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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
436 PM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026

NDZ015-230900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
436 PM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026

Date           07/22/26      Thu 07/23/26            Fri 07/24/26            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                      59          89          63         100          66
Temp             81 73 66 63 61 73 82 87 86 77 70 66 65 77 91 97 95 83 73 69 67
Dewpt            50 53 55 55 56 58 59 58 58 62 63 63 63 63 63 59 57 59 60 59 58
RH               34 49 68 75 84 59 46 38 39 60 78 90 93 62 40 29 28 44 64 70 73
Wind dir          S SE  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW  N  N  N
Wind spd         10  8  8  6  6  9 10 10 11 12 12 10 10 12 16 16 14  6  3  3  0
Wind gust        24                                        26 27
Clouds           CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW CL CL FW FW CL FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S
Heat index                         82                      92 97    83
Max heat         80    80          82    87    84          92    97    91


Date           07/25  Sun 07/26/26  Mon 07/27/26  Tue 07/28/26  Wed 07/29/26
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         103      70   104      68    99      65    96      65    96
Temp          94102   79 71 97101   76 69 94 96   74 66 89 92   73 67 90 93
Dewpt         58 52   59 61 59 51   56 57 54 50   57 57 55 52   57 57 56 53
PWind dir        SE       S     W       N     N      NE     N       E    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0      10     5      10     5      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                          S     S
Tstms                                                               S     S

$$
NDZ033-230900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
336 PM MDT Wed Jul 22 2026

Date           07/22/26      Thu 07/23/26            Fri 07/24/26            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                      59          90          63         100          65
Temp             83 72 66 63 61 73 83 88 89 76 70 67 66 82 94 98 97 81 72 69 67
Dewpt            53 55 57 57 57 59 59 56 54 58 61 62 61 61 57 51 48 50 50 49 50
RH               36 55 73 81 87 62 44 34 30 54 73 84 84 49 29 21 19 34 46 49 54
Wind dir         SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S SE  S  S SW SW  W  W NW NW  W SW  S
Wind spd         14 12 12 11  9  9  8  5  6 10 12 13 13 14 17 20 18  6  5  6  6
Wind gust                                                  27 32 28
Clouds           FW SC B1 SC SC B1 FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                         83                   83
Max heat         82    80          83    87    85          93    96    89


Date           07/25/26  Sun 07/26/26  Mon 07/27/26  Tue 07/28/26  Wed 07/29/26
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         104      70   102      67    98      63    95      65    95
Temp          97102 78   71 97100 75   68 92 96 72   65 88 93 73   66 89 92
Dewpt         49 48 53   54 52 46 51   51 50 47 50   52 52 50 53   55 55 52
PWind dir         S       S    NW      NE    NW      NE    NE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   B1 SC FW FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      20     5      10     5      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                S                                    S    S     S
Tstms                                                          S    S     S

$$
NDZ044-230900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
336 PM MDT Wed Jul 22 2026

Date           07/22/26      Thu 07/23/26            Fri 07/24/26            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                      57          87          59         100          64
Temp             75 69 63 60 59 71 80 85 84 73 67 63 62 80 93 98 96 79 72 68 66
Dewpt            58 57 57 57 57 60 61 60 60 60 62 61 61 63 59 54 51 51 50 50 51
RH               55 66 81 90 93 68 52 43 44 64 84 93 97 56 32 23 22 38 46 52 58
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW SW  W
Wind spd         12 13 11  8  5  8 10  9  9 10 10  8  8 12 14 16 16  5  2  3  3
Wind gust        23 24                                     25 28 26
Clouds           CL SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                         81 85 84             81
Max heat                           81    85    82          92    97    88


Date           07/25/26  Sun 07/26/26  Mon 07/27/26  Tue 07/28/26  Wed 07/29/26
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         104      68   103      66    98      63    94      63    95
Temp          97100 78   69 98100 75   67 94 94 73   64 89 91 72   64 90 91
Dewpt         51 50 53   55 52 48 49   51 50 48 49   52 53 52 53   55 55 52
PWind dir         S      SE    NW      NE     N      NE     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      20     5       5     5      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs           S    S                                    S    S     S
Tstms                S                                         S          S

$$
NDZ056-230900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
436 PM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026

