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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
448 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025

NDZ015-280900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
448 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025

Date           08/27/25      Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat
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                      55          84          59          81          59
Temp             84 69 63 59 56 68 81 83 82 71 66 63 60 69 77 78 76 68 64 62 60
Dewpt            53 52 52 51 52 55 54 52 52 55 56 55 55 58 57 55 57 59 59 58 57
RH               34 55 67 75 86 63 39 34 35 57 70 75 84 68 50 45 52 73 84 87 90
Wind dir          E  E SE NE  N  E SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E NE NE
Wind spd          9  3  2  1  1  2  4  5  6  5  5  3  2  2  5  5  6  4  3  2  2
Clouds           CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    S
Heat index                         81
Max heat         83    80          81    82


Date           08/30  Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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          77      57    77      56    80      56    79      49    68
Temp          73 73   62 59 72 74   61 57 75 77   62 58 75 73   58 53 63 65
Dewpt         58 58   58 57 58 57   57 56 57 55   56 53 54 51   51 47 44 43
PWind dir         E       E    SE      SE     S       S    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      10    10       5    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     S  S          S  S                        S
Tstms             S             S

$$
NDZ033-280900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
348 PM MDT Wed Aug 27 2025

Date           08/27/25      Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat
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                      53          82          57          74          55
Temp             81 66 60 57 55 69 79 82 79 67 63 61 59 66 71 73 71 62 59 58 57
Dewpt            42 47 48 47 47 52 48 47 47 50 50 50 52 56 56 54 55 57 56 55 55
RH               25 50 64 69 74 55 34 29 32 54 62 67 78 70 59 51 57 84 90 90 93
Wind dir          E  E  S SW SW SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E NE
Wind spd          6  5  5  4  3  4 10 10  9  8  8  6  5  5  8  9  8  5  5  5  4
Clouds           FW B1 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 SC OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  C  C  S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                                                             S  S  S  S


Date           08/30/25  Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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          74      53    76      54    79      54    75      46    67
Temp          68 70 58   54 71 74 59   56 74 77 60   56 72 71 55   49 61 64
Dewpt         57 55 55   54 56 55 55   52 54 51 52   49 51 49 47   45 45 42
PWind dir         E      SE    SE       S    SW       S    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 SC FW FW   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      20    10      10     5      10    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  S       S                              S          S
Tstms             S       S

$$
NDZ044-280900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
348 PM MDT Wed Aug 27 2025

Date           08/27/25      Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat
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                      54          81          58          73          55
Temp             80 66 60 56 54 68 78 80 78 66 63 61 59 65 70 72 70 61 59 57 57
Dewpt            50 50 48 49 49 54 50 48 48 50 50 52 54 58 58 58 59 60 58 57 56
RH               35 56 64 77 83 61 37 33 35 56 62 72 83 78 66 61 68 97 96100 96
Wind dir          E  E SE  S NW SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E NE
Wind spd          5  5  4  2  2  4 12 11 10  8  6  5  5  6 10 10  9  5  5  5  5
Clouds           B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          50          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.14        0.28
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                       S  S  S  S  S
Heat index       80
Max heat         81


Date           08/30/25  Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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          74      53    77      53    81      53    80      48    69
Temp          68 69 57   54 72 74 58   55 76 76 59   55 76 73 56   51 63 65
Dewpt         58 57 56   54 56 55 55   52 55 53 52   49 52 52 49   46 47 45
PWind dir        NE      NE     E      SE    SW       S    NW       N     N
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 SC FW FW   SC FW FW FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    10      10     5       5    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  S  S    S                              S          S
Tstms             S  S    S

$$
NDZ011-280900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
448 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025

Date           08/27/25      Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat
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                      56          83          59          83          58
Temp             83 70 63 59 57 67 79 83 81 71 65 63 61 70 79 81 78 68 64 62 59
Dewpt            53 52 53 54 53 57 56 53 53 55 55 54 54 56 55 53 54 56 55 55 55
RH               36 53 70 83 86 70 45 36 38 57 70 72 78 61 44 38 43 65 73 78 87
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S SE  S SW  W  W  W
Wind spd          9  5  5  4  3  4  8  6  8  6  5  5  4  3  5  5  6  5  4  3  2
Clouds           CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           08/30  Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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          79      57    79      56    82      57    73      48    65
Temp          76 76   62 58 75 75   62 58 76 78   62 58 71 68   54 50 60 63
Dewpt         57 55   55 55 57 56   56 55 55 54   54 52 52 49   48 45 43 41
PWind dir         E       S    SE       S    SW      SW    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5      10    10      10    10      10    20      20    10
Rain shwrs                                               S  S       S

$$
NDZ037-280900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
448 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025

Date           08/27/25      Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat
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                      55          80          58          80          57
Temp             77 65 60 58 55 67 77 80 77 66 62 59 59 68 76 78 74 65 62 60 59
Dewpt            56 55 55 54 54 58 59 57 58 58 58 57 57 60 61 59 60 60 60 58 57
RH               48 70 84 86 96 73 54 45 52 75 87 93 93 76 60 52 62 84 93 93 93
Wind dir          S  S  W  N  N NE  E  E  E SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd          9  3  4  3  3  4  5  5  4  5  5  3  2  2  5  5  5  3  3  2  2
Clouds           CL FW CL CL FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                            80
Max heat         80                      80


