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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
516 PM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

NDZ015-150900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
516 PM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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          54          46          61          43
Temp             46 45 44 44 43 44 50 53 52 49 50 51 51 53 58 60 57 52 49 47 45
Dewpt            44 42 42 42 42 44 44 46 47 48 50 50 51 53 53 53 52 51 48 45 44
RH               93 89 93 93 96100 80 77 83 96100 96100100 83 78 83 96 96 93 96
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  N  W SW  W SW  W
Wind spd         12 10  6  5  5  6 10 10 11 10  9  9  9 10 11 12 11 10 10 10 10
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          40          90          90          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.26        0.22        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  L  L  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                           S  S
Obvis            PF PF PF


Date           10/17  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          58      38    54      33    60      38    59      36    53
Temp          54 53   45 41 50 49   41 35 53 53   44 41 54 53   42 38 48 47
Dewpt         43 40   39 34 34 32   32 29 35 37   36 35 39 38   37 33 34 33
PWind dir         W       W    NW       W     W       S     S      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40      10    20       5     0      10    10      10    30
Rain shwrs     C  C          S                                         C  C

$$
NDZ033-150900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
416 PM MDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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                      37          52          43          55          40
Temp             41 42 42 42 41 44 49 50 48 47 47 47 46 49 51 53 50 45 44 43 41
Dewpt            41 42 41 41 41 44 45 46 46 46 46 47 46 48 49 48 46 45 43 43 41
RH              100100 96 96100100 86 86 93 96 96100100 96 93 83 86100 96100100
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  N  N NW NW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         10 10  8  8  8 10 11 13 11 10  8  9 10 10 12 13 11 12 12 13 13
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     10          50         100          90          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.29        0.40        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S  S  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                     S  S  S  S
Obvis             F  F  F
Wind chill       35 36          38                                  39 38 36 33
Min chill        35    35    36    35                                  38    33


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          55      34    53      30    61      35    56      33    50
Temp          51 49 40   37 50 47 36   34 56 53 43   39 53 49 39   35 46 44
Dewpt         40 37 34   33 32 29 29   29 35 36 36   34 38 37 34   31 32 30
PWind dir         W       W    NW       W    SW       S     W      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40      20    10       0     5      20    10      20    30
Rain shwrs     C  S       S                           S             S  C  S

$$
NDZ044-150900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
416 PM MDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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                      38          51          43          55          37
Temp             40 43 42 42 41 45 48 50 49 47 48 48 47 51 54 54 51 45 43 42 41
Dewpt            40 43 42 42 41 45 47 48 48 47 48 47 47 51 52 49 47 45 43 41 40
RH              100100100100100100 96 93 96100100 96100100 93 83 86100100 96 96
Wind dir         SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE  N  N NW NW  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         11 10  8  8  9 11 13 13 12 11  8  9 10 11 13 13 12 13 13 14 16
Wind gust                                                     24
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          70         100          80          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.34        0.28        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  C  C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                        S  S  S
Obvis             F  F  F
Wind chill       33 37       35 39                                  39 36 34 33
Min chill        33    35    35    35                                  36    33


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          56      33    53      28    62      35    57      32    50
Temp          52 50 40   36 50 47 36   33 56 54 42   39 54 50 39   35 46 44
Dewpt         41 38 36   32 32 30 28   27 35 38 35   32 39 37 34   30 32 31
PWind dir         W       W    NW       W    SW       S     W      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      10    10       0     5      20    10      20    30
Rain shwrs     C                                      S             S  C  S

$$
NDZ011-150900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
516 PM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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          53          44          55          43
Temp             43 41 40 40 40 42 48 51 50 47 46 47 47 48 52 54 51 49 47 46 46
Dewpt            39 38 39 39 39 42 43 44 45 45 46 47 47 48 49 49 49 48 47 45 45
RH               86 89 96 96 96100 83 77 83 93100100100100 89 83 93 96100 96 96
Wind dir          E  E  E SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  N  N  N NW  W  W
Wind spd         14  9  6  5  5  5  9 10 10  9  6  6  8 10 11 12 11 10 10 10 11
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      5          10          80          90          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.20        0.43        0.22
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  L
Tstms                                        S  S  S
Wind chill       36 35
Min chill        36    34    35    36


Date           10/17  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          54      37    52      33    57      36    54      35    50
Temp          50 48   42 40 48 47   40 36 51 50   43 40 51 48   40 37 45 44
Dewpt         44 42   37 34 35 35   32 30 36 38   36 35 39 39   35 32 34 33
PWind dir         W       W     W       W     W       S    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         60      20    20       5     5      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     L  C    S     S                        S  S          S  S  S

$$
NDZ037-150900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
516 PM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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                      39          52          46          64          45
Temp             43 42 42 42 42 44 49 51 50 49 49 49 51 55 61 64 60 57 53 50 47
Dewpt            43 40 41 41 42 43 45 46 48 48 49 49 51 54 57 57 56 54 51 48 45
RH              100 93 96 96100 96 86 83 93 96100100100 96 87 78 87 90 93 93 93
Wind dir          E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd          6 10  5  5  5  8 10 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 13 10 10 10 11 11
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          10          80          70          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.24        0.08        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                           S
Obvis            PF PF PF
Wind chill          36
Min chill        39    36    37    38


