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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
336 AM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

NDZ015-142100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
336 AM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date             Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26
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                      73          47          69          45          71
Temp          59 56 58 64 71 70 61 55 52 49 55 62 67 66 54 50 49 49 56 64 70 69
Dewpt         50 54 57 59 46 38 42 46 47 47 48 45 40 42 45 46 47 46 49 50 51 52
RH            72 93 96 84 41 31 49 72 83 93 77 54 37 42 71 86 93 89 77 60 51 55
Wind dir      SE SE  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd      14 17 17 17 25 21 24 21 16 11 13 11  8  1  4  6  8  9 11 14 11  8
Wind gust        29 33 31 40 36 41 39 29 21 24                      21 25 21
Clouds        B2 OV B2 B2 FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                    100           0           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                   0.27           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  D  D                                            C  C  S  S
Tstms          S  C  S
Wind                       Y  Y  Y  Y


Date          Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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          45    74      52    76      51    72      49    75
Temp          53 48 66 71   59 55 70 73   59 52 66 69   56 50 69 73
Dewpt         52 48 52 55   56 55 59 57   55 52 52 51   52 50 52 51
PWind dir         E    SE      SE     E      NE     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1   SC B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0    10      40    40      40    30      30    30
Rain shwrs                   S  C  C  C    C  C  C  S    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           C  S

$$
NDZ033-142100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
236 AM MDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date             Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26
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          42          68          43          76
Temp          58 57 61 63 66 64 53 49 46 45 52 61 65 64 52 48 47 47 56 67 72 68
Dewpt         49 53 59 48 36 34 42 43 45 45 46 41 38 37 40 41 42 45 49 50 50 49
RH            72 86 93 58 33 32 66 80 96100 80 48 37 37 63 77 83 93 77 54 46 51
Wind dir      SE  S  W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W NW NW NW  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE NE
Wind spd      14 18 20 31 32 33 29 20 14 12 13 10  4  4  9 11 12 14 16 13  9 12
Wind gust     36 35 32 46 49 51 44 32 25                            26 24
Clouds        B2 OV B2 B2 FW FW SC FW CL B1 B1 FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     90           0           0          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  D  S                                      S  S  S  S
Tstms          C  S
Wind chill                               39
Min chill                                39    39
Wind                    Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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            41    75      50    76      48    72      46    75
Temp          49   46 67 71 56   53 71 70 55   49 67 67 52   47 69 70
Dewpt         48   46 51 52 54   53 58 55 54   49 52 49 49   47 50 47
PWind dir          NE    SE      SE     E      NE     E      SE    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            5    10      40    50      50    50      40    20
Rain shwrs                   C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S
Tstms                        C    S                      S

$$
NDZ044-142100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
236 AM MDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date             Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26
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          40          68          43          75
Temp          55 57 61 64 69 64 54 49 46 44 52 62 67 64 52 50 48 48 57 67 73 69
Dewpt         54 56 61 49 38 36 43 45 45 44 48 44 42 41 44 44 45 46 52 52 53 52
RH            96 96100 58 32 35 66 86 96100 86 52 40 43 74 80 89 93 83 59 49 55
Wind dir      SE  S  W  W  W  W  W NW  W NW NW NW NW  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd      25 27 20 32 33 32 34 25 17 11 12  9  2  6 10 12 16 19 21 18 10 11
Wind gust     46 43 33 47 49 51 48 35    21                   27 29 33 29
Clouds        OV OV B2 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     60           0           0          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     L  C                                         S  S  S  S
Tstms          C  S
Wind chill                            39 38
Min chill                                38    39
Wind                    Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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            41    72      49    74      46    69      43    73
Temp          50   47 65 69 56   54 69 68 55   48 64 64 51   45 67 68
Dewpt         50   47 55 56 56   54 61 57 54   48 55 52 51   45 52 50
PWind dir          NE    SE      SE     E       E     E      SE    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr            0    20      40    40      60    40      40    20
Rain shwrs                S  C    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  C    C  S
Tstms                     S  C    S                      S

