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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1211 AM CDT Sat Oct 3 2026

NDZ015-040900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
1211 AM CDT Sat Oct 3 2026

Date           10/02/26      Sat 10/03/26            Sun 10/04/26            Mon
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                      45          69          39          67          41
Temp                   49 48 48 57 66 69 63 54 48 43 41 49 63 67 62 52 47 45 45
Dewpt                  39 44 45 48 43 39 36 38 38 39 38 40 37 34 35 36 37 37 38
RH                     68 86 89 72 43 33 36 54 68 86 89 71 38 29 36 54 68 73 76
Wind dir               SE SE  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  W NW  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd                4  4  3 10 19 20 14  6  4  3  0  0  4  2  4  5  5  6  8
Wind gust                          29 33 26
Clouds                 B1 B1 B2 SC FW CL FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW CL FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S


Date           10/05  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26  Fri 10/09/26
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          72      50    77      45    72      46    71      46    75
Temp          65 68   57 51 71 69   53 47 67 66   54 47 64 65   53 49 67 69
Dewpt         45 51   50 43 44 40   41 41 40 38   39 40 40 38   41 43 46 46
PWind dir        SE      SW    NW       N    NW      NW    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ033-040900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1111 PM MDT Fri Oct 2 2026

Date           10/02/26      Sat 10/03/26            Sun 10/04/26            Mon
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                      49          67          38          70          44
Temp                   52 51 52 57 65 67 60 49 45 42 40 51 64 69 63 52 49 47 46
Dewpt                  44 46 45 46 41 38 33 35 36 36 35 38 37 34 34 36 37 38 39
RH                     74 83 77 67 41 34 36 58 70 79 82 61 37 27 34 54 63 71 76
Wind dir                S  W  W NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  N  S  S SE  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                6  9 11 16 21 20 11  5  3  3  0  1  5  5  8 10 11 11 11
Wind gust                       27 33 32 21
Clouds                 SC SC SC FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                     40          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C


Date           10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26  Fri 10/09/26
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          80      51    77      46    74      46    72      47    78
Temp          69 73 57   53 72 68 52   47 68 66 52   47 66 64 52   50 70 70
Dewpt         47 43 40   36 40 37 39   39 38 35 37   37 38 35 39   40 43 40
PWind dir         S       W    NW       W    NW      SW    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ044-040900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1111 PM MDT Fri Oct 2 2026

Date           10/02/26      Sat 10/03/26            Sun 10/04/26            Mon
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                      47          68          39          69          43
Temp                   50 49 52 59 66 68 60 50 44 41 39 52 64 69 62 52 49 46 43
Dewpt                  43 46 45 48 43 40 36 37 36 37 35 39 39 38 39 39 39 40 40
RH                     77 89 77 67 43 36 41 61 73 85 85 61 40 32 43 61 68 79 89
Wind dir                S NW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  S  S SE  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                4  5 10 18 23 24 13  4  2  1  1  2  8  9  8 11 10  9  6
Wind gust                    20 31 35 36 25                         21 20
Clouds                 FW FW SC FW CL CL SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                     30           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26  Fri 10/09/26
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          78      51    77      46    73      46    71      47    77
Temp          68 71 56   52 73 68 52   47 68 66 52   46 66 65 52   48 70 69
Dewpt         49 48 41   36 40 39 40   39 41 39 38   38 40 40 40   41 45 44
PWind dir         S       W    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC FW SC   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ056-040900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
1211 AM CDT Sat Oct 3 2026

Date           10/02/26      Sat 10/03/26            Sun 10/04/26            Mon
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                      47          65          40          64          39
Temp                   50 50 50 56 62 64 59 50 46 43 41 50 60 63 57 47 44 42 41
Dewpt                  38 44 44 44 45 42 40 39 38 38 36 39 38 36 37 36 35 35 35
RH                     63 80 80 64 54 45 49 66 73 82 82 66 44 36 47 65 70 76 79
Wind dir               SE  S  W NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W NW NW  N  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                5  9  9 16 21 20 12  9  8  6  6  5  5  4  3  5  6  8  9
Wind gust              17       29 34 33 24
Clouds                 B1 B2 B2 B2 FW FW CL SC FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     10          40           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C
Wind chill                                                                   35
Min chill                                            36    37                35


Date           10/05  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26  Fri 10/09/26
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          70      50    72      46    68      45    67      44    70
Temp          63 64   55 51 67 64   51 46 63 61   50 45 61 60   49 46 64 64
Dewpt         45 50   48 42 45 41   39 36 39 38   37 37 41 39   39 39 46 47
PWind dir        SE      SW    NW      NW    NW       W    NW       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ037-040900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
1211 AM CDT Sat Oct 3 2026

Date           10/02/26      Sat 10/03/26            Sun 10/04/26            Mon
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                      43          68          39          64          36
Temp                   48 47 46 55 66 67 61 54 48 44 42 52 62 63 58 49 43 40 39
Dewpt                  39 41 43 50 48 43 43 44 41 40 39 43 37 36 38 39 37 36 35
RH                     71 79 89 83 52 42 51 69 77 86 89 71 39 36 47 68 79 85 85
Wind dir               SE  S  S  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N SE SE
Wind spd               10 11  8  8 14 20 16 11  6  8  6  8 11 10  3  0  0  5  6
Wind gust                 21       26 32 31 21
Clouds                 B2 B1 OV B1 SC FW CL SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          30           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C