Date           10/17  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          59      39    53      35    57      36    57      36    52
Temp          55 53   45 41 50 48   41 37 52 50   42 39 53 51   42 39 47 46
Dewpt         44 43   39 36 35 35   33 31 34 36   35 35 39 39   37 34 35 33
PWind dir        SW       W     W       W     W       S     S       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    10       0     0       5     5      10    30
Rain shwrs     S                                                       S  C

$$
NDZ001-150900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
516 PM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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          54          44          52          41
Temp             45 45 43 42 41 44 50 53 51 49 48 47 46 47 50 51 51 47 46 45 43
Dewpt            37 40 40 40 40 43 46 46 47 47 47 47 46 47 49 49 48 46 45 44 42
RH               73 82 89 93 96 96 86 77 86 93 96100100100 96 93 89 96 96 96 96
Wind dir         SE  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E  E  E NE NE  N  N  N NW NW  W  W  W
Wind spd         11 10  6  5  5  9 12 13 12 10  6  6  8 10 13 13 12 10 10 10 10
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5          30          80          80          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.30        0.58        0.31
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  L  L  L
Tstms                                     S  S
Obvis            PF PF PF
Wind chill       39                                                          37
Min chill        39    37    37    36                                        37


Date           10/17  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          54      36    54      31    60      36    54      34    51
Temp          50 50   42 38 50 48   38 34 53 54   45 40 51 48   40 35 46 46
Dewpt         43 40   36 32 34 32   30 29 38 38   36 35 39 37   33 30 33 32
PWind dir         W       W    NW       W    SW       S     W      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW SC FW   SC SC B1 SC   B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60      20    10       0     5      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     L  C    S  S                           S  S          S  S

$$
NDZ021-150900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
516 PM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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          53          44          56          42
Temp             44 42 41 41 41 44 49 52 51 46 46 47 47 49 53 54 52 48 46 45 44
Dewpt            41 40 40 41 40 43 43 43 46 46 46 47 47 49 49 49 49 48 46 45 43
RH               89 93 96100 96 96 80 71 83100100100100100 86 83 89100100100 96
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  N  N NW  W  W  W
Wind spd         14  9  6  5  5  6  9 10 10  9  6  8  9 10 12 13 11 10 10 10 11
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5          20          80          90          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.18        0.40        0.16
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                                              S
Obvis            PF PF PF
Wind chill       37 36                                                       38
Min chill        37    34    37    37                                        38


Date           10/17  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          55      36    53      32    58      35    56      34    51
Temp          51 50   42 38 49 48   39 34 52 51   42 39 52 50   40 36 47 45
Dewpt         43 42   37 34 34 33   32 30 35 37   35 34 38 38   35 31 33 32
PWind dir         W       W    NW       W     W       S     S      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50      10    20       0     5      10    10      10    30
Rain shwrs     C  C          S                                         C  C

$$
NDZ043-150900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
416 PM MDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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                      38          52          42          53          38
Temp             44 43 42 42 42 46 49 50 48 47 47 47 46 49 51 51 49 44 42 41 41
Dewpt            43 43 42 42 42 45 48 48 48 47 47 47 46 49 49 46 46 43 42 41 41
RH               96100100100100 96 96 93100100100100100100 93 83 89 96100100100
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E NE  N  N NW NW  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         12 12 10 10 10 13 14 16 13 11  8  9 10 11 13 14 13 13 13 14 17
Clouds           B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     30          50          90          90          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.26        0.40        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  S  S
Obvis             F  F  F
Wind chill       38 36 36 36 36                                     37 35 33 32
Min chill        38    36    36    36                                  35    32


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          55      32    52      29    63      35    57      32    50
Temp          51 49 40   35 48 46 35   33 56 55 43   39 53 49 38   35 45 44
Dewpt         39 37 35   32 32 29 28   28 35 38 36   33 38 36 34   30 32 30
PWind dir         W       W    NW       W    SW       S     W      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40      10    10       0     5      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  S                                   S             S  S  S

$$
NDZ045-150900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
516 PM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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                      42          53          49          63          45
Temp             44 44 44 43 43 45 48 51 50 50 51 52 53 55 59 60 55 50 48 46 45
Dewpt            44 44 44 43 43 45 46 48 50 50 51 52 53 55 55 54 52 49 46 44 43
RH              100100100100100100 93 89100100100100100100 87 81 90 96 93 93 93
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  W  W  W  W SW  W
Wind spd         11 12 10 10 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 13 12 11 13 13 13 14 14 16 16
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          50         100          80          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.23        0.17        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  L  L  D  D  D  D  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                        S  C  S
Obvis            PF PF PF
Wind chill       38 38 38 37 37                                           39 38
Min chill        38    37    37    37                                        38


Date           10/17  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          56      40    52      35    59      41    57      38    50
Temp          53 50   45 41 50 46   41 36 53 51   45 42 53 51   43 39 47 44
Dewpt         43 39   37 34 33 31   30 29 35 38   36 35 39 39   37 33 34 32
PWind dir         W       W    NW       W     W       S     S      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    10       5     0      10     5      20    30
Rain shwrs     S  S                                                 S  C  C

$$