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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1236 AM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

NDZ015-030900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
1236 AM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

Date           10/01/26      Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26            Sun
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      38          62          45          70          41
Temp                   41 39 39 47 55 62 59 55 52 49 48 56 66 69 63 55 49 45 42
Dewpt                  34 34 35 35 36 34 36 39 41 44 46 48 44 38 37 40 40 40 39
RH                     76 82 85 63 49 35 42 55 66 83 93 74 45 32 38 57 71 82 89
Wind dir               NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W NW
Wind spd                3  3  4  9 17 19 14 13  9  4  3  8 17 19 14  8  5  4  2
Wind gust                          28 31 27 25             27 31 26
Clouds                 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC CL CL FW SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Sprinkles                        S  S


Date           10/04  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          64      43    72      52    78      49    73      48    70
Temp          60 60   48 47 64 68   58 53 72 70   56 50 67 66   55 50 64 64
Dewpt         36 36   38 40 47 52   52 49 47 43   44 43 43 40   41 41 42 39
PWind dir        NW      SE    SE       S     W      NW     W      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ033-030900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1136 PM MDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date           10/01/26      Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26            Sun
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      40          68          48          69          39
Temp                   43 42 43 51 62 67 64 57 54 52 52 57 65 68 61 52 46 42 40
Dewpt                  29 30 33 36 37 39 42 44 45 47 46 46 40 36 36 38 38 38 36
RH                     57 62 67 56 39 36 45 62 71 83 80 67 40 31 39 59 73 86 85
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  N
Wind spd                4  8 12 17 21 18 13 13 10  9 10 13 19 20 12  6  3  2  0
Wind gust                       28 33 28                   29 32 23
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC CL CL FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Sprinkles                  S
Wind chill                   36
Min chill                    36    35


Date           10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          68      44    80      53    78      49    74      47    72
Temp          63 62 51   46 70 72 59   55 73 68 55   50 69 66 54   49 67 64
Dewpt         36 35 38   41 47 48 47   42 41 39 41   41 39 37 39   39 38 36
PWind dir        SE      SE     S      SW    NW       W     W       W    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    BZ      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL FW   CL CL FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ044-030900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1136 PM MDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date           10/01/26      Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26            Sun
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      42          66          47          69          39
Temp                   50 48 45 51 60 66 63 55 51 50 50 59 66 69 62 52 46 43 39
Dewpt                  45 41 35 37 39 42 45 46 46 47 46 48 42 38 38 39 38 39 36
RH                     83 77 68 59 46 42 52 72 83 89 86 67 42 32 41 61 73 86 89
Wind dir                E SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SW  W  W NW NW NW NW  N NW  W  S
Wind spd                6 10 13 20 23 19 11 10  4  4  6 14 20 23 13  5  2  1  1
Wind gust                    24 33 34 29 21             25 32 34 25
Clouds                 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC CL CL FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5          10          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Sprinkles               S  S
Wind chill                   39
Min chill                    39    35                                        39


Date           10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          66      44    77      52    78      49    73      47    71
Temp          62 61 50   45 68 71 57   54 74 69 54   49 69 66 53   49 67 64
Dewpt         38 39 40   43 50 52 49   43 41 40 42   41 41 39 40   39 40 39
PWind dir        SE      SE     S      SW    NW      NW     W      NW     S
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   CL CL FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ056-030900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
1236 AM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

Date           10/01/26      Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26            Sun
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      36          60          46          65          39
Temp                   38 37 37 47 57 59 56 52 50 49 48 55 62 64 59 51 46 43 39
Dewpt                  33 32 32 35 36 39 40 41 42 44 44 45 45 44 42 41 40 38 36
RH                     82 82 82 63 45 47 55 66 74 83 86 69 54 48 53 68 79 82 89
Wind dir               SW SW  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  W NW NW NW NW NW  W  W NW
Wind spd                3  4  5 10 17 18 13 13 11  8  8 13 19 20 13 10  8  6  5
Wind gust                          29 29 26 25          25 32 33 26
Clouds                 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC CL CL FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10          10           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Sprinkles                        S  S  S


Date           10/04  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          62      40    70      52    73      48    68      46    66
Temp          59 56   45 42 63 65   57 54 69 65   53 48 64 62   51 47 63 60
Dewpt         37 38   36 36 47 52   51 46 48 45   43 40 44 42   41 39 43 41
PWind dir         N      SE    SE      SW     W       W     W      NW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ037-030900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
1236 AM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

Date           10/01/26      Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26            Sun
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      35          57          42          68          41
Temp                   41 38 36 45 55 54 53 50 48 47 45 54 65 66 60 54 49 45 42
Dewpt                  33 33 32 37 35 35 36 37 38 41 42 48 48 45 43 44 43 41 39
RH                     73 82 85 73 47 48 52 61 68 79 89 80 54 47 53 69 80 86 89
Wind dir               NW  W  N  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                4  1  0  5 12 12 12 13 11 11  9  9 13 18 14 11  8  9  8
Wind gust                             24 23 25 23          24 31 28 21
Clouds                 FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 FW CL FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Sprinkles                           S  S


