Fargo Weather in 1981

Historical record of Fargo, North Dakota weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Fargo Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	July 7
Lowest temperature	-21 °F	February 11
Highest daily low	71 °F	July 12
Lowest daily high	-6 °F	February 10
Most daily precipitation	1.6 inches	May 22
Most daily snow	4.0 inches	December 11
Total annual precipitation	17.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	21.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Fargo in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Fargo, North Dakota in 1981 was 94 °F which happened on July 7.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Fargo in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jul 7
2	93 °F	Jul 6
3	92 °F	Aug 21
3	92 °F	Aug 13
3	92 °F	Jul 10
6	91 °F	Jul 31
7	90 °F	Jul 12
7	90 °F	Jul 5
9	89 °F	Sep 10
9	89 °F	Sep 9

What was the coldest temperature in Fargo in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Fargo, North Dakota in 1981 was -21 °F which happened on Feb 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Fargo in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-21 °F	February 11
2	-20 °F	December 16
2	-20 °F	February 10
4	-17 °F	December 31
4	-17 °F	December 18
4	-17 °F	December 15
4	-17 °F	January 3
8	-16 °F	January 11
9	-15 °F	December 19
9	-15 °F	December 17

January 1981 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	28	2	0.00	0.0
January 2	10	-11	0.00	0.0
January 3	-5	-17	0.00	0.0
January 4	6	-11	0.00	0.0
January 5	23	4	0.03	0.6
January 6	22	-11	0.02	0.2
January 7	6	-10	0.00	0.0
January 8	8	3	0.00	0.0
January 9	4	-11	0.00	0.0
January 10	5	-12	0.00	0.4
January 11	9	-16	0.00	0.0
January 12	28	9	0.00	0.0
January 13	30	9	0.00	0.0
January 14	25	1	0.00	0.0
January 15	12	-3	0.00	0.0
January 16	14	-5	0.00	0.0
January 17	34	12	0.00	0.0
January 18	33	9	0.00	0.0
January 19	29	10	0.00	0.0
January 20	25	6	0.00	0.0
January 21	37	10	0.00	0.0
January 22	40	12	0.00	0.0
January 23	42	20	0.00	0.0
January 24	52	23	0.00	0.0
January 25	34	25	0.02	0.2
January 26	26	3	0.01	0.1
January 27	15	-4	0.00	0.0
January 28	13	2	0.00	0.0
January 29	17	-6	0.00	0.0
January 30	25	3	0.00	0.0
January 31	25	11	0.03	0.6

February 1981 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	11	-2	0.04	0.4
February 2	4	-8	0.00	0.0
February 3	12	-8	0.00	0.0
February 4	19	-8	0.00	0.0
February 5	22	10	0.00	0.0
February 6	24	8	0.01	0.2
February 7	19	4	0.23	2.3
February 8	4	-8	0.00	0.1
February 9	0	-10	0.00	0.0
February 10	-6	-20	0.00	0.0
February 11	1	-21	0.00	0.0
February 12	9	-10	0.00	0.0
February 13	28	3	0.00	0.0
February 14	39	10	0.00	0.0
February 15	47	28	0.00	0.0
February 16	53	25	0.00	0.0
February 17	45	32	0.01	0.0
February 18	52	29	0.00	0.0
February 19	47	30	0.00	0.0
February 20	47	30	0.00	0.0
February 21	49	28	0.00	0.0
February 22	41	24	0.00	0.0
February 23	49	19	0.00	0.0
February 24	38	23	0.00	0.0
February 25	39	17	0.00	0.0
February 26	45	24	0.00	0.0
February 27	33	25	0.19	1.4
February 28	30	19	0.01	0.1

March 1981 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	27	9	0.00	0.0
March 2	22	2	0.00	0.0
March 3	44	15	0.00	0.0
March 4	34	14	0.00	0.0
March 5	32	14	0.00	0.0
March 6	31	8	0.00	0.0
March 7	37	10	0.00	0.0
March 8	41	19	0.00	0.0
March 9	38	23	0.00	0.0
March 10	39	21	0.00	0.0
March 11	59	21	0.00	0.0
March 12	52	27	0.00	0.0
March 13	40	18	0.00	0.0
March 14	66	23	0.00	0.0
March 15	45	19	0.00	0.0
March 16	63	16	0.00	0.0
March 17	37	21	0.00	0.0
March 18	37	15	0.00	0.0
March 19	40	18	0.00	0.0
March 20	44	13	0.00	0.0
March 21	49	28	0.00	0.0
March 22	49	25	0.00	0.0
March 23	59	20	0.00	0.0
March 24	66	37	0.00	0.0
March 25	50	36	0.17	0.0
March 26	44	32	0.00	0.0
March 27	56	30	0.00	0.0
March 28	60	42	0.00	0.0
March 29	45	37	0.28	0.0
March 30	45	36	0.00	0.0
March 31	43	32	0.22	0.3

