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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
649 PM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025

NDZ015-290900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
649 PM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date           08/28/25      Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun
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                      58          83          58          82          57
Temp             80 69 64 60 58 69 79 81 79 69 63 62 59 68 77 78 76 68 62 60 58
Dewpt            50 53 55 55 55 59 59 57 57 59 59 59 58 60 59 57 58 59 59 58 57
RH               35 57 73 84 90 70 50 44 47 70 87 90 96 76 54 48 54 73 90 93 96
Wind dir         SE SE  S  E  E SE  E SE SE  S  E  E NE NE  E SE SE SE  S SE SE
Wind spd          8  5  5  3  2  2  5  5  6  4  3  2  2  2  5  6  8  5  4  2  2
Clouds           SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                          S
Heat index       80                   81
Max heat         81                      82


Date           08/31  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          82      56    83      55    77      47    67      42    73
Temp          77 78   62 57 78 79   62 57 74 72   56 50 62 64   49 45 67 69
Dewpt         58 56   58 55 57 55   56 53 52 48   48 44 39 37   39 38 39 39
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      SW     N       N     N       N     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5    10      10    20      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                                    S    S
Tstms                                         S

$$
NDZ033-290900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
549 PM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date           08/28/25      Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun
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                      56          78          55          77          54
Temp             77 66 63 59 58 67 74 76 74 64 60 58 56 64 71 73 72 62 59 57 55
Dewpt            45 48 48 49 51 54 54 53 54 55 55 55 54 57 57 56 56 58 57 56 54
RH               32 52 58 69 77 63 50 45 50 73 84 90 93 78 61 55 57 87 93 96 96
Wind dir         SE SE  S  S  S  W  E  E  E  S SW  W  W  N  E SE  S  S SW SW  S
Wind spd          9  8  6  5  4  4  8  8  8  5  5  3  3  4  8  8  6  5  5  4  4
Clouds           SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S     S        S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                           S           S  S


Date           08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          78      54    82      54    75      44    65      42    73
Temp          73 76 59   54 76 79 60   55 71 71 54   47 60 64 48   43 66 70
Dewpt         56 54 54   53 54 50 52   51 51 47 45   43 40 37 37   37 39 38
PWind dir         S       S     W       W    NW       N     N      SE     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10       5     5      10    20      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                                 S  S       S
Tstms                                         S

$$
NDZ044-290900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
549 PM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date           08/28/25      Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun
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                      57          73          55          71          51
Temp             76 65 62 60 59 66 71 72 70 61 58 57 56 62 68 69 67 60 57 55 54
Dewpt            45 48 50 52 53 57 57 57 58 59 58 57 56 60 59 59 59 60 57 55 53
RH               33 54 65 75 80 73 61 59 66 93100100100 93 73 70 75100100100 96
Wind dir         SE  E SE SE  N  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE  S  N  N
Wind spd          8  4  5  4  3  5 10 10  9  5  4  4  4  5 10 10  8  5  4  3  3
Clouds           SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          50          40          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.15        0.32           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S
Tstms                      S        S  S  C  C  S  S  S     S  S


Date           08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          75      51    81      52    78      44    67      40    73
Temp          71 73 56   53 75 77 58   54 74 72 55   48 61 64 47   42 66 69
Dewpt         58 56 56   53 56 53 54   51 53 51 48   44 43 39 39   37 41 41
PWind dir         E       S     W       W    NW       N     N      NE     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10       5     5       5    10      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                                            S

$$
NDZ011-290900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
649 PM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date           08/28/25      Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun
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                      61          85          59          85          59
Temp             78 68 65 63 61 70 82 85 83 71 65 62 60 71 81 83 81 70 65 63 60
Dewpt            59 58 54 53 53 55 54 51 53 55 54 55 55 57 56 53 54 55 55 56 56
RH               52 70 68 70 75 59 38 31 36 57 68 78 84 61 42 36 39 59 70 78 87
Wind dir          E  E  S SW SW SW SE NE NE SE SW SW SW  W SE SE SE  S  S SW SW
Wind spd          4  4  5  4  3  2  4  5  5  5  4  3  2  2  5  6  6  5  5  5  4
Clouds           SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                                 81    81
Max heat         81                81    83                81    82


Date           08/31  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          84      59    84      55    71      45    65      44    72
Temp          79 80   64 60 79 80   62 57 69 66   52 47 60 62   49 46 66 69
Dewpt         57 55   55 55 55 53   54 52 50 47   45 41 39 37   38 38 39 40
PWind dir         S      SW     W      NW     N       N     N       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       5    10      20    20      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                              S  S  S       S
Tstms                                      S

$$
NDZ037-290900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
649 PM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date           08/28/25      Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun
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                      58          82          58          81          57
Temp             79 68 63 59 59 70 80 82 78 67 63 60 59 69 78 79 75 66 62 60 58
Dewpt            59 59 58 57 56 61 60 58 59 60 60 59 58 61 61 59 60 60 60 58 58
RH               50 73 84 93 90 73 51 44 52 78 90 96 96 76 56 50 60 81 93 93100
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  E SW  W  N  E SE SE SE  S  S SW  S
Wind spd          5  5  5  3  2  2  4  5  4  3  3  2  2  3  5  8  5  4  4  3  2
Clouds           SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.26           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                         81 82
Max heat         81                81    82


