Fargo Weather in 1988

Historical record of Fargo, North Dakota weather for the year 1988 based on NOAA data.

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1988 Fargo Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	106 °F	July 5
Lowest temperature	-21 °F	February 11
Highest daily low	78 °F	July 5
Lowest daily high	-10 °F	February 1
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	September 18
Most daily snow	8.5 inches	December 26
Total annual precipitation	14.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	61.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Fargo in 1988?

The highest temperature recorded in Fargo, North Dakota in 1988 was 106 °F which happened on July 5.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Fargo in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	106 °F	Jul 5
2	105 °F	Jul 27
3	104 °F	Aug 16
4	102 °F	Jul 6
5	98 °F	Aug 10
5	98 °F	Jul 31
5	98 °F	Jun 19
8	97 °F	Aug 6
8	97 °F	Jul 26
8	97 °F	Jun 18
8	97 °F	Jun 7

What was the coldest temperature in Fargo in 1988?

The lowest temperature recorded in Fargo, North Dakota in 1988 was -21 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Fargo in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-21 °F	February 11
1	-21 °F	January 6
3	-20 °F	February 1
3	-20 °F	January 5
5	-19 °F	February 10
5	-19 °F	February 5
5	-19 °F	February 2
5	-19 °F	January 26
9	-18 °F	January 25
10	-17 °F	December 28
10	-17 °F	February 9
10	-17 °F	February 3
10	-17 °F	January 9

January 1988 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	6	-9	0.00	0.0
January 2	20	6	0.00	0.0
January 3	16	-9	0.00	0.0
January 4	-9	-15	0.00	0.0
January 5	-9	-20	0.00	0.0
January 6	-2	-21	0.00	0.0
January 7	4	-9	0.00	0.0
January 8	-1	-14	0.00	0.0
January 9	5	-17	0.00	0.0
January 10	18	-5	0.00	0.0
January 11	13	-4	0.38	5.3
January 12	12	-15	0.47	6.7
January 13	1	-16	0.00	0.0
January 14	16	1	0.00	0.0
January 15	32	9	0.00	0.0
January 16	36	24	0.08	0.0
January 17	28	9	0.00	0.0
January 18	28	8	0.00	0.0
January 19	24	12	0.00	0.0
January 20	14	1	0.00	0.0
January 21	31	-4	0.02	0.2
January 22	30	-1	0.01	0.0
January 23	9	0	0.27	5.4
January 24	29	-5	0.14	2.2
January 25	-5	-18	0.00	0.0
January 26	10	-19	0.00	0.0
January 27	19	1	0.00	0.1
January 28	24	7	0.00	0.0
January 29	35	21	0.00	0.0
January 30	24	10	0.16	2.9
January 31	10	-12	0.09	1.5

February 1988 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	-10	-20	0.00	0.0
February 2	4	-19	0.00	0.0
February 3	-5	-17	0.00	0.0
February 4	-1	-12	0.00	0.0
February 5	-1	-19	0.00	0.0
February 6	10	-15	0.02	0.0
February 7	9	-8	0.00	0.0
February 8	12	-5	0.04	0.9
February 9	1	-17	0.00	0.0
February 10	-7	-19	0.00	0.0
February 11	-2	-21	0.00	0.0
February 12	8	-5	0.07	2.3
February 13	24	5	0.00	0.0
February 14	22	-6	0.06	1.0
February 15	16	-12	0.00	0.0
February 16	29	12	0.00	0.0
February 17	37	15	0.00	0.0
February 18	36	20	0.00	0.0
February 19	36	4	0.01	0.1
February 20	8	-10	0.00	0.0
February 21	42	8	0.00	0.0
February 22	36	10	0.00	0.0
February 23	21	8	0.00	0.1
February 24	22	3	0.00	0.0
February 25	40	1	0.00	0.0
February 26	40	25	0.00	0.0
February 27	44	21	0.00	0.0
February 28	44	31	0.02	0.0
February 29	35	27	0.00	0.0

March 1988 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	38	22	0.00	0.0
March 2	25	12	0.00	0.0
March 3	31	13	0.00	0.0
March 4	37	17	0.00	0.0
March 5	51	24	0.00	0.0
March 6	40	34	0.00	0.0
March 7	47	34	0.02	0.0
March 8	38	28	0.19	0.4
March 9	42	24	0.00	0.0
March 10	49	37	0.10	0.0
March 11	42	19	0.23	2.4
March 12	19	12	0.33	2.1
March 13	16	6	0.00	0.0
March 14	21	2	0.00	0.0
March 15	27	12	0.00	0.0
March 16	36	11	0.00	0.0
March 17	40	23	0.00	0.0
March 18	34	17	0.00	0.0
March 19	31	20	0.03	0.4
March 20	29	19	0.00	0.0
March 21	44	22	0.00	0.0
March 22	42	33	0.00	0.0
March 23	51	30	0.03	0.0
March 24	49	38	0.00	0.0
March 25	40	21	0.00	0.0
March 26	35	18	0.01	0.1
March 27	47	22	0.00	0.0
March 28	44	29	0.08	0.8
March 29	37	23	0.00	0.0
March 30	41	22	0.00	0.0
March 31	40	20	0.00	0.0

