Fargo : North Dakota

North Dakota’s biggest city, Fargo played an important role in the economic development of the region. It is located near Red River on the eastern boundary of North Dakota opposite Moorhead, Minnesota, in the Red River Valley of the North. Founded by the Northern Pacific Railway, the city was an important transportation and marketing point for the surrounding fertile wheat-growing region. Today it is an agri-business and agricultural research center.

Precipitation is very common in Fargo accompanied by electrical storms and heavy rainfall especially during the growing season.
Summers are comfortable, with low humidity, warm days, and cool nights. Winters are cold and dry with temperatures remaining at zero half of the time.

Area: 38 square miles (2000)

Elevation: 900 feet above sea level

Latitude: 46.87 N,

Longitude: 96.81 W

Average Temperatures: January, 6° F; July, 71° F; annual average, 41° F

Average Annual Precipitation: 19.6 inches of rain; 35 inches of snow

Population: 90,672 as on 2005

Attractions

    * Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau's Visitors Center
    * Plains Art Museum
    * Fargo Theater
    * Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center
    * Solomon G. Comstock Historic House

Festivals

    * Fargo Film Festival in March
    * Pioneer Days in August
    * Fargo Blues Festival in August
    * Big Iron Farm Show