21	37	27	0.00	0.0
March 22	37	29	0.00	0.0
March 23	31	15	0.00	0.0
March 24	26	10	0.00	0.0
March 25	26	15	0.00	0.2
March 26	23	9	0.00	0.1
March 27	32	8	0.00	0.0
March 28	35	14	0.10	0.6
March 29	37	12	0.28	1.2
March 30	33	17	0.32	0.3
March 31	36	9	0.00	0.0

April 1979 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	31	8	0.00	0.0
April 2	21	5	0.00	0.0
April 3	30	7	0.00	0.0
April 4	37	22	0.03	0.3
April 5	22	3	0.01	0.1
April 6	26	0	0.00	0.0
April 7	37	23	0.00	0.0
April 8	35	25	0.19	1.4
April 9	34	24	0.00	0.0
April 10	39	28	0.00	0.0
April 11	41	29	0.75	0.0
April 12	37	34	0.83	0.4
April 13	36	33	0.04	0.0
April 14	40	32	0.02	0.0
April 15	43	30	0.00	0.0
April 16	54	35	0.00	0.0
April 17	58	35	0.00	0.0
April 18	62	49	0.11	0.0
April 19	58	44	0.29	0.0
April 20	54	37	0.10	0.0
April 21	60	31	0.00	0.0
April 22	57	33	0.00	0.0
April 23	58	44	0.05	0.0
April 24	64	42	0.36	0.0
April 25	49	33	0.00	0.0
April 26	44	29	0.08	0.0
April 27	48	31	0.00	0.0
April 28	53	30	0.00	0.0
April 29	43	33	0.18	0.5
April 30	47	34	0.00	0.0

May 1979 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	48	40	0.12	0.0
May 2	46	32	0.00	0.0
May 3	50	26	0.00	0.0
May 4	43	29	0.03	0.0
May 5	47	34	0.31	0.8
May 6	44	38	0.27	0.0
May 7	65	42	0.17	0.0
May 8	51	36	0.00	0.0
May 9	41	33	0.00	0.0
May 10	40	34	0.04	0.0
May 11	44	35	0.00	0.0
May 12	65	29	0.00	0.0
May 13	63	37	0.00	0.0
May 14	63	40	0.01	0.0
May 15	68	32	0.00	0.0
May 16	83	52	0.00	0.0
May 17	75	49	0.00	0.0
May 18	61	46	0.00	0.0
May 19	50	39	0.19	0.0
May 20	60	34	0.00	0.0
May 21	68	39	0.00	0.0
May 22	58	41	0.00	0.0
May 23	70	36	0.00	0.0
May 24	72	49	0.00	0.0
May 25	74	53	0.04	0.0
May 26	76	45	0.00	0.0
May 27	76	44	0.00	0.0
May 28	87	54	0.00	0.0
May 29	80	55	0.41	0.0
May 30	56	47	0.43	0.0
May 31	60	40	0.00	0.0

June 1979 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	66	46	0.00
June 2	76	47	0.00
June 3	83	55	0.00
June 4	74	52	0.00
June 5	82	46	0.00
June 6	75	59	0.00
June 7	70	47	0.00
June 8	71	42	0.00
June 9	63	51	0.00
June 10	78	44	0.00
June 11	83	49	0.00
June 12	83	60	0.00
June 13	93	62	0.00
June 14	95	72	0.00
June 15	87	55	0.00
June 16	75	55	0.00
June 17	74	45	0.00
June 18	78	52	0.00
June 19	73	58	1.16
June 20	70	59	0.19
June 21	63	54	0.00
June 22	62	53	0.02
June 23	66	55	0.04
June 24	75	52	0.00
June 25	85	60	0.26
June 26	82	56	0.00
June 27	85	54	0.00
June 28	72	59	1.21
June 29	87	56	0.04
June 30	85	59	0.00

July 1979 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	67	0.00
July 2	85	65	0.33
July 3	76	62	0.16
July 4	79	52	0.00
July 5	82	57	0.00
July 6	79	61	0.00
July 7	71	62	0.00
July 8	87	62	0.00
July 9	92	67	0.00
July 10	91	68	0.00
July 11	87	68	0.00
July 12	87	70	0.00
July 13	86	63	0.03
July 14	86	57	0.00
July 15	75	58	0.00
July 16	75	51	0.00
July 17	80	52	0.00
July 18	85	56	0.00
July 19	89	58	0.00
July 20	92	63	0.00
July 21	91	65	0.00
July 22	92	69	0.00
July 23	78	68	2.03
July 24	83	66	0.00
July 25	84	63	0.02
July 26	77	59	0.08
July 27	77	56	0.13
July 28	82	57	0.00
July 29	80	62	0.60
July 30	74	60	0.00
July 31	76	52	0.00