April 1988 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	55	24	0.00
April 2	61	29	0.00
April 3	53	39	0.00
April 4	65	40	0.00
April 5	60	34	0.00
April 6	71	27	0.00
April 7	80	36	0.00
April 8	78	39	0.00
April 9	45	27	0.00
April 10	54	26	0.00
April 11	67	29	0.00
April 12	69	35	0.00
April 13	51	26	0.00
April 14	48	20	0.00
April 15	54	18	0.00
April 16	81	32	0.00
April 17	48	24	0.00
April 18	47	12	0.00
April 19	59	17	0.00
April 20	46	24	0.00
April 21	51	20	0.00
April 22	54	19	0.00
April 23	55	25	0.00
April 24	68	31	0.00
April 25	52	28	0.00
April 26	45	29	0.00
April 27	62	27	0.00
April 28	71	32	0.00
April 29	79	44	0.00
April 30	76	52	0.01

May 1988 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	80	60	0.00
May 2	82	54	0.00
May 3	79	42	0.00
May 4	68	37	0.00
May 5	77	36	0.00
May 6	83	55	0.00
May 7	71	50	0.28
May 8	75	42	0.00
May 9	71	45	0.07
May 10	70	49	0.00
May 11	75	55	0.00
May 12	81	37	0.35
May 13	64	24	0.00
May 14	82	51	0.04
May 15	62	36	0.05
May 16	66	34	0.00
May 17	75	47	0.00
May 18	92	63	0.00
May 19	68	56	0.19
May 20	72	54	0.26
May 21	57	52	0.41
May 22	73	51	0.10
May 23	84	44	0.00
May 24	77	45	0.00
May 25	87	53	0.00
May 26	86	55	0.04
May 27	85	54	0.00
May 28	90	67	0.00
May 29	90	66	0.00
May 30	91	69	0.00
May 31	92	71	0.03

June 1988 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	89	66	0.00
June 2	93	62	0.00
June 3	92	62	0.00
June 4	93	66	0.00
June 5	94	69	0.00
June 6	94	64	0.00
June 7	97	66	0.00
June 8	81	56	0.00
June 9	80	42	0.00
June 10	89	55	0.00
June 11	96	64	0.00
June 12	84	61	0.18
June 13	82	60	0.03
June 14	67	58	0.69
June 15	78	51	0.00
June 16	78	48	0.00
June 17	89	61	0.00
June 18	97	66	0.00
June 19	98	63	0.00
June 20	95	56	0.00
June 21	93	69	0.06
June 22	83	57	0.00
June 23	85	62	0.28
June 24	94	66	0.00
June 25	83	58	0.00
June 26	85	53	0.00
June 27	93	65	0.00
June 28	86	62	0.00
June 29	80	58	0.00
June 30	81	55	0.00

July 1988 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	75	59	0.00
July 2	85	53	0.00
July 3	91	62	0.00
July 4	92	69	0.00
July 5	106	78	0.00
July 6	102	77	0.09
July 7	86	64	0.20
July 8	89	58	0.00
July 9	89	63	0.00
July 10	75	52	0.00
July 11	79	46	0.00
July 12	87	61	0.15
July 13	90	63	0.00
July 14	92	57	0.00
July 15	88	62	0.00
July 16	89	52	0.00
July 17	86	58	0.00
July 18	86	63	0.00
July 19	88	56	0.01
July 20	82	55	0.00
July 21	89	54	0.00
July 22	93	62	0.00
July 23	96	66	0.00
July 24	86	53	0.00
July 25	89	56	0.00
July 26	97	65	0.00
July 27	105	71	0.00
July 28	96	74	0.01
July 29	94	67	0.00
July 30	93	57	0.00
July 31	98	74	0.00

August 1988 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	64	0.43
August 2	87	67	0.02
August 3	83	63	0.00
August 4	78	56	0.01
August 5	92	56	0.00
August 6	97	64	0.00
August 7	86	64	0.09
August 8	76	50	0.00
August 9	88	52	0.00
August 10	98	71	0.00
August 11	93	67	0.02
August 12	92	68	0.02
August 13	78	66	1.36
August 14	87	62	0.00
August 15	96	67	0.00
August 16	104	74	0.00
August 17	76	67	0.00
August 18	82	66	0.00
August 19	82	54	0.00
August 20	88	65	0.03
August 21	82	71	0.00
August 22	87	61	0.16
August 23	81	56	0.00
August 24	89	51	0.00
August 25	78	50	0.00
August 26	83	47	0.00
August 27	71	46	0.00
August 28	71	42	0.00
August 29	74	40	0.00
August 30	80	50	0.00
August 31	84	65	0.00

