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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
149 PM CDT Sun Aug 31 2025

NDZ015-312100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
149 PM CDT Sun Aug 31 2025

Date             Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25
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                      79          58          80          57          78
Temp                      79 74 65 61 60 59 65 74 78 77 67 62 60 58 66 75 75 70
Dewpt                     56 59 61 60 59 58 60 59 58 58 60 59 57 56 58 58 54 53
RH                        45 59 87 97 96 96 84 59 50 52 78 90 90 93 75 55 48 55
Wind dir                   S  S SW  S  S  S SW  S SW SW  S SW SW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                  10  6  5  4  3  3  5  8  6  6  5  5  4  5  8 10 11 11
Clouds                    B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2
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                    C
Tstms                         S                 S  S  S  S                    S
Obvis                                 PF PF


Date          Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          49    66      40    71      45    71      43    73
Temp          57 51 61 62   46 42 65 69   52 47 66 68   50 44 67 69
Dewpt         52 48 41 35   38 36 39 40   43 41 41 41   42 40 42 43
PWind dir         N     N       E     W      NW    NW      NW     W
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC FW   SC B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30     5       0     5       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     C  C
Tstms          S

$$
NDZ033-312100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1249 PM MDT Sun Aug 31 2025

Date             Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25
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                      73          52          82          54          77
Temp                      72 69 60 56 55 55 64 76 81 79 65 60 58 56 66 74 74 68
Dewpt                     58 57 58 56 55 55 59 57 54 53 55 53 52 52 55 54 53 53
RH                        61 66 93100100100 84 52 39 41 70 78 80 86 68 50 48 59
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  N  S SW  W NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                   6  8  8  8  8  6  5  5  6  6  5  5  5  6  8 10 10 10
Clouds                    B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          20          10           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  S                                         S  S  C
Tstms                      S  S                                         S  S  S
Obvis                                 PF PF
Heat index                                        81
Max heat                                             81


Date               Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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            48    64      40    72      44    70      42    73
Temp          54   49 60 61 45   41 66 69 51   47 65 66 47   44 67 69
Dewpt         52   48 41 36 36   35 39 38 40   39 41 39 40   38 40 41
PWind dir           N     N      SE     W      NW    NW      SE     S
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 SC SC SC   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           40     5       0     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     C    C
Tstms          S

$$
NDZ044-312100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1249 PM MDT Sun Aug 31 2025

Date             Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25
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                      69          51          80          52          80
Temp                      67 66 59 56 55 54 62 73 78 77 64 59 56 55 67 77 79 72
Dewpt                     59 60 59 56 55 54 60 60 57 57 59 57 54 51 56 55 53 55
RH                        75 81100100100100 93 64 48 50 84 93 93 86 68 47 41 55
Wind dir                  SE SE  S  S  S SW  S  S  S SW  S SW  W  W NW  N  N  N
Wind spd                  10  8  5  4  4  4  5  6  5  5  4  4  5  5  8 10 10 10
Clouds                    B2 B1 SC SC SC B2 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     40          20           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  S                                               C
Tstms                      S  S                                               S
Obvis                                 PF PF


Date               Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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            47    65      37    73      42    71      41    72
Temp          55   49 62 62 45   40 67 70 51   45 66 67 47   42 67 69
Dewpt         54   48 44 39 38   36 41 42 40   37 41 40 40   37 41 42
PWind dir           N     N       E     W      NW    NW       E    SE
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 SC SC SC   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           50     5       0     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     C    C
Tstms          S

$$
NDZ011-312100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
149 PM CDT Sun Aug 31 2025

Date             Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25
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                      82          59          84          56          72
Temp                      81 77 69 65 63 60 69 79 83 80 69 63 61 57 62 68 67 65
Dewpt                     58 58 58 58 58 58 60 58 56 56 58 57 57 56 57 55 53 53
RH                        46 52 68 78 84 93 73 49 40 44 68 81 87 96 84 63 61 65
Wind dir                   S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                   9  9  8  9  9  8  8  8  8  8  5  5  8  9 10 10 10 11
Clouds                    B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20          20          20
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  S  S
Tstms                         S                 S  S  S  S              S  S  S
Heat index                81                         80
Max heat                     81                      82


Date          Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          47    62      41    70      47    68      44    71
Temp          54 47 58 59   46 41 64 67   52 47 63 65   50 44 65 69
Dewpt         49 43 39 35   35 36 39 41   43 42 43 41   41 40 42 41
PWind dir         N     N      SW     W      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20     0       0     5       5     5       0     0
Rain shwrs     S  S
Tstms          S

$$
NDZ037-312100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
149 PM CDT Sun Aug 31 2025

Date             Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25
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                      79          56          78          56          75
Temp                      72 74 64 60 58 57 67 74 76 73 64 62 60 58 66 71 71 67
Dewpt                     62 59 59 58 58 57 62 62 61 61 60 59 58 57 60 60 57 55
RH                        71 59 84 93100100 84 66 60 66 87 90 93 96 81 68 61 65
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW  N  N  N
Wind spd                   4  6  5  5  4  4  5  8  8  5  6  6  6  8 10 11 13 11
Clouds                    SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  C  C  S  S  S  S        S  S  S
Tstms                                           S  S  S  S              S  S  S
Obvis                                 PF PF


