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North Dakota weather by city

VSWeather covers 13 cities and towns in North Dakota, from Fargo (population 129,064) down to Watford City (population 6,016). Dickinson is the state's sunniest covered city at 215 sunny days a year. Fargo is its snowiest at 51 in of snow in an average winter. Every figure is a 30 year average for 1991 to 2020.

North Dakota climate standouts

The top 10 covered cities in the state for each measure.

Sunniest

  1. 1Dickinson 215 sunny days
  2. 2Mandan 209 sunny days
  3. 3Watford City 209 sunny days
  4. 4Bismarck 209 sunny days
  5. 5Williston 204 sunny days
  6. 6Minot 197 sunny days
  7. 7Jamestown 196 sunny days
  8. 8Valley City 193 sunny days
  9. 9West Fargo 193 sunny days
  10. 10Wahpeton 191 sunny days

Snowiest

  1. 1Fargo 51 in of snow
  2. 2Watford City 50 in of snow
  3. 3Bismarck 50 in of snow
  4. 4Mandan 50 in of snow
  5. 5West Fargo 49 in of snow
  6. 6Grand Forks 49 in of snow
  7. 7Williston 48 in of snow
  8. 8Jamestown 46 in of snow
  9. 9Minot 46 in of snow
  10. 10Wahpeton 45 in of snow

Rainiest

  1. 1Grand Forks 110 wet days a year
  2. 2Fargo 109 wet days a year
  3. 3Wahpeton 108 wet days a year
  4. 4West Fargo 107 wet days a year
  5. 5Devils Lake 107 wet days a year
  6. 6Valley City 107 wet days a year
  7. 7Jamestown 105 wet days a year
  8. 8Minot 103 wet days a year
  9. 9Dickinson 99 wet days a year
  10. 10Mandan 99 wet days a year

Warmest

  1. 1Minot 43 °F average
  2. 2Bismarck 43 °F average
  3. 3Mandan 43 °F average
  4. 4Wahpeton 42 °F average
  5. 5Watford City 42 °F average
  6. 6Dickinson 42 °F average
  7. 7Fargo 42 °F average
  8. 8West Fargo 42 °F average
  9. 9Williston 42 °F average
  10. 10Jamestown 41 °F average

Popular North Dakota comparisons

The state's biggest cities, head to head.

All covered North Dakota cities and towns

Every place links to its full climate profile.

National rankings

See how North Dakota cities place among the sunniest cities and snowiest cities and more in the US city weather rankings.

About this data

Figures are 30 year averages for 1991 to 2020, computed from daily climate history at each city's own coordinates. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days; snowfall is anchored to NOAA station measurements. Methods and sources are described on the data sources page.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, ERA5-Land).