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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
626 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

NDZ015-282100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
626 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      67          52          71          49          72
Temp             56 57 62 65 65 61 58 57 55 57 64 70 68 60 56 53 51 57 67 69 64
Dewpt            49 56 60 63 62 60 58 57 55 56 56 54 54 52 50 48 45 48 48 45 43
RH               77 96 93 93 90 97100100100 96 75 57 61 75 80 83 80 72 50 42 46
Wind dir          E SE SE SE SE  N SE  N  N  N NW  W  S  S SW SW  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd          8  9 10  8  5  5  4  5  3  3  4  5  4  6  5  4  3  5 11 14 10
Wind gust        21 20                                                    25
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     80          70           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.53        0.68           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        L  L  C  C  L  L  C  S
Tstms             C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Obvis                                    PF


Date          Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          42    64      41    67      46    65      43    60
Temp          50 43 59 61   48 44 62 63   53 48 60 61   50 44 56 57
Dewpt         39 36 36 35   36 37 42 42   43 43 45 43   43 41 42 39
PWind dir        NW    NW      SW     S      SE    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       5     5       5    10      10     5

$$
NDZ033-282100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
526 AM MDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      67          48          76          49          71
Temp             59 57 62 66 63 57 55 52 51 55 68 74 70 59 54 51 50 58 67 68 62
Dewpt            54 56 59 59 58 57 55 52 51 54 50 43 42 42 42 41 40 43 43 42 39
RH               83 96 90 78 84100100100100 96 52 33 36 53 64 68 68 57 42 39 43
Wind dir         SE SE  S  S  E NE NW NW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd          9  9  6  4  5  4  3  4  4  5  9 11  6  8  8  8  9 11 17 18 13
Wind gust                                                              27 29 24
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B1 FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     70          40           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        L  C  S  S  C  C
Tstms             C     S  S  S
Obvis                              PF PF PF


Date               Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            40    65      41    70      46    67      41    62
Temp          46   40 60 59 47   43 65 64 52   47 62 61 48   42 58 57
Dewpt         36   33 32 32 33   35 41 42 43   42 44 40 41   40 40 38
PWind dir          NW    NW       S     S       S     W      NW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW SC   B1 SC SC FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       5     0      10    10      10     5

$$
NDZ044-282100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
526 AM MDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      70          50          73          48          71
Temp             59 60 65 69 65 58 56 54 52 57 66 72 68 57 53 51 48 59 68 69 63
Dewpt            58 59 62 62 60 58 56 54 52 56 53 48 47 46 45 44 41 45 45 44 43
RH               96 96 90 78 84100100100100 96 63 42 47 67 74 77 77 60 43 40 48
Wind dir         SE  S  S  S  E  N  N  N  N NW NW  W SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          6  9  6  5  5  5  3  4  3  4  6  8  4  4  4  4  5 10 16 19 13
Wind gust        19                                                    27 29 25
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B1 SC FW FW CL FW CL CL CL FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     80          40           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        D  C  S  S  C  C  S
Tstms             S  S  S  S  C
Obvis                                 PF PF


Date               Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            40    62      41    68      45    66      41    60
Temp          48   40 58 58 47   42 63 64 51   46 62 60 48   42 56 56
Dewpt         40   34 35 35 36   36 44 45 44   42 46 43 43   40 43 41
PWind dir          NW    NW      SE    SE      SE     W      NW     S
Wind char          GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       5     0      10    10      10     5

$$
NDZ056-282100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
626 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      60          48          72          49          67
Temp             52 52 56 59 58 55 53 52 50 55 65 71 66 58 55 52 49 57 63 64 59
Dewpt            49 51 53 57 57 55 53 52 50 54 55 51 50 48 45 43 41 45 44 42 40
RH               89 96 90 93 96100100100100 96 70 49 56 69 69 71 74 64 50 45 49
Wind dir          E  E  E  E NE  N NW NW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd         10 10  9  5  5  3  2  3  3  4  9 12  9 10  9  9  9 10 13 17 12
Wind gust        26 21                            23                   24 27 23
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     70          20           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.25        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        L  C  C  C  S
Tstms             S        S
Obvis                              PF PF PF


Date          Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          39    62      39    65      44    62      39    59
Temp          46 39 58 57   45 41 62 60   49 45 59 57   45 40 55 54
Dewpt         36 32 35 36   35 34 41 43   42 41 46 44   42 39 42 41
PWind dir        NW    NW       W     S       S    SW      NW     W
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5     0       5     0       5    10      10     5

$$
NDZ037-282100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
626 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      65          56          68          51          70
Temp             52 54 60 63 64 62 61 60 58 59 64 66 64 57 55 54 53 59 67 68 63
Dewpt            49 54 60 63 64 62 61 60 58 59 60 60 59 57 55 53 51 54 53 50 49
RH               89100100100100100100100100100 87 81 84100100 96 93 83 61 52 60
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  S NW SW  W SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd          6 11 12 12 11 10  8  8  6  6  5  6  2  5  6  8  6  8  9 12  9
Wind gust              24 24
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     90          90          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                   1.00        1.14        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  D  L  L  L  D  D  L  C
Tstms             C  C  C  C  C  C  S