Date           10/05  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26  Fri 10/09/26
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          67      48    72      45    69      45    67      43    70
Temp          62 62   54 51 69 64   53 47 65 62   52 46 63 61   50 46 64 64
Dewpt         41 48   50 48 48 46   42 39 40 41   39 38 39 42   41 41 46 50
PWind dir        SE       S    NW      NW    NW       W    NW      SW     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5     0       0     0

$$
NDZ001-040900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
1211 AM CDT Sat Oct 3 2026

Date           10/02/26      Sat 10/03/26            Sun 10/04/26            Mon
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                      48          65          38          65          45
Temp                   51 52 52 55 62 64 60 50 45 43 39 47 61 64 61 52 50 48 47
Dewpt                  43 45 42 44 43 40 38 38 37 36 35 40 39 37 37 37 37 37 39
RH                     74 77 69 66 50 41 44 63 73 76 85 76 44 37 41 56 61 65 74
Wind dir                S  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W NW NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd                2  6 12 19 21 20 11  4  2  2  1  2  4  5  8 10 12 12 12
Wind gust                       29 32 31
Clouds                 B1 B2 OV SC CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          40           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C


Date           10/05  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26  Fri 10/09/26
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          77      49    72      45    69      45    68      46    74
Temp          67 71   56 49 67 66   51 46 64 64   51 46 62 63   52 49 66 68
Dewpt         48 47   43 40 44 41   39 37 40 39   38 37 40 39   39 39 44 44
PWind dir         S       W    NW       N     N       N     N      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   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

$$
NDZ021-040900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
1211 AM CDT Sat Oct 3 2026

Date           10/02/26      Sat 10/03/26            Sun 10/04/26            Mon
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                      45          67          38          65          40
Temp                   50 49 50 57 64 66 60 50 46 43 41 50 61 65 59 50 46 44 44
Dewpt                  39 44 45 45 42 38 35 37 37 38 37 40 37 33 33 36 36 37 37
RH                     66 83 83 64 45 36 39 61 71 82 85 68 41 30 37 58 68 76 76
Wind dir                S  S  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd                6  5  8 14 21 21 12  6  4  4  3  1  4  0  2  6  6  8 10
Wind gust                       27 32 33 24
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW CL FW SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          40           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C
Wind chill                                                                   38
Min chill                                            39                      38


Date           10/05  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26  Fri 10/09/26
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          72      50    74      45    70      45    69      45    73
Temp          64 67   56 51 69 66   51 47 65 63   51 46 63 62   51 48 65 66
Dewpt         44 49   47 42 44 38   39 38 38 35   37 38 39 37   39 40 45 44
PWind dir        SE      SW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ043-040900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1111 PM MDT Fri Oct 2 2026

Date           10/02/26      Sat 10/03/26            Sun 10/04/26            Mon
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                      49          68          39          70          43
Temp                   51 52 52 58 66 67 60 49 45 42 40 52 66 70 64 54 51 47 44
Dewpt                  43 45 45 45 40 36 32 34 34 34 33 36 36 35 36 37 38 39 39
RH                     74 77 77 62 38 32 35 56 65 73 76 54 33 27 35 52 61 74 82
Wind dir                S NW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                8  9 13 21 26 26 16  5  3  2  3  5 12 12 12 14 14 12 10
Wind gust                       32 39 39 26                         25
Clouds                 FW SC SC CL CL CL SC SC SC SC FW CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     40           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                                                                   38
Min chill                                            38    38                38


Date           10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26  Fri 10/09/26
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          83      52    78      47    75      47    73      48    79
Temp          73 74 57   53 74 69 53   48 70 68 53   47 68 66 53   49 73 71
Dewpt         46 38 37   33 36 34 37   36 36 34 37   36 36 34 38   38 40 38
PWind dir         S       W    NW       W    NW       W    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC FW FW SC   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ045-040900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
1211 AM CDT Sat Oct 3 2026

Date           10/02/26      Sat 10/03/26            Sun 10/04/26            Mon
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                      48          68          42          65          47
Temp                   51 49 50 58 65 67 60 53 48 44 42 50 60 65 59 53 50 48 48
Dewpt                  43 46 46 49 44 41 37 36 36 38 36 40 37 36 37 37 38 41 40
RH                     74 89 86 72 46 39 42 52 63 79 79 68 42 34 44 54 63 77 74
Wind dir                S SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  N  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                8  6  8 12 20 24 16  9  5  5  4  3  4  3  4  8 10 12 13
Wind gust                          32 36 27
Clouds                 SC SC B1 SC CL CL CL SC SC SC SC CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S


Date           10/05  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26  Thu 10/08/26  Fri 10/09/26
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          70      53    75      49    70      50    68      51    72
Temp          63 66   58 53 70 66   55 49 65 64   55 50 63 63   54 51 65 67
Dewpt         48 54   50 41 43 41   41 40 41 41   39 39 40 40   41 43 48 49
PWind dir        SE      SW    NW      NW    NW      SW    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$