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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
149 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025

NDZ015-162100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
149 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date             Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25
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          45          73          57          79
Temp                      67 67 59 52 48 46 60 68 72 70 65 62 58 59 65 73 77 77
Dewpt                     49 43 45 46 45 44 46 44 45 46 49 51 53 55 58 59 59 58
RH                        52 42 60 80 89 93 60 42 38 42 56 67 83 87 78 62 54 52
Wind dir                  NE NE NE NE NE  E SE SE  S  S SE SE SE  E SE  E  N  N
Wind spd                   6  8  3  2  1  2  5 10 11 10  9  9  8  6  6  8  9 10
Clouds                    SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.07        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                                    C  C  C


Date          Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          55    80      59    85      62    85      60    83
Temp          62 57 74 78   64 61 78 81   68 64 78 81   66 62 77 79
Dewpt         58 56 54 53   56 57 60 60   62 62 62 60   60 59 60 58
PWind dir        NE     E      SE    SE       S    SW       S    NE
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5      30    40      50    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                   S  C  C  C    C  S  S  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms                        S  S  S  C    C  S  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
NDZ033-162100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1249 PM MDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date             Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25
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                      64          43          69          51          77
Temp                      64 62 54 47 45 45 58 62 65 66 60 56 54 54 64 71 76 75
Dewpt                     44 45 46 44 43 44 47 48 49 51 52 52 52 53 56 57 55 56
RH                        48 54 74 89 93 96 67 60 56 58 75 86 93 96 75 61 48 52
Wind dir                   E  E  E  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  N  N  N
Wind spd                  11  5  5  5  5  6 13 17 17 14 12 10  8  6  8 10 10 10
Wind gust                                         27
Clouds                    SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30           0           5          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                    C  S
Obvis                         K


Date               Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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            53    78      59    82      59    82      57    80
Temp          58   56 72 76 63   60 75 78 63   61 76 78 62   60 74 76
Dewpt         56   56 56 57 58   59 62 61 60   59 58 56 56   56 56 57
PWind dir           E    SE      SE     S       S     W      SW     N
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            5    10      40    40      30    20      20    30
Rain shwrs                   C    C  S  C  C    S  S  S  S    S  S  C
Tstms                        C    S  S  C  C    S  S  S  S       S  C

$$
NDZ044-162100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1249 PM MDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date             Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25
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                      61          42          70          51          82
Temp                      56 61 52 47 45 46 56 61 66 68 61 56 55 54 66 75 80 79
Dewpt                     49 48 49 46 45 44 49 49 50 52 54 53 53 53 59 59 57 56
RH                        77 62 89 96100 93 77 65 56 57 78 90 93 96 78 58 45 45
Wind dir                   E  E SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E NE NE  N NE
Wind spd                   5  6  4  3  4  5 13 18 19 17 13 10  6  5  8 11 11 10
Wind gust                                      28 29 27
Clouds                    B1 SC FW FW FW B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     60           0           5          50          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S  C  C  S
Obvis                      K  K  K  K  K
Heat index                                                                80
Max heat                                                                     81


Date               Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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            53    79      57    84      58    85      56    83
Temp          61   57 73 76 63   60 76 81 64   61 79 81 64   60 78 79
Dewpt         58   57 57 58 59   59 63 61 61   59 60 56 57   56 58 57
PWind dir          NE    SE      SE    SE      SE     N      NE    NE
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW   SC B1 SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           10    20      40    30      30    20      30    20
Rain shwrs             S  S  C    C  S  C  C    S  S  S  S    C  S  S
Tstms                     S  C    S  S  C  C    S  S  S  S       S  S

$$
NDZ011-162100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
149 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date             Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25
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          73          54          74
Temp                      66 67 59 53 49 48 62 68 72 70 63 59 58 57 63 69 72 72
Dewpt                     44 43 45 43 43 43 46 45 45 46 50 50 51 52 54 54 55 54
RH                        45 42 60 69 80 83 56 43 38 42 62 72 77 83 72 59 55 53
Wind dir                   N  N NE SW SW  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E NE NE NE
Wind spd                   8  6  3  3  3  4  8 11 11 10  9  9  8  6  8 10  9  9
Clouds                    FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          60          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                                    S  S  S           S


Date          Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          52    79      59    81      60    81      58    79
Temp          58 54 73 77   63 60 75 78   66 62 75 78   64 60 74 75
Dewpt         53 53 53 52   54 56 59 60   60 59 61 58   58 57 58 57
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE     S       S     W       W    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0     5      40    50      50    20      20    30
Rain shwrs                   S  C  C  C    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  C
Tstms                        S  C  S  C    C  S  S  S    S     S  C

$$
NDZ037-162100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
149 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date             Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25
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          45          71          55          72
Temp                      64 65 56 51 48 48 61 66 70 69 61 59 58 58 63 66 71 70
Dewpt                     43 45 47 46 45 45 47 46 46 48 51 53 54 56 59 61 61 62
RH                        46 48 72 83 89 89 60 48 42 47 70 80 86 93 87 84 71 76
Wind dir                   N  N NE NW NW  N SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S NE
Wind spd                   9 10  5  3  3  2  4  9  9  9  8  8  9  9 10 10 10 10
Wind gust                 20
Clouds                    B2 FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.24        0.14
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  L  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  C  C  S  S  S