August 1979 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	81	55	0.00
August 2	87	62	0.00
August 3	83	58	0.00
August 4	77	60	0.02
August 5	77	55	0.00
August 6	89	64	0.00
August 7	83	57	0.00
August 8	84	63	0.00
August 9	86	61	0.00
August 10	74	53	0.00
August 11	76	49	0.00
August 12	75	57	0.14
August 13	65	53	0.00
August 14	66	43	0.00
August 15	72	43	0.00
August 16	65	53	0.00
August 17	88	60	0.00
August 18	88	58	0.00
August 19	84	60	0.00
August 20	82	62	0.00
August 21	75	66	0.28
August 22	74	61	0.01
August 23	61	51	0.01
August 24	75	53	0.01
August 25	74	53	0.00
August 26	71	56	0.13
August 27	80	50	0.00
August 28	79	62	0.30
August 29	79	55	0.00
August 30	76	52	0.00
August 31	94	67	0.00

September 1979 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	64	0.06
September 2	72	50	0.00
September 3	79	46	0.00
September 4	98	69	0.00
September 5	83	57	0.00
September 6	66	43	0.00
September 7	68	36	0.00
September 8	78	53	0.00
September 9	85	61	0.00
September 10	69	56	0.22
September 11	72	53	0.02
September 12	69	49	0.00
September 13	62	40	0.00
September 14	69	36	0.00
September 15	82	45	0.00
September 16	93	53	0.00
September 17	85	54	0.00
September 18	63	47	0.00
September 19	81	43	0.00
September 20	68	43	0.00
September 21	70	35	0.00
September 22	68	51	0.01
September 23	71	51	0.00
September 24	76	45	0.00
September 25	80	45	0.00
September 26	90	46	0.00
September 27	85	47	0.00
September 28	61	42	0.00
September 29	74	44	0.00
September 30	82	37	0.00

October 1979 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	68	40	0.00	0.0
October 2	68	46	0.00	0.0
October 3	54	36	0.00	0.0
October 4	59	26	0.00	0.0
October 5	65	34	0.00	0.0
October 6	58	23	0.00	0.0
October 7	56	33	0.02	0.0
October 8	48	28	0.04	0.0
October 9	50	32	0.00	0.0
October 10	49	35	0.01	0.0
October 11	48	30	0.01	0.0
October 12	35	25	0.00	0.0
October 13	45	17	0.00	0.0
October 14	66	33	0.00	0.0
October 15	69	37	0.00	0.0
October 16	59	34	0.00	0.0
October 17	57	24	0.00	0.0
October 18	60	34	0.24	0.0
October 19	58	28	0.01	0.0
October 20	58	41	0.00	0.0
October 21	41	33	0.00	0.0
October 22	39	33	0.00	0.0
October 23	44	33	0.00	0.0
October 24	48	27	0.00	0.0
October 25	47	19	0.00	0.0
October 26	53	39	0.08	0.0
October 27	59	36	0.01	0.0
October 28	62	30	0.00	0.0
October 29	50	30	0.00	0.0
October 30	41	39	0.45	0.0
October 31	41	30	1.73	1.4

November 1979 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	33	25	0.13	1.3
November 2	34	23	0.00	0.0
November 3	33	19	0.00	0.0
November 4	37	26	0.00	0.0
November 5	31	24	0.00	0.0
November 6	33	14	0.00	0.0
November 7	32	14	0.00	0.0
November 8	24	9	0.17	2.5
November 9	21	-1	0.02	0.4
November 10	18	-4	0.01	0.0
November 11	29	15	0.01	0.3
November 12	26	0	0.00	0.0
November 13	30	16	0.03	0.4
November 14	35	18	0.00	0.0
November 15	37	32	0.00	0.0
November 16	46	30	0.00	0.0
November 17	52	26	0.00	0.0
November 18	47	29	0.00	0.0
November 19	45	30	0.00	0.0
November 20	37	24	0.00	0.0
November 21	36	20	0.00	0.0
November 22	37	12	0.00	0.0
November 23	29	13	0.01	0.1
November 24	24	20	0.00	0.0
November 25	29	22	0.00	0.0
November 26	28	19	0.00	0.0
November 27	27	17	0.00	0.0
November 28	20	13	0.08	0.8
November 29	18	9	0.00	0.0
November 30	22	3	0.02	0.2

December 1979 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	11	1	0.00	0.0
December 2	28	6	0.00	0.0
December 3	39	23	0.00	0.0
December 4	46	17	0.00	0.0
December 5	44	26	0.00	0.0
December 6	34	23	0.12	1.0
December 7	29	4	0.00	0.0
December 8	28	2	0.00	0.0
December 9	30	15	0.00	0.0
December 10	36	12	0.00	0.0
December 11	14	-6	0.01	0.2
December 12	18	-8	0.00	0.0
December 13	19	0	0.01	0.3
December 14	33	3	0.00	0.0
December 15	26	-10	0.00	0.0
December 16	2	-14	0.00	0.0
December 17	22	0	0.00	0.0
December 18	41	19	0.00	0.0
December 19	38	15	0.00	0.0
December 20	43	29	0.00	0.0
December 21	42	22	0.00	0.0
December 22	27	17	0.00	0.0
December 23	27	24	0.00	0.0
December 24	25	21	0.00	0.0
December 25	25	20	0.00	0.0
December 26	32	22	0.00	0.0
December 27	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 28	32	15	0.00	0.0
December 29	26	21	0.00	0.0
December 30	31	24	0.00	0.0
December 31	28	16	0.00	0.0

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