$$
NDZ056-142100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
336 AM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date             Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26
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          47          63          41          64
Temp          49 50 56 62 64 61 51 50 49 47 53 58 62 59 47 44 43 43 51 58 61 59
Dewpt         44 49 55 58 50 44 48 47 48 47 47 45 42 43 45 44 43 43 47 50 52 52
RH            83 96 96 87 60 53 89 89 96100 80 62 48 55 93100100100 86 75 72 78
Wind dir      SE SE SE SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N NE SE  E  E SE  E  E NE
Wind spd       8 13 17 19 31 27 29 25 17 16 18 14 11  4  3  4  5  8  9 11 10 10
Wind gust     19 26 33 33 49 49 49 43 32 28 31 25
Clouds        B2 OV B2 B2 SC FW B2 B1 SC B2 SC SC CL FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                    100           5           0           0          50
QPF 12hr                   0.49           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  D  D                                            C  C  C  C
Tstms             C  S
Wind                    Y  Y  Y  Y


Date          Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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          41    70      50    72      49    70      49    72
Temp          47 44 63 68   54 51 67 69   54 49 65 68   54 49 66 69
Dewpt         47 44 50 55   53 51 56 57   54 49 52 53   52 49 53 55
PWind dir         N     S      SE    NE      NE     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10     5      20    30      30    20      40    30
Rain shwrs                      S  C  C    C  S     S    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           S

$$
NDZ037-142100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
336 AM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date             Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26
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                      69          46          65          41          66
Temp          52 53 55 58 65 65 57 53 51 48 55 62 65 61 49 46 45 45 54 62 64 61
Dewpt         40 47 55 58 63 50 44 47 47 47 51 48 47 46 48 46 45 45 51 52 53 53
RH            63 80100100 93 58 62 80 86 96 86 60 52 58 96100100100 90 70 67 75
Wind dir      SE SE SE  S SW  W SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd      12 19 21 20 17 17 17 25 23 17 16 14 12  4  4  3  5  8 11 13 12  8
Wind gust        31 40 34 29 32 33 44 43 31 28 25                      24
Clouds        B1 OV OV OV B1 CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC CL SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                    100           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.46           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        D  L  L                                               S  S
Tstms                S
Wind                       Y  Y  Y  Y


Date          Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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    70      49    72      48    70      47    72
Temp          52 48 65 67   55 53 69 69   55 50 66 67   53 49 68 69
Dewpt         52 48 54 55   55 53 60 58   55 50 54 52   53 49 55 54
PWind dir         S    SE      SE    SE      NE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   SC B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      30    30      30    20      20    30
Rain shwrs                   S  C  C  C    C  C  S          S  S  C
Tstms                           S  S  S

$$
NDZ001-142100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
336 AM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date             Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26
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          46          64          45          68
Temp          58 56 58 59 59 58 52 51 50 47 51 59 60 63 53 50 49 49 54 62 63 65
Dewpt         45 50 58 54 48 46 48 49 48 45 47 45 45 42 44 45 44 44 48 51 52 50
RH            62 80100 83 67 64 86 93 93 93 86 60 58 46 71 83 83 83 80 67 67 58
Wind dir      SE  S  S  W  W  W NW  W  W NW NW NW NW NE  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE
Wind spd      14 14 13 35 36 36 31 21 17 13 13 10  6  5  8 10 12 13 12 12 13 13
Wind gust     25       49 51 54 46 32
Clouds        B2 OV OV B2 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr                    100          30           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.38           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  D  D  S  S  C                                   S  S
Tstms          S  C
Wind                    Y  Y  Y  Y


