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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
131 PM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026

NDZ015-012100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
131 PM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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                      64          38          65          45          69
Temp                      64 58 49 44 42 40 48 57 63 59 55 52 49 48 55 65 68 63
Dewpt                     31 32 33 33 33 33 36 36 36 35 38 41 43 44 46 43 39 37
RH                        29 37 54 65 70 76 63 45 36 40 53 66 80 86 72 45 34 38
Wind dir                  NW NW  N  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  W NW NW NW
Wind spd                  11  5  2  1  1  4  8 16 18 13 13  9  5  3  6 16 18 13
Wind gust                                               24             27 29 24
Clouds                    SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW SC B1 B1 FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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          41    65      43    72      51    78      49    72
Temp          49 42 60 60   49 46 65 69   59 53 73 72   57 51 68 67
Dewpt         39 38 37 36   38 40 47 51   52 50 49 45   45 44 43 40
PWind dir        NW    SE      SE    SE       S     W      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ033-012100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1231 PM MDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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                      62          42          69          48          68
Temp                      62 57 48 45 44 44 50 61 67 63 57 54 51 51 56 64 67 61
Dewpt                     25 27 29 30 31 32 35 37 40 41 43 44 45 45 45 42 38 36
RH                        24 31 47 55 60 62 56 41 37 44 59 69 80 80 66 45 34 39
Wind dir                   N  N SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   6  3  3  4  6 10 17 21 18 12 13 10  8  9 12 18 18 11
Wind gust                                      32                      28 29 21
Clouds                    B1 SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW SC B2 FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                               38
Min chill                                38    39


Date               Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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            40    68      45    79      53    79      49    74
Temp          47   41 63 62 50   47 71 73 59   54 75 71 55   50 70 68
Dewpt         37   36 38 36 38   41 49 48 47   43 43 40 42   41 40 37
PWind dir          NW    SE      SE     S      SW     W      NW     W
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW   SC FW CL CL   FW FW CL FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ044-012100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1231 PM MDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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                      60          43          69          46          68
Temp                      60 57 50 48 47 45 52 61 67 63 55 52 50 50 58 65 68 62
Dewpt                     28 29 33 32 34 34 36 38 42 44 45 45 46 45 47 43 40 38
RH                        29 34 52 54 60 65 54 42 40 50 69 77 86 83 67 45 36 41
Wind dir                  NW  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE  S  W  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   4  3  3  2  5 11 18 20 17 11  9  4  4  6 12 19 20 13
Wind gust                                      31                   24 29 33 25
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S
Wind chill                               39
Min chill                                39


Date               Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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            39    66      43    76      51    79      48    73
Temp          47   40 62 62 50   45 69 72 57   52 76 72 55   49 70 67
Dewpt         38   37 39 40 40   43 52 51 49   44 44 41 43   41 41 39
PWind dir          NW    SE      SE     S      SW    NW      NW     W
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL CL SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ056-012100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
131 PM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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                      61          36          61          45          64
Temp                      60 54 45 42 40 38 47 56 59 56 51 50 48 47 54 61 64 59
Dewpt                     34 34 34 34 33 32 35 38 39 40 40 41 42 42 44 44 43 41
RH                        37 46 65 73 76 79 63 51 47 55 66 71 80 83 69 53 46 51
Wind dir                  NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  14  6  4  4  4  5  9 14 17 12 13 10  6  8 13 18 19 12
Wind gust                                               25          24 31 32 24
Clouds                    CL CL FW B2 SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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    62      40    70      51    73      49    69
Temp          46 39 59 57   45 41 64 66   56 52 70 67   54 49 66 63
Dewpt         38 34 38 38   36 36 48 52   51 46 50 47   43 41 44 42
PWind dir        NW     N      SE     S      SW     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW   CL FW SC FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ037-012100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
131 PM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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                      62          36          58          41          67
Temp                      61 55 46 43 39 38 47 55 56 53 50 48 46 45 54 64 65 60
Dewpt                     29 31 34 33 33 33 37 36 36 36 37 38 40 41 47 46 44 43
RH                        29 40 63 67 79 82 68 49 47 52 61 68 79 86 77 52 46 53
Wind dir                  NW NW NW  W  W SW  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S SW  W NW NW
Wind spd                  16  8  