April 1981 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	52	33	0.02
April 2	66	41	0.00
April 3	49	35	0.00
April 4	43	26	0.00
April 5	51	18	0.00
April 6	64	34	0.00
April 7	58	30	0.00
April 8	58	27	0.00
April 9	68	27	0.00
April 10	65	31	0.00
April 11	45	20	0.00
April 12	69	30	0.01
April 13	53	24	0.02
April 14	51	12	0.00
April 15	71	33	0.00
April 16	77	43	0.00
April 17	66	32	0.00
April 18	62	23	0.00
April 19	52	32	0.00
April 20	55	19	0.00
April 21	55	42	0.00
April 22	45	38	0.00
April 23	53	31	0.00
April 24	65	23	0.00
April 25	67	42	0.06
April 26	74	41	0.00
April 27	60	47	0.31
April 28	63	43	0.10
April 29	59	47	0.08
April 30	59	37	0.01

May 1981 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	63	31	0.00
May 2	81	51	0.00
May 3	74	48	0.00
May 4	58	39	0.00
May 5	63	30	0.00
May 6	66	30	0.00
May 7	66	40	0.00
May 8	66	41	0.00
May 9	49	28	0.00
May 10	59	24	0.00
May 11	64	43	0.00
May 12	66	44	0.00
May 13	71	33	0.00
May 14	74	43	0.00
May 15	77	45	0.00
May 16	74	49	0.02
May 17	68	49	0.00
May 18	71	36	0.00
May 19	76	41	0.00
May 20	81	43	0.00
May 21	84	54	0.00
May 22	79	59	1.63
May 23	59	53	0.54
May 24	60	49	1.16
May 25	55	48	0.00
May 26	58	52	0.00
May 27	66	51	0.00
May 28	71	57	0.05
May 29	69	49	0.00
May 30	63	36	0.00
May 31	61	49	0.06

June 1981 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	73	56	0.08
June 2	58	55	0.04
June 3	77	47	0.00
June 4	75	54	0.12
June 5	77	52	0.00
June 6	80	48	0.04
June 7	78	55	0.00
June 8	69	51	0.00
June 9	71	49	0.10
June 10	73	45	0.03
June 11	78	49	0.00
June 12	76	49	0.00
June 13	73	64	0.72
June 14	65	52	0.10
June 15	70	48	0.01
June 16	78	46	0.01
June 17	71	57	0.10
June 18	68	52	0.01
June 19	59	47	0.07
June 20	72	51	0.00
June 21	67	56	0.34
June 22	71	49	0.22
June 23	63	55	0.18
June 24	75	52	0.01
June 25	77	51	0.00
June 26	80	52	0.00
June 27	79	65	0.04
June 28	79	64	0.34
June 29	75	52	0.00
June 30	80	57	0.00

July 1981 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	82	63	0.00
July 2	82	65	0.57
July 3	81	62	0.01
July 4	83	56	0.00
July 5	90	60	0.00
July 6	93	67	0.00
July 7	94	71	0.00
July 8	80	56	0.00
July 9	85	49	0.00
July 10	92	62	0.00
July 11	88	67	0.00
July 12	90	71	0.13
July 13	86	64	0.01
July 14	72	63	1.44
July 15	74	62	0.02
July 16	83	63	0.00
July 17	80	62	0.00
July 18	82	57	0.00
July 19	81	67	0.06
July 20	83	62	0.02
July 21	83	58	0.00
July 22	73	58	0.13
July 23	81	58	0.06
July 24	79	58	0.04
July 25	69	49	0.00
July 26	75	51	0.00
July 27	72	54	0.00
July 28	74	48	0.00
July 29	79	58	0.00
July 30	83	64	0.71
July 31	91	64	0.01

August 1981 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	62	0.02
August 2	87	66	0.00
August 3	78	65	0.08
August 4	83	59	0.00
August 5	84	65	0.07
August 6	74	58	0.12
August 7	83	59	0.00
August 8	80	58	0.00
August 9	74	55	0.00
August 10	81	47	0.00
August 11	88	57	0.00
August 12	88	58	0.00
August 13	92	65	0.00
August 14	85	59	0.00
August 15	76	51	0.00
August 16	75	52	0.00
August 17	76	49	0.00
August 18	80	54	0.00
August 19	84	57	0.00
August 20	86	63	0.23
August 21	92	65	0.00
August 22	73	66	0.00
August 23	77	64	0.03
August 24	71	64	0.71
August 25	74	60	0.07
August 26	80	60	0.00
August 27	79	54	0.00
August 28	75	49	0.00
August 29	78	62	0.00
August 30	83	61	0.00
August 31	71	55	0.43