Date           07/22/26      Thu 07/23/26            Fri 07/24/26            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                      60          90          66          96          63
Temp             82 70 64 63 63 75 84 88 88 76 71 70 68 80 90 93 91 78 69 66 64
Dewpt            48 53 53 54 56 59 58 55 54 56 59 61 62 63 62 60 59 62 63 62 61
RH               31 55 67 72 78 58 41 33 31 50 66 73 81 56 39 33 34 58 81 87 90
Wind dir          S SE  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W NW  N  N  N SE
Wind spd         11  5  8 10 11 11  9  8  8  6 13 16 16 16 17 19 17  6  4  3  2
Wind gust                                      24 28 28 27 28 31 28
Clouds           FW FW FW FW SC CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10          10          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  S  S
Tstms                                                 S  S  S  S
Heat index                         84                   81 90 93
Max heat         81                84    87    84          90    93    87


Date           07/25  Sun 07/26/26  Mon 07/27/26  Tue 07/28/26  Wed 07/29/26
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          98      67    99      65    93      63    92      63    92
Temp          90 96   73 68 92 96   73 66 89 91   69 64 87 89   69 64 86 89
Dewpt         57 49   59 59 56 52   57 56 54 50   56 56 54 51   56 56 55 52
PWind dir         S       S    NW      NW    NW      NW     N       E    SE
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL   CL SC SC FW   CL FW SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0      10     5       5     5      10     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                          S     S

$$
NDZ037-230900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
436 PM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026

Date           07/22/26      Thu 07/23/26            Fri 07/24/26            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                      58          86          62          94          66
Temp             78 69 64 61 61 74 81 84 83 74 68 64 64 76 86 91 89 77 72 68 67
Dewpt            53 53 54 53 55 56 56 57 58 61 61 61 62 64 64 63 64 66 65 63 64
RH               42 57 70 75 81 53 42 40 43 64 78 90 93 66 48 40 44 69 79 84 90
Wind dir          S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S SW  W NW  N
Wind spd          4  5  8  9  9 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 13 16 17 18 14 12  9  6  5
Wind gust                                               26 27 28
Clouds           FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW CL SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                          S  S
Heat index                         81    83                87 92 90
Max heat                           81    84    81          87    92    87


Date           07/25  Sun 07/26/26  Mon 07/27/26  Tue 07/28/26  Wed 07/29/26
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          96      68    98      67    94      63    91      63    90
Temp          88 94   73 69 92 94   73 68 89 90   70 65 86 87   69 65 86 87
Dewpt         62 60   62 63 64 61   60 60 59 56   59 59 57 55   58 58 57 55
PWind dir        NE      SE     S       N     N       N     N      NE     E
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL   CL SC B1 FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     5      10     5      10     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                          S     S
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
NDZ001-230900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
436 PM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026

Date           07/22/26      Thu 07/23/26            Fri 07/24/26            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                      59          91          65          96          63
Temp             84 73 67 64 62 74 86 90 89 79 72 70 69 80 92 95 92 80 72 68 66
Dewpt            50 56 56 56 58 62 61 57 56 58 58 58 59 63 63 58 58 60 60 59 58
RH               31 55 68 75 87 66 43 33 33 49 61 66 70 56 38 29 32 51 66 73 75
Wind dir          E  E SE  S  S  S  S  W  W SE  S  S SW  W  W  W NW NE  E  E SE
Wind spd          6  8  8  6  5  6  8  8  6  4  8 11 11 14 18 24 16  5  4  4  4
Wind gust                                                  28 37
Clouds           FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW SC FW FW SC CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S
Heat index                         86                   81 93       81
Max heat         83    81          86    89    86          93    95    87


Date           07/25  Sun 07/26/26  Mon 07/27/26  Tue 07/28/26  Wed 07/29/26
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         100      68    96      64    93      63    90      64    92
Temp          93 97   77 69 92 94   72 66 89 91   71 63 86 88   72 66 87 89
Dewpt         58 54   58 58 57 54   56 56 57 53   55 55 58 56   56 56 58 56
PWind dir        SW      SE    NW       N    NW       N    NE       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL   FW SC SC CL   FW SC SC FW   FW SC SC FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0      10    10      10     5       5    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                          S     S

$$
NDZ021-230900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
436 PM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026