Date          Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          47    62      39    65      45    67      41    68
Temp          54 50 58 56   44 40 60 61   50 48 63 62   47 44 63 64
Dewpt         51 46 41 38   38 36 39 41   43 42 45 42   42 40 43 44
PWind dir         N     N      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN    BZ      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20    10       0     5       5     5       0     0
Rain shwrs     S  S
Tstms          S

$$
NDZ001-312100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
149 PM CDT Sun Aug 31 2025

Date             Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25
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                      80          56          85          55          74
Temp                      78 77 67 63 60 57 66 79 84 83 71 65 60 57 63 70 71 68
Dewpt                     56 58 58 58 57 56 59 58 54 54 55 54 54 54 58 57 55 55
RH                        47 52 73 84 90 96 78 49 36 37 57 68 81 90 84 63 57 63
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  N  N  N
Wind spd                  12 10  9  8  5  5  5  6 10 10  5  5  5  5  6 10 11 12
Clouds                    B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          10          20           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S                    S  S                    C  C  S
Tstms                      S                    S  S                    S  S  S


Date          Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          48    65      42    74      46    71      44    74
Temp          56 48 60 64   49 44 68 72   55 48 65 69   52 46 67 72
Dewpt         51 45 41 38   38 37 43 43   43 42 43 41   42 40 43 43
PWind dir         N     N      SE     W      NW     N       E     E
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC SC FW   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20     0       0     5       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     S
Tstms          S

$$
NDZ021-312100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
149 PM CDT Sun Aug 31 2025

Date             Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25
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                      81          56          82          55          72
Temp                      81 74 64 61 58 57 67 77 81 79 66 61 59 57 64 70 70 65
Dewpt                     60 57 59 58 58 56 60 58 55 56 59 57 55 56 58 55 53 53
RH                        49 55 84 90100 96 78 52 41 45 78 87 87 96 81 59 55 65
Wind dir                   S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                  12  8  5  5  5  5  6  6  6  5  4  4  5  8 10 10 10 10
Clouds                    B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2
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                    C
Tstms                         S                 S  S  S  S                    S
Obvis                                 PF PF
Heat index                82                      81
Max heat                     82                      81


Date          Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          47    63      40    70      44    69      42    72
Temp          53 48 59 61   45 41 64 67   50 46 64 66   48 44 65 69
Dewpt         50 44 39 35   36 36 39 40   43 42 41 40   41 39 40 41
PWind dir         N     N       E     W      NW     N       N    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC FW   SC B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30     0       0     5       5     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     C  S
Tstms          S

$$
NDZ043-312100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1249 PM MDT Sun Aug 31 2025

Date             Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25
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                      70          51          83          53          82
Temp                      70 68 58 56 55 54 62 76 82 79 65 60 57 55 68 78 80 73
Dewpt                     59 59 58 56 55 53 59 57 52 52 54 54 52 50 54 52 50 53
RH                        68 73100100100 96 90 52 35 39 68 81 83 83 61 40 35 49
Wind dir                  SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  N  E SW  W  W NW  N  N  N
Wind spd                   8  9  9  8  6  5  5  8  9 10  5  4  5  5  8 10 12 13
Clouds                    B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     30          20           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  S                                               C
Tstms                      S  S                                               S
Obvis                                 PF PF
Heat index                                                                80
Max heat                                             81                      80


Date               Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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            48    66      39    75      43    72      42    74
Temp          55   49 62 64 45   40 67 71 52   46 65 69 47   43 68 71
Dewpt         54   49 43 37 38   37 41 40 40   38 40 38 39   38 40 41
PWind dir          NE     N       E     W      NW    NW       E    SE
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 SC FW SC   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           50     5       0     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     C    C
Tstms          S

$$
NDZ045-312100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
149 PM CDT Sun Aug 31 2025

Date             Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25
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                      73          58          77          58          78
Temp                      70 67 62 60 59 58 64 71 76 74 65 62 60 58 67 74 77 70
Dewpt                     61 61 61 60 59 58 62 60 60 61 61 59 58 57 60 58 56 56
RH                        73 81 97100100100 93 68 58 64 87 90 93 96 78 57 48 61
Wind dir                   S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S SW  S  S  S SW  W NW  N  N  N
Wind spd                   8  6  5  5  5  5  6  9  8  5  8  8  9  9 10 11 12 11
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     40          20          10          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  S                                               S
Tstms                      S  S                                               S
Obvis                                 PF PF


Date          Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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    64      42    69      47    68      44    69
Temp          57 51 61 60   47 43 64 67   53 48 63 64   50 44 64 67
Dewpt         54 49 42 37   38 36 40 43   43 40 42 41   41 40 42 43
PWind dir         N     N       E     W      NW    NW      NW     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC FW   SC B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40     5       0     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     S  C
Tstms          S

$$