September 1981 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	69	44	0.00
September 2	79	51	0.00
September 3	66	44	0.00
September 4	70	38	0.00
September 5	79	55	0.00
September 6	82	58	0.52
September 7	73	49	0.00
September 8	79	45	0.00
September 9	89	56	0.00
September 10	89	53	0.00
September 11	78	55	0.00
September 12	87	49	0.00
September 13	79	48	0.00
September 14	62	43	0.03
September 15	60	39	0.00
September 16	59	37	0.00
September 17	65	33	0.00
September 18	78	39	0.00
September 19	73	41	0.00
September 20	73	43	0.00
September 21	72	42	0.00
September 22	63	51	0.00
September 23	58	48	0.03
September 24	68	37	0.03
September 25	68	53	0.00
September 26	63	52	0.03
September 27	55	34	0.00
September 28	52	30	0.00
September 29	60	38	0.00
September 30	51	37	0.47

October 1981 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	49	34	0.00	0.0
October 2	58	31	0.00	0.0
October 3	62	46	0.31	0.0
October 4	53	45	0.01	0.0
October 5	52	45	0.56	0.0
October 6	56	34	0.00	0.0
October 7	60	33	0.00	0.0
October 8	64	50	0.00	0.0
October 9	56	46	0.12	0.0
October 10	67	42	0.00	0.0
October 11	69	51	0.12	0.0
October 12	56	52	0.37	0.0
October 13	56	39	0.00	0.0
October 14	52	32	0.00	0.0
October 15	60	32	0.00	0.0
October 16	68	38	0.46	0.0
October 17	51	40	0.19	0.0
October 18	40	29	0.00	0.0
October 19	64	33	0.00	0.0
October 20	50	28	0.00	0.0
October 21	31	25	0.16	1.7
October 22	29	22	0.04	0.4
October 23	30	15	0.00	0.0
October 24	37	26	0.02	0.2
October 25	31	24	0.00	0.0
October 26	60	27	0.00	0.0
October 27	42	29	0.00	0.0
October 28	63	42	0.00	0.0
October 29	61	47	0.00	0.0
October 30	57	43	0.00	0.0
October 31	60	35	0.00	0.0

November 1981 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	66	32	0.00	0.0
November 2	61	30	0.00	0.0
November 3	61	31	0.00	0.0
November 4	63	44	0.00	0.0
November 5	49	31	0.00	0.0
November 6	61	31	0.00	0.0
November 7	60	30	0.00	0.0
November 8	39	19	0.00	0.0
November 9	46	13	0.00	0.0
November 10	47	26	0.00	0.0
November 11	56	23	0.00	0.0
November 12	65	38	0.00	0.0
November 13	59	41	0.00	0.0
November 14	60	34	0.00	0.0
November 15	52	35	0.09	0.0
November 16	49	26	0.00	0.0
November 17	35	23	0.00	0.0
November 18	34	28	0.05	0.0
November 19	28	21	0.00	0.0
November 20	23	11	0.00	0.0
November 21	26	11	0.00	0.0
November 22	28	19	0.00	0.0
November 23	32	27	0.08	0.8
November 24	34	30	0.00	0.0
November 25	33	32	0.14	1.0
November 26	32	22	0.04	0.4
November 27	29	20	0.00	0.0
November 28	29	25	0.00	0.0
November 29	30	25	0.00	0.0
November 30	32	25	0.00	0.0

December 1981 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	32	19	0.01	0.1
December 2	27	20	0.00	0.0
December 3	30	21	0.03	0.4
December 4	24	8	0.00	0.0
December 5	21	4	0.00	0.0
December 6	35	18	0.00	0.0
December 7	34	22	0.09	0.1
December 8	23	9	0.00	0.0
December 9	17	4	0.00	0.0
December 10	25	10	0.00	0.0
December 11	28	23	0.31	4.0
December 12	27	4	0.00	0.0
December 13	11	-2	0.00	0.0
December 14	5	-9	0.00	0.0
December 15	-2	-17	0.00	0.0
December 16	1	-20	0.00	0.0
December 17	0	-15	0.00	0.0
December 18	-3	-17	0.00	0.0
December 19	6	-15	0.00	0.0
December 20	24	6	0.17	1.5
December 21	32	15	0.00	0.0
December 22	25	7	0.00	0.0
December 23	11	2	0.02	0.4
December 24	16	2	0.01	0.3
December 25	12	-7	0.00	0.1
December 26	16	4	0.00	0.1
December 27	17	-2	0.00	0.3
December 28	-2	-14	0.00	0.0
December 29	0	-13	0.00	0.0
December 30	6	-14	0.21	2.6
December 31	4	-17	0.00	0.0

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