Date           07/22/26      Thu 07/23/26            Fri 07/24/26            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                      60          89          65          96          64
Temp             81 70 65 63 61 73 82 87 86 75 70 68 66 79 90 94 91 78 70 67 65
Dewpt            49 54 54 56 57 59 59 57 56 60 62 63 63 64 63 59 57 60 61 62 60
RH               33 57 68 78 87 62 46 36 36 60 76 84 90 60 41 31 32 54 73 84 84
Wind dir         SE  E  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW  N NE  N  N
Wind spd          6  6  9  8  6  9  9  6  5  6 12 12 12 14 17 18 17  6  2  3  0
Wind gust                                      23 23       27 31 27
Clouds           CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S
Heat index                         82                      91
Max heat         81                82    86    83          91    94    86


Date           07/25  Sun 07/26/26  Mon 07/27/26  Tue 07/28/26  Wed 07/29/26
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          99      69    99      66    94      63    91      64    92
Temp          91 96   75 70 93 95   73 67 89 91   70 64 86 89   70 65 86 88
Dewpt         58 53   60 60 58 54   57 57 55 51   56 57 55 52   57 57 57 54
PWind dir         S       S     W       N    NW       N     N       E    SE
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL   CL SC SC FW   CL FW SC FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0      10     5       5     5      10     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                          S  S  S
Tstms                                                               S

$$
NDZ043-230900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
336 PM MDT Wed Jul 22 2026

Date           07/22/26      Thu 07/23/26            Fri 07/24/26            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                      57          88          60         100          64
Temp             80 70 64 61 59 72 81 87 86 74 68 64 63 82 95 99 97 79 71 67 66
Dewpt            54 57 58 58 57 60 61 59 56 59 62 62 61 62 57 51 47 49 49 48 49
RH               41 63 81 90 93 66 51 39 36 59 81 93 93 51 28 20 18 35 46 50 54
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W NW NW SW SW SW
Wind spd         17 16 14 11  9  9 10  8  9 11 12 11 10 13 18 21 19  6  4  6  6
Wind gust                                                     32 29
Clouds           CL B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index       80                82                   83
Max heat         81                82    87    83          94    97    89


Date           07/25/26  Sun 07/26/26  Mon 07/27/26  Tue 07/28/26  Wed 07/29/26
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         104      67   102      65    98      62    96      63    95
Temp          98101 77   68 97 99 74   66 94 95 71   63 90 93 72   64 90 92
Dewpt         49 48 52   54 51 46 49   50 48 47 49   51 52 50 53   55 55 51
PWind dir         S       S    NW       N    NW      NE     E      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   B1 SC FW FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0      20     5      10     5      10    20      20    20
Rain shwrs           S    S                              S  S  S    S     S
Tstms                S                                      S  S    S     S

$$
NDZ045-230900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
436 PM CDT Wed Jul 22 2026

Date           07/22/26      Thu 07/23/26            Fri 07/24/26            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                      61          84          63          97          68
Temp             75 71 65 63 62 71 79 83 82 73 68 65 64 76 89 96 94 81 75 71 69
Dewpt            53 54 55 55 56 59 60 60 61 62 63 62 62 65 63 59 57 57 57 56 56
RH               46 55 70 75 81 66 52 46 49 68 84 90 93 69 42 29 29 44 54 59 63
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W SW  W  W NW
Wind spd         10 12 12 11 12 13 12 12 13 17 16 14 14 14 16 16 13 10  6  8  8
Wind gust                                                     27 24
Clouds           CL CL SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                            83 83                90 96    81
Max heat                                 84    81          90    96    89


Date           07/25  Sun 07/26/26  Mon 07/27/26  Tue 07/28/26  Wed 07/29/26
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         101      73   102      69    96      67    93      67    93
Temp          95100   79 73 97 99   77 70 93 94   75 68 89 90   73 68 89 91
Dewpt         57 54   57 60 59 53   54 55 55 51   54 56 55 53   56 57 57 53
PWind dir        SE      SE     W       N    NE      NE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW B1 FW   FW FW SC SC   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      20     5      10    10      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs             S  S                                         S  S  S
Tstms                  S                                            S  S  S

$$