Date          Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          54    76      56    79      62    81      60    80
Temp          60 57 70 73   60 58 73 76   65 64 75 77   65 63 76 76
Dewpt         59 57 57 56   56 57 61 61   62 63 66 64   62 61 63 62
PWind dir        NE    NE      SE    SE      SE     S       W    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC FW   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5      10    30      40    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                         S  C    C  C  S  C    S        S
Tstms                              S  S    C  S  S  C    S        S

$$
NDZ001-162100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
149 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date             Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25
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          73          54          77
Temp                      66 68 59 54 51 49 61 68 70 69 65 60 58 56 64 71 74 75
Dewpt                     46 48 48 45 45 44 49 48 50 51 52 53 53 53 57 56 55 55
RH                        48 49 67 71 80 83 65 49 49 53 63 78 83 90 78 59 51 50
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E NE  N NE
Wind spd                   4  5  5  5  5  6 13 18 18 14 11  9  6  6  8 10 11 10
Clouds                    B1 FW SC SC SC SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      5           0           5          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            L  L  L  L
Tstms                                                 S  S  S  S
Obvis                               K


Date          Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          53    81      61    84      59    83      58    79
Temp          60 56 75 79   66 63 78 82   66 61 78 80   65 60 74 76
Dewpt         55 53 56 56   57 59 62 61   60 58 58 56   57 56 58 56
PWind dir         E    SE      SE     S       S     W       N    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0    10      50    40      30    20      20    30
Rain shwrs                   C  C  S  C    C  S     S    S  S  C  C
Tstms                        C  C  S  C    C  S     S    S     S  C

$$
NDZ021-162100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
149 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date             Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25
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          44          72          53          75
Temp                      66 66 56 50 47 46 60 66 70 69 61 58 56 56 63 71 74 72
Dewpt                     42 42 45 43 43 44 46 46 45 48 51 51 52 53 56 57 56 56
RH                        42 42 66 77 86 93 60 48 41 47 70 77 86 90 78 61 53 57
Wind dir                   N  N NE  E  E SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E NE  N NE
Wind spd                   5  6  3  2  2  2  8 11 11 10  9  8  6  6  8  9  9  9
Clouds                    FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                                 S  C  C  S


Date          Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          51    78      57    82      60    82      57    79
Temp          57 54 72 76   62 59 76 79   65 62 75 79   62 59 74 74
Dewpt         55 54 54 53   55 57 61 61   60 60 61 58   58 58 58 57
PWind dir         E    SE      SE     S       S     W      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5      40    40      50    20      20    30
Rain shwrs                   S  C  C  C    C  S  S  S    S  S  S  C
Tstms                        S  C  S  C    C  S  S  S    S     S  C

$$
NDZ043-162100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1249 PM MDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date             Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25
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                      62          42          71          50          81
Temp                      57 62 52 47 46 46 55 61 67 69 61 56 53 52 64 74 79 79
Dewpt                     47 47 49 47 45 46 49 50 53 55 56 54 53 52 57 58 55 55
RH                        69 58 89100 96100 80 67 61 61 84 93100100 78 57 44 44
Wind dir                   E  E SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E NE NE  N  N NE
Wind spd                   4  9  6  6  8 10 18 21 21 18 13 11  9  6 10 12 11 10
Clouds                    B1 SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           5          40           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S  C  S
Obvis                      K  K  K  K  K


Date               Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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            54    80      58    85      58    84      56    82
Temp          61   57 73 76 63   60 77 82 64   60 78 81 63   58 76 78
Dewpt         57   57 59 59 59   60 62 60 60   59 58 55 56   56 56 56
PWind dir           E    SE      SE    SE      SE     N       E    NE
Wind char          GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           10    20      30    30      30    20      20    20
Rain shwrs             S  S  C    S     C  C    S  S  S  S    S  S  S
Tstms                     S  C    S     C  C    S  S  S  S    S  S  S

$$
NDZ045-162100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
149 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date             Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25
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                      62          47          70          59          79
Temp                      57 62 57 52 49 48 59 64 67 66 63 63 61 59 65 71 76 77
Dewpt                     51 46 47 46 45 44 47 48 49 48 50 52 54 56 61 63 62 60
RH                        80 56 69 80 86 86 64 56 52 52 62 67 78 90 87 76 62 56
Wind dir                   N  N SE  W  W SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E NE NE
Wind spd                   4  9  5  5  5  5 10 12 13 13 13 13 12 10 10 10 11 10
Clouds                    SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60           0           0          50          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.10        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S                          S  S  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                                    S  C  C  S
Obvis                               K  K


Date          Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          57    77      60    81      65    83      62    80
Temp          63 59 71 76   65 61 75 78   68 65 76 79   67 63 74 77
Dewpt         60 58 57 56   56 58 63 62   62 62 65 61   60 60 63 60
PWind dir        NE     E      SE    SE      SE     E       E    NE
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 SC   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5      30    30      40    20      30    20
Rain shwrs                   S  C  S  C    C  S  S  S    C  S  S  S
Tstms                        S  S  S  C    C  S  S  S    C  S  S  S

$$