September 1988 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	86	53	0.00
September 2	76	57	0.00
September 3	78	54	0.00
September 4	74	49	0.00
September 5	70	43	0.00
September 6	78	43	0.00
September 7	83	58	0.00
September 8	73	51	0.00
September 9	77	44	0.00
September 10	74	45	0.00
September 11	82	53	0.02
September 12	58	41	0.00
September 13	80	40	0.00
September 14	75	39	0.00
September 15	68	56	0.17
September 16	66	57	0.49
September 17	85	53	0.00
September 18	75	52	1.67
September 19	52	46	0.64
September 20	48	40	0.00
September 21	52	45	0.00
September 22	67	44	0.00
September 23	71	40	0.00
September 24	80	51	0.00
September 25	61	38	0.00
September 26	79	41	0.00
September 27	57	42	0.00
September 28	51	47	0.23
September 29	55	45	0.00
September 30	66	47	0.00

October 1988 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	66	39	0.00
October 2	60	33	0.00
October 3	48	31	0.00
October 4	49	23	0.00
October 5	55	27	0.00
October 6	61	34	0.00
October 7	70	41	0.00
October 8	72	35	0.00
October 9	74	39	0.00
October 10	58	33	0.00
October 11	51	28	0.00
October 12	58	34	0.00
October 13	69	43	0.00
October 14	80	44	0.00
October 15	74	51	0.00
October 16	60	42	0.00
October 17	51	37	0.21
October 18	51	34	0.00
October 19	54	28	0.00
October 20	50	37	0.14
October 21	49	35	0.00
October 22	54	34	0.07
October 23	39	21	0.02
October 24	42	20	0.00
October 25	41	18	0.00
October 26	43	16	0.00
October 27	41	27	0.05
October 28	32	14	0.00
October 29	37	13	0.00
October 30	51	26	0.00
October 31	55	28	0.00

November 1988 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	47	22	0.00	0.0
November 2	48	36	0.00	0.0
November 3	53	26	0.00	0.0
November 4	47	35	0.05	0.0
November 5	40	30	0.00	0.0
November 6	41	23	0.00	0.0
November 7	42	30	0.23	1.6
November 8	47	25	0.01	0.0
November 9	51	30	0.00	0.0
November 10	32	24	0.00	0.0
November 11	42	24	0.00	0.0
November 12	37	28	0.26	2.4
November 13	50	28	0.00	0.0
November 14	35	20	0.00	0.0
November 15	35	29	0.16	1.9
November 16	29	17	0.07	1.1
November 17	21	10	0.00	0.0
November 18	24	15	0.27	2.8
November 19	24	7	0.04	0.9
November 20	19	15	0.00	0.0
November 21	25	9	0.00	0.0
November 22	28	13	0.00	0.0
November 23	35	28	0.00	0.0
November 24	37	20	0.00	0.0
November 25	35	20	0.00	0.0
November 26	31	18	0.02	0.2
November 27	25	2	0.06	0.6
November 28	16	-2	0.00	0.0
November 29	30	10	0.01	0.1
November 30	22	9	0.00	0.0

December 1988 Fargo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	33	13	0.00	0.0
December 2	40	23	0.00	0.0
December 3	35	17	0.00	0.0
December 4	36	19	0.00	0.0
December 5	40	23	0.00	0.0
December 6	39	25	0.00	0.0
December 7	26	13	0.00	0.0
December 8	17	2	0.00	0.0
December 9	13	-4	0.00	0.0
December 10	2	-9	0.00	0.0
December 11	15	-4	0.00	0.0
December 12	38	13	0.05	0.3
December 13	35	25	0.13	0.6
December 14	32	-7	0.02	0.4
December 15	14	-13	0.00	0.0
December 16	25	14	0.00	0.3
December 17	21	9	0.00	0.0
December 18	34	19	0.00	0.0
December 19	35	15	0.00	0.0
December 20	26	17	0.03	0.6
December 21	33	14	0.00	0.0
December 22	34	29	0.28	3.0
December 23	29	12	0.00	0.1
December 24	13	-3	0.00	0.0
December 25	5	-10	0.00	0.0
December 26	21	-6	0.53	8.5
December 27	20	-9	0.06	0.8
December 28	-3	-17	0.00	0.0
December 29	10	-15	0.00	0.0
December 30	5	-5	0.00	0.0
December 31	21	-4	0.01	0.3

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