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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
121 PM CDT Tue Sep 29 2026

NDZ015-292100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
121 PM CDT Tue Sep 29 2026

Date             Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu 10/01/26
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                      75          50          73          43          60
Temp                      71 69 60 56 53 51 59 68 72 65 57 51 46 43 49 57 59 56
Dewpt                     51 50 47 45 45 44 48 49 48 47 45 42 39 37 38 35 34 34
RH                        49 51 62 66 74 77 67 51 42 52 64 71 76 79 66 43 39 43
Wind dir                  SW SW SW SW  W SW  W  W NW  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  11  8  6  5  5  3  5 11 13  9  8  5  6  5  5  6  9  4
Wind gust                                         24
Clouds                    FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Tstms


Date          Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          39    61      43    65      40    63      42    65
Temp          45 41 57 59   49 45 61 61   46 41 58 59   47 44 61 63
Dewpt         36 37 38 39   43 44 46 41   40 37 39 37   39 40 46 47
PWind dir        NW     S       S    NW      NW     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   CL FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      20    10       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs                   S

$$
NDZ033-292100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1221 PM MDT Tue Sep 29 2026

Date             Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu 10/01/26
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                      77          50          73          40          60
Temp                      76 68 59 55 52 51 59 69 70 64 54 48 43 41 48 56 57 53
Dewpt                     35 39 41 42 42 42 46 46 45 44 43 40 37 34 34 31 30 32
RH                        22 34 51 61 69 71 62 44 41 48 66 74 79 76 58 38 35 44
Wind dir                   W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  18 11  9  9  9  9 10 14 18 13  9  6  6  5  3  5  5  5
Wind gust                                      25 29
Clouds                    FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date               Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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            38    63      43    67      39    64      42    70
Temp          42   38 57 60 47   44 62 61 45   40 60 59 47   43 64 66
Dewpt         35   36 40 42 43   43 43 38 38   37 38 38 39   41 47 48
PWind dir          SW     S       S    NW      NE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr           10     5      10    10       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ044-292100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1221 PM MDT Tue Sep 29 2026

Date             Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu 10/01/26
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                      75          48          74          42          58
Temp                      75 68 57 53 51 49 59 70 73 66 55 50 47 43 50 55 56 52
Dewpt                     41 43 43 43 42 41 47 47 47 47 46 44 40 36 37 34 34 36
RH                        29 40 59 69 71 74 64 44 40 50 72 80 76 76 61 45 43 54
Wind dir                   W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  N
Wind spd                  13  8  4  4  5  5  6 12 16 12 10  6  5  4  3  6  6  5
Wind gust                 24                      26 24 20
Clouds                    CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  S


Date               Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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            38    61      41    65      39    63      41    69
Temp          43   39 56 59 47   42 62 60 45   39 60 59 47   42 64 65
Dewpt         39   37 43 45 45   42 46 42 41   37 41 41 41   41 49 51
PWind dir          SE    SE       S    NW      NE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char          LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B1 SC SC B1   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr           20     5      20    10       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     S                  S

$$
NDZ056-292100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
121 PM CDT Tue Sep 29 2026

Date             Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu 10/01/26
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                      74          49          66          39          59
Temp                      73 66 57 54 52 49 56 63 64 59 50 46 43 39 49 56 57 54
Dewpt                     50 47 45 44 44 43 45 44 43 41 39 36 34 32 34 35 35 36
RH                        44 50 64 69 74 80 66 50 46 51 66 68 70 76 56 45 43 50
Wind dir                  SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  13 10 11 10  9  6  6  9 13 10  9 10  9  9 10 10 10  5
Wind gust                                         24
Clouds                    SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC FW CL FW FW SC B1 FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                                                       33
Min chill                                                        33    33


Date          Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          37    61      42    64      38    59      38    63
Temp          41 37 58 58   46 42 60 58   43 38 56 55   42 39 59 61
Dewpt         35 34 38 42   43 42 46 41   37 35 38 38   37 37 46 49
PWind dir         W     S       S    NW      NW     N      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   B1 B2 B1 FW   FW SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5      10     5       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ037-292100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
121 PM CDT Tue Sep 29 2026

Date             Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu 10/01/26
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          50          70          43          61
Temp                      70 65 58 56 54 50 59 68 69 63 55 51 46 43 50 58 59 55
Dewpt                     58 58 54 50 47 46 51 52 51 51 48 43 39 37 40 37 36 38
RH                        66 78 86 80 77 86 75 57 53 65 77 74 76 79 68 45 42 53
Wind dir                   W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   6  5  9  9  9  6  6 11 13  8  9  8  9  9 10 12 12  5
Wind gust                                         24
Clouds                    FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Tstms