Date          Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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    73      50    74      50    71      50    73
Temp          49 44 66 72   57 52 70 71   57 51 66 69   56 51 68 71
Dewpt         48 44 51 54   53 51 57 56   54 51 55 54   53 49 54 53
PWind dir         E    SE       E    NE      NE     E      SE    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      30    30      40    40      40    20
Rain shwrs                      C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S
Tstms                                      S             S

$$
NDZ021-142100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
336 AM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date             Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26
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                      70          44          66          42          69
Temp          56 55 59 65 67 64 53 49 48 47 54 61 65 63 50 46 46 46 55 62 67 65
Dewpt         45 51 56 57 44 37 44 46 46 45 45 41 38 36 42 45 44 43 47 48 49 48
RH            66 86 90 75 43 37 71 89 93 93 71 48 37 36 74 96 93 89 74 60 52 54
Wind dir      SE SE  S  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  E  E  E  E SE SE  E NE
Wind spd      13 16 19 20 31 26 31 24 17 14 16 13 10  3  4  6  9 10 12 13 11 11
Wind gust           35 35 48 46 49 42 31 26 28                   20 23 24
Clouds        B2 OV OV B2 FW FW SC B1 SC B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                    100           0           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                   0.46           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  L  D                                            C  C  S  S
Tstms             C  S
Wind                    Y  Y  Y  Y


Date          Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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          41    73      49    75      48    72      47    74
Temp          48 45 65 71   55 51 70 71   54 49 67 69   53 48 68 71
Dewpt         48 45 48 51   53 51 55 54   53 49 50 48   51 47 50 49
PWind dir        NE    SE      SE     E      NE     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC B1 B2 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      40    40      40    30      40    30
Rain shwrs                      C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           C  S

$$
NDZ043-142100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
236 AM MDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date             Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26
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          41          69          45          78
Temp          55 56 60 64 68 64 53 48 45 44 53 63 67 65 54 51 49 49 58 71 75 70
Dewpt         53 55 55 43 34 32 40 43 43 44 46 42 38 36 40 41 41 45 50 50 48 47
RH            93 96 84 46 28 30 61 83 93100 77 46 34 34 59 68 74 86 75 47 38 44
Wind dir      SE  S  W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W NW NW  N  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  N  N
Wind spd      17 18 28 34 37 39 35 25 17 12 12 10  4 11 14 17 19 20 21 16 14 18
Wind gust           41 51 57 57 50 35                               32
Clouds        B2 OV B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     50           0           0          30          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     L  C                                         C  C
Tstms          C
Wind chill                            38 38
Min chill                                37    39
Wind                    Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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            42    75      50    77      47    71      44    75
Temp          50   46 68 71 57   53 72 70 54   48 67 66 51   45 70 69
Dewpt         48   46 52 53 56   53 58 54 54   48 52 49 50   45 49 46
PWind dir          NE    SE      SE     E       E    SE      SE     W
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0    20      40    50      60    50      40    20
Rain shwrs             S  S  C    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  C    S  S  S
Tstms                        C    S     S  S             S

$$
NDZ045-142100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
336 AM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date             Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26
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                      71          49          67          49          69
Temp          60 58 59 65 69 67 60 55 52 49 54 62 66 64 54 52 51 51 57 63 68 67
Dewpt         49 53 59 61 46 38 40 46 45 46 48 46 43 43 45 47 47 48 51 52 53 54
RH            67 83100 87 44 34 47 72 77 89 80 56 43 46 71 83 86 89 80 67 59 63
Wind dir      SE SE  S  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd      17 25 25 20 27 24 28 29 24 17 16 11  5  3  8 10 13 18 19 19 14  8
Wind gust     32 39 40 34 42 39 40                                  31 32
Clouds        OV OV B2 B2 FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     90           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.12           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     L  D  L                                            S  S
Tstms          S  S  S
Wind                    Y  Y  Y  Y


Date          Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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          49    70      56    73      53    68      51    73
Temp          54 49 65 68   60 57 69 70   59 53 65 66   56 51 67 69
Dewpt         53 49 55 57   57 56 61 60   57 53 54 53   53 51 53 52
PWind dir         E    SE      SE     E      NE     E      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 B1   SC B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0    20      40    40      40    30      30    30
Rain shwrs              S    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms                           S  S

$$