Date           10/04  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          62      38    67      49    74      49    69      46    66
Temp          59 56   44 41 61 62   55 52 69 66   55 50 65 62   53 49 63 60
Dewpt         38 38   37 36 44 49   51 50 53 50   45 43 45 44   42 41 44 42
PWind dir        NW      SE    SE       S     W      NW     W      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       5     0

$$
NDZ001-030900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
1236 AM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

Date           10/01/26      Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26            Sun
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      40          67          48          65          38
Temp                   45 44 42 49 60 67 64 56 52 50 49 54 62 65 60 50 45 41 38
Dewpt                  29 29 31 35 41 42 46 47 46 45 41 43 44 40 41 40 38 36 34
RH                     53 55 65 58 49 40 52 72 80 83 74 66 52 40 49 68 76 82 85
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE  S  S SE  S SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NE
Wind spd                5  6 10 17 23 19 11  8  4  5 10 16 20 21 12  5  3  2  1
Wind gust                       27 33 29                   31 32
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW CL SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                   36
Min chill                    36    34                                        38


Date           10/04  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          64      45    76      52    73      48    70      46    68
Temp          60 59   50 46 67 71   58 53 69 66   54 48 66 64   53 47 64 62
Dewpt         40 41   39 39 50 52   46 40 46 45   42 40 44 43   40 38 42 42
PWind dir        SE      SE     S      SW    NW       W     W      NW     W
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ021-030900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
1236 AM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

Date           10/01/26      Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26            Sun
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      37          61          44          66          38
Temp                   42 41 39 46 55 61 58 53 51 49 48 56 63 66 60 51 46 43 40
Dewpt                  32 33 34 35 37 37 38 40 41 44 44 45 43 39 37 39 38 38 36
RH                     67 73 82 65 51 41 47 61 68 83 86 66 48 37 42 63 73 82 85
Wind dir                E SE SE SE SE  S SE SE  S  S  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                1  2  5 12 18 19 14 14 10  6  6 13 19 20 12  8  5  4  2
Wind gust                          31 31 27 26          24 29 32 25
Clouds                 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC CL CL FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Sprinkles                        S


Date           10/04  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          63      40    72      50    75      47    70      45    68
Temp          59 58   47 44 63 67   57 53 70 67   54 49 65 64   52 48 63 62
Dewpt         37 35   37 38 47 51   50 46 47 42   43 41 43 40   40 39 42 38
PWind dir         S      SE    SE      SW     W      NW     W      NW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ043-030900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1136 PM MDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date           10/01/26      Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26            Sun
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      42          70          49          69          39
Temp                   49 47 45 51 62 68 66 56 53 52 51 58 66 68 62 51 47 43 39
Dewpt                  40 37 33 36 38 41 45 46 46 47 45 46 38 35 35 37 37 36 34
RH                     71 68 62 56 41 37 47 69 77 83 80 64 36 29 36 59 68 76 82
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  W  S SE
Wind spd                8 13 18 24 23 19 13 11  8  6 10 17 23 25 17  8  3  2  3
Wind gust                       35 34 29                   34 37 27
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC CL CL FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5           5          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Sprinkles               S  S
Wind chill                   37
Min chill                    37    34                                        37


Date           10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          68      45    82      54    79      49    75      48    73
Temp          64 63 52   45 73 74 59   55 75 70 55   50 71 67 54   49 69 66
Dewpt         35 37 40   41 46 44 45   38 36 36 40   38 36 35 38   37 35 35
PWind dir        SE      SE     S      SW    NW       W     W       W    SW
Wind char        GN      BZ    GN      GN    BZ      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   CL CL FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ045-030900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
1236 AM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

Date           10/01/26      Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26            Sun
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      37          61          49          68          42
Temp                   39 39 41 48 55 60 58 54 52 50 49 56 65 68 61 54 49 45 42
Dewpt                  29 31 37 39 38 38 40 42 44 46 47 50 46 41 39 39 40 40 39
RH                     67 73 85 71 53 44 51 64 74 86 93 80 50 37 44 57 71 82 89
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE  S SW  W NW NW NW  N NW NW  W  W
Wind spd                2  4 11 16 21 21 17 19 13  8  6 10 18 21 14 11  6  6  4
Wind gust                       26 34 34 29                29 33 26
Clouds                 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          10          10          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S
Sprinkles                     S  S
Wind chill                   34
Min chill              39    34    35                                        39


Date           10/04  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          62      48    70      54    76      52    70      51    68
Temp          58 57   50 48 63 66   58 54 71 67   56 52 65 64   55 51 63 62
Dewpt         38 39   41 43 50 55   54 50 49 45   45 44 45 43   43 42 44 42
PWind dir         S      SE    SE       S     W      NW    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW CL CL   FW SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$