Date          Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          38    61      42    63      39    61      38    62
Temp          45 40 58 56   48 44 60 59   46 40 58 56   44 39 59 58
Dewpt         37 36 38 41   41 42 47 46   40 38 39 38   37 38 44 46
PWind dir        NW    SW       S     W      NW    NW       E    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC B2 B2 B1   FW SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5      20    20       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs                      S  S

$$
NDZ001-292100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
121 PM CDT Tue Sep 29 2026

Date             Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu 10/01/26
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                      74          49          66          39          59
Temp                      72 69 60 55 53 50 55 62 64 60 50 46 42 39 46 54 57 55
Dewpt                     40 44 44 44 43 42 45 44 43 42 38 35 32 31 34 35 34 36
RH                        31 40 55 66 69 74 69 52 46 51 63 65 67 73 63 48 42 49
Wind dir                   W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N NW NW  W  W NW NW NW  W
Wind spd                  20 13 10  8  8  6  6 11 16 12  8  6  5  4  3  5  9  6
Wind gust                    24
Clouds                    SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          37    62      43    64      39    62      43    70
Temp          42 38 57 61   49 43 61 60   45 39 58 59   48 43 63 66
Dewpt         35 34 41 46   45 42 44 40   37 35 40 41   40 40 48 52
PWind dir        SW     S       S    NW      NE     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     5       5     5       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ021-292100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
121 PM CDT Tue Sep 29 2026

Date             Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu 10/01/26
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                      74          50          69          40          60
Temp                      72 67 57 54 52 50 58 65 67 61 51 46 43 40 49 56 58 55
Dewpt                     51 46 45 44 45 44 47 45 43 41 40 37 35 33 36 33 32 33
RH                        48 47 64 69 77 80 67 48 42 48 66 71 73 76 61 42 37 43
Wind dir                   W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd                  14  9  8  6  5  6  9 12 14 10  8  6  8  6  8  9  9  5
Wind gust                                         25
Clouds                    FW FW FW FW FW SC CL SC FW CL SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Tstms


Date          Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          38    61      41    65      39    62      40    65
Temp          42 39 57 59   47 42 61 60   44 39 57 58   45 41 59 62
Dewpt         35 35 37 39   42 42 44 38   38 36 37 35   38 38 45 47
PWind dir         W     S       S    NW      NW    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW SC SC   B1 B2 B1 FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5      20    10       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs                   S

$$
NDZ043-292100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1221 PM MDT Tue Sep 29 2026

Date             Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu 10/01/26
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                      77          49          74          42          58
Temp                      76 70 58 55 52 49 60 71 72 66 55 50 47 43 49 55 55 52
Dewpt                     35 39 41 41 40 41 45 45 44 43 44 42 38 35 35 32 32 34
RH                        22 32 53 59 63 74 58 39 37 43 66 74 71 73 58 41 41 50
Wind dir                   W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NE  E NE  E
Wind spd                  21 13  9  8  8  8  9 17 21 18 13  9  6  5  4  9 10 11
Wind gust                 32 24                   33 28
Clouds                    FW CL FW CL FW CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  S


Date               Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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            38    63      43    66      40    65      42    73
Temp          43   39 57 61 49   44 63 60 46   40 62 60 48   43 66 67
Dewpt         37   37 41 43 44   43 42 37 39   37 38 38 40   41 46 48
PWind dir          SE    SE       S    NW       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char          LT    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr           20     5      20    10       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     S                  S

$$
NDZ045-292100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
121 PM CDT Tue Sep 29 2026

Date             Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu 10/01/26
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          52          72          45          58
Temp                      72 67 60 56 54 52 59 68 72 65 58 53 48 45 48 54 57 54
Dewpt                     51 50 46 45 45 44 48 49 49 49 47 45 41 37 37 34 34 35
RH                        48 54 60 66 71 74 67 51 44 56 67 74 77 73 65 46 42 48
Wind dir                   W SW SW  W  W  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N NW  N  N NW NW
Wind spd                  10  5  9  9  9  9  8 11 12  8 10  9 10  9  6  8  8  4
Wind gust                                         24
Clouds                    CL FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Tstms


Date          Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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    58      46    63      41    61      45    63
Temp          46 42 53 55   49 46 58 59   47 41 56 57   48 46 57 60
Dewpt         38 38 40 42   44 45 48 44   41 38 41 40   41 41 49 51
PWind dir         W     S       S    NW      NW    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   CL FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      20    20       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs                      S  S

$$