Date           08/30  Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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          76      55    74      55    75      56    75      49    64
Temp          73 72   60 57 71 69   60 57 71 71   60 58 71 68   56 52 61 61
Dewpt         60 58   57 56 59 59   58 56 60 59   57 55 57 55   51 49 46 45
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       S     S      SW    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      10    20      20    20      10    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                   S  S       S  S  S          S  S       S  S
Tstms                                         S             S

$$
NDZ001-280900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
448 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025

Date           08/27/25      Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat
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                      55          84          59          81          57
Temp             83 70 63 60 56 67 80 84 82 71 67 63 60 68 77 80 77 68 63 61 59
Dewpt            43 50 51 50 50 54 53 51 51 53 53 52 52 56 56 54 55 56 55 55 55
RH               24 49 65 69 80 63 39 32 34 53 61 67 75 65 48 41 47 65 75 81 87
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE  S  S SE SE  S SE SE SE  E
Wind spd         16  4  5  4  4  5  8  9  8  5  6  5  4  5  5  8  9  5  4  3  4
Clouds           CL SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S
Heat index                         80                         80
Max heat         82                80    82                      80


Date           08/30  Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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          78      57    81      56    83      57    75      49    67
Temp          75 76   62 58 75 79   63 58 77 80   64 58 72 70   57 50 62 66
Dewpt         57 56   56 55 58 56   55 53 57 53   53 51 53 50   48 46 45 42
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE      SE    SW       S     N       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    10      10     5      10    20      20    10
Rain shwrs        S                                      S          S
Tstms             S

$$
NDZ021-280900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
448 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025

Date           08/27/25      Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat
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                      55          84          58          81          57
Temp             85 68 61 59 56 69 79 83 81 68 64 62 60 69 78 80 77 66 62 60 59
Dewpt            49 50 51 51 52 55 53 50 51 54 55 54 54 56 55 52 53 56 56 56 55
RH               29 52 70 75 86 61 41 32 35 61 73 75 81 63 45 38 43 70 81 87 87
Wind dir          E NE NE NE NE  E SE SE  E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW NW NW  N
Wind spd         11  3  2  2  2  3  5  5  5  5  5  3  2  3  5  5  5  3  2  2  2
Clouds           CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                                    80
Max heat         84                      81                      80


Date           08/30  Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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          78      55    78      54    81      54    75      46    65
Temp          74 74   60 56 73 75   60 56 75 77   61 56 72 69   54 49 61 63
Dewpt         56 55   56 55 56 56   57 54 55 53   54 52 51 49   48 45 42 41
PWind dir         E      SE    SE      SE    SW      SW    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      10    10      10    10      10    20      20    10
Rain shwrs                                               S  S       S

$$
NDZ043-280900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
348 PM MDT Wed Aug 27 2025

Date           08/27/25      Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat
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                      54          81          56          73          54
Temp             82 66 60 56 54 68 78 80 77 65 62 61 58 64 69 71 68 59 58 57 57
Dewpt            47 47 48 48 48 53 48 47 49 50 50 52 54 58 58 57 58 59 57 57 56
RH               29 50 64 74 80 59 35 31 37 58 65 72 86 81 68 61 70100 96100 96
Wind dir          E  E SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E NE
Wind spd          9  8  6  5  4  8 13 13 12 10  9  8  6  8 11 11 10  8  5  5  5
Wind gust        19
Clouds           B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          50          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.07        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  S  S  S


Date           08/30/25  Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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          74      53    77      52    81      54    80      48    69
Temp          68 70 56   54 72 75 58   54 76 78 59   55 75 73 56   50 63 66
Dewpt         57 56 55   54 55 54 55   52 53 51 52   49 52 52 49   46 46 44
PWind dir        NE       E    SE       S    SW       S    NW       N     N
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 SC FW FW   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      20    10       5     5      10    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  S  S                                              S
Tstms             S  S

$$
NDZ045-280900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
448 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025

Date           08/27/25      Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat
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                      56          82          60          76          59
Temp             77 67 62 58 56 68 78 81 78 69 65 62 60 67 74 75 72 66 63 60 59
Dewpt            52 53 53 52 52 56 55 53 52 53 54 56 57 60 59 59 61 60 60 59 59
RH               42 61 72 80 86 65 45 38 40 57 68 81 90 78 59 58 68 81 90 96100
Wind dir         NE SE  S SW  W  N  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E NE
Wind spd          5  5  5  3  3  4  8  8  6  8 10  9  6  6  9 10  9  6  6  6  6
Clouds           CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  S  S        S  S  C
Tstms                                                                   S  S


Date           08/30  Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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          74      57    74      56    78      57    78      51    67
Temp          69 68   60 57 70 71   60 56 73 75   62 57 74 73   59 53 62 63
Dewpt         60 59   58 57 59 58   57 56 58 58   57 54 55 54   51 49 46 46
PWind dir         E       E     E      SE     S       S    NW       N     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      20    20      10    10       5    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  S       S  S  S
Tstms             S       S     S

$$