Date          Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          43    63      40    64      44    63      42    59
Temp          50 44 59 58   46 41 60 59   50 45 59 59   49 43 56 54
Dewpt         42 37 38 40   37 37 42 44   42 42 46 47   44 42 43 43
PWind dir        NW    NW       W    SW      SE     S       W    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     5       5    10      10     5

$$
NDZ001-282100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
626 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      65          48          75          50          66
Temp             52 55 61 64 64 57 53 51 49 54 68 74 70 60 55 53 51 56 63 64 59
Dewpt            48 52 57 58 57 55 53 51 49 52 51 45 42 41 40 39 39 43 43 42 38
RH               86 90 87 81 78 93100100100 93 54 35 36 49 57 59 63 62 48 45 45
Wind dir          E SE SE  E NE  E SW SW SW  S SW SW  W  W SW  W  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd          9 11  8  4  5  3  3  3  5  9 14 20 11  8  6  8  8 10 17 19 16
Wind gust                                      25 32                   27 31
Clouds           OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B2 B1 CL CL SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S
Tstms             S
Obvis                              PF PF PF


Date          Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          40    63      42    68      47    63      41    60
Temp          46 41 60 60   48 44 64 64   52 47 61 60   47 42 57 58
Dewpt         34 32 36 36   35 35 44 45   43 42 46 44   41 39 43 42
PWind dir        NW     W      SE    SE      SE     W      NW     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       5    10       5     5

$$
NDZ021-282100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
626 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      64          48          73          48          69
Temp             51 54 58 62 61 56 54 53 51 56 64 71 68 58 55 52 50 58 65 67 62
Dewpt            51 52 55 57 58 56 54 53 51 54 54 50 49 47 45 44 41 45 43 40 38
RH              100 93 90 84 90100100100100 93 70 47 51 67 69 74 71 62 45 37 41
Wind dir          E SE SE  E NE NE  N  N  N  W SW SW  S SW SW  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd         17 12  9  5  6  4  1  2  0  3  9 11  8  6  6  5  6  9 13 17 12
Wind gust                                                                 27 23
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     70          40           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.58        0.11           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        L  C  C  S  C  C  S
Tstms             C  S  S  S  S
Obvis                                 PF PF


Date          Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          39    63      40    67      44    64      40    60
Temp          47 41 58 59   47 42 62 62   50 46 59 60   47 42 56 56
Dewpt         36 34 33 33   35 35 40 40   41 41 43 41   41 39 40 37
PWind dir        NW     W      SW     S      SE    SW      NW     W
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       5     0       5    10      10     0

$$
NDZ043-282100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
526 AM MDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      70          49          76          49          71
Temp             58 60 66 69 65 57 55 52 50 56 69 74 70 57 54 51 49 59 69 69 63
Dewpt            56 59 59 59 57 57 55 52 50 54 48 41 40 41 41 40 38 42 42 41 38
RH               93 96 78 70 75100100100100 93 47 30 33 55 61 66 66 53 37 36 39
Wind dir         SE  S  S  W NW  N  N  N NW NW  W  W  W SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          6  8  8  8 10  8  4  4  4  5 10 13  9  6  6  8  9 12 20 24 20
Wind gust                                                              32 36 32
Clouds           OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     60          40           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        L  S     S  C  C
Tstms             S        S  S
Obvis                              PF PF PF


Date               Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            40    63      42    71      46    67      42    62
Temp          47   40 59 59 47   43 66 65 52   47 64 61 48   42 58 57
Dewpt         37   34 32 32 35   36 41 41 43   42 43 39 41   39 39 37
PWind dir          NW     W      SE    SE      SE     W      NW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0      10    10      10     5

$$
NDZ045-282100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
626 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date             Mon 09/28/26            Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      68          55          69          51          70
Temp             62 61 63 66 64 61 59 57 55 57 61 67 65 59 56 53 51 57 65 68 63
Dewpt            62 59 63 64 64 61 59 57 55 57 57 55 55 52 51 49 46 49 49 48 47
RH              100 93100 93100100100100100100 87 65 70 78 83 86 83 75 56 49 56
Wind dir         SE  S  S  S  S  S NE  N  N  N  N NW SW  S SW SW  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd         17 14 16 12  8  8  6  8  8  6  5  5  2  8  9  9  8  8 11 16 11
Wind gust        31 26 27 24                                              26 21
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     90          80          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.49        0.45           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        D  D  C  C  L  D  L  S
Tstms             C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Obvis                                    PF


Date          Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          43    61      44    64      48    63      44    58
Temp          50 43 56 57   47 44 59 60   52 48 57 59   49 45 53 54
Dewpt         41 35 36 37   36 37 44 44   44 43 47 46   45 42 44 42
PWind dir        NW    NW       S     S      SE    SW      NW     N
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     0       5     0       5    10      10     5

$$