DRIESTSINCE
North Dakota · precipitation record 1941–2026

Grand Forks, ND

THIS MONTH · 2026
DRIEST THIS MONTH SINCE 1951
0.26in
2nd driest of 86 years · normal 2.56"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 85 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
0.26in
2nd driest of 86 yrs
10% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
6.88in
25th driest of 86 yrs
82% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
9.7in
21st driest of 85 yrs
80% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

4.44in
on Jul 16, 1995 · in 86 years

Dry Streak

6days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 60 days (to May 25, 1980)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 10 days

Year to Date vs Normal

80%
9.7" of a normal 12.07" · wettest 19.11" (2022) · driest 5.13" (1951)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 83-year record (1942–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 19.77" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1201928.11in
2194427.89in
3201027.77in
4201626.72in
5199526.44in

Driest Years on Record

1196310.65in
2198912.61in
3196712.73in
4197213.61in
5197613.72in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Jun (~3.08") and driest in Feb (~0.4"). Wettest calendar month ever: Aug 1944, 12.73".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Grand Forks — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Jul 28 ever

2.51in
set in 2008

Rain on Jul 28

27%
of 85 years had measurable rain
1941: 0.08″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 1.22″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 1.08″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.16″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.04″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.06″1964: 0.12″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.14″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.65″1971: 0.04″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.31″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.02″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.09″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.08″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.33″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.03″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.01″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.07″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.00″2008: 2.51″2009: 0.01″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.01″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.34″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.06″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″3″19501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Grand Forks's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Grand Forks, ND — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Grand Forks's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Grand Forks, ND — daily rainfall every day on record
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Drought History

Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for Grand Forks's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
Grand Forks, ND — county drought history since 2000
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:00 AM
Sunset8:10 PM
Solar noon12:35 PM
Daylight15h 10m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

47.94°N, 97.18°W

Nearby Stations

Fargo, ND72 mi SSisseton, SD157 mi SBrainerd, MN178 mi SEInternational Falls, MN179 mi EAberdeen, SD182 mi SWBismarck, ND185 mi W

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