Date           08/31  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          80      57    79      55    74      46    61      42    68
Temp          77 75   61 58 75 75   62 58 71 68   54 48 58 58   47 43 63 65
Dewpt         60 59   58 57 60 58   58 55 56 52   48 44 41 39   40 38 41 42
PWind dir        SE       S     S      SW    NW       N     N       N    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      10    10      10    30      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                                 S  C    S  S
Tstms                                      S  S

$$
NDZ001-290900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
649 PM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date           08/28/25      Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun
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                      58          82          58          81          57
Temp             84 72 65 61 58 68 79 82 80 70 65 62 59 68 78 81 78 69 64 61 58
Dewpt            51 52 52 51 52 56 55 53 53 54 54 54 53 58 57 55 56 56 56 55 55
RH               32 49 63 70 80 65 44 37 39 57 68 75 80 70 48 41 47 63 75 81 90
Wind dir          E  E  E SE  E  S SE SE SE  E  S SE  S SW  S SE SE  S SW  S  S
Wind spd          9  6  5  4  3  4  5  8  8  5  4  3  3  4  6  8  8  5  5  4  4
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                               80                   81
Max heat         82                      81                      81


Date           08/31  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          83      57    84      55    73      46    67      44    73
Temp          78 81   65 58 78 81   63 57 70 70   54 48 62 66   51 47 67 72
Dewpt         58 55   55 53 57 53   53 52 52 48   45 42 42 40   40 39 42 43
PWind dir         S       S     W       N     N       N    NE      SE     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5       5     5      10    20      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                                 S          S

$$
NDZ021-290900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
649 PM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date           08/28/25      Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun
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                      58          83          58          84          56
Temp             82 70 64 61 58 70 80 83 81 68 63 60 59 70 78 81 78 67 62 60 58
Dewpt            52 54 51 52 52 56 54 51 52 56 56 55 55 58 56 54 55 57 57 56 56
RH               35 57 63 72 80 61 41 33 37 65 78 84 87 66 47 39 45 70 84 87 93
Wind dir          S SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S NW  W SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          8  5  3  2  2  2  5  5  5  3  2  2  2  2  5  6  6  4  4  3  2
Clouds           SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                         80                         81
Max heat         83                80    82                      81


Date           08/31  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          82      56    84      55    74      44    65      42    71
Temp          77 78   61 57 78 80   60 56 71 69   51 46 60 63   48 44 65 68
Dewpt         56 55   55 54 54 52   54 52 50 46   45 41 38 37   39 38 38 39
PWind dir         S       S     W      NW     N       N     N      NE     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5    10      10    20      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                                 S  S    S  S
Tstms                                      S

$$
NDZ043-290900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
549 PM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date           08/28/25      Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun
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                      56          72          54          71          51
Temp             78 67 62 60 58 64 70 72 70 61 58 56 55 61 66 69 67 59 57 55 53
Dewpt            43 47 50 52 53 56 55 55 56 58 56 56 55 59 58 58 58 59 57 55 53
RH               29 49 65 75 83 75 59 55 61 90 93100100 93 75 68 73100100100100
Wind dir         SE SE SE  S NW SE  E  E  E  E  E  N  N NE  E  E SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd          9  6  6  5  5  6 10 10 10  6  5  4  4  5 10 10  9  5  5  5  4
Clouds           SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          40          40          40          20
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.09        0.16        0.33           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S
Tstms                               S  S  C  C  S  S        S  S


Date           08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          76      52    81      53    78      45    68      42    73
Temp          72 75 56   53 76 78 58   54 74 73 54   48 61 65 47   43 67 70
Dewpt         56 55 55   53 54 52 53   50 51 49 48   44 42 39 39   38 40 39
PWind dir        SE       S     W       W    NW       N     N       E     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10       5     5       5    10      20     5       5     0
Rain shwrs                                            S

$$
NDZ045-290900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
649 PM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date           08/28/25      Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun
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                      59          77          59          76          57
Temp             78 68 64 61 59 68 74 76 72 65 63 60 59 65 71 73 70 64 61 58 57
Dewpt            54 55 56 57 58 62 60 59 61 61 61 60 59 61 61 60 60 60 59 58 57
RH               43 63 75 87 96 81 62 56 68 87 93100100 87 71 64 71 87 93100100
Wind dir         SE SE SE  S SE  E  E SE SE SE SE  E  N  E  E  E SE SE  S  S  E
Wind spd          6  8  9  8  5  6  9  9  8  6  5  5  5  6  9 10  9  6  6  5  5
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          20          20          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.06        0.09        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S        S  S  C  C  S  S              S
Tstms                                  S                    S  S


Date           08/31  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          75      55    79      56    76      48    64      44    71
Temp          72 73   60 56 74 76   62 57 72 70   56 50 60 62   50 45 65 68
Dewpt         59 58   58 56 59 57   56 54 53 51   48 44 41 38   38 38 39 41
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      SW    NW       N     N      NE     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20       5    10       5    20      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     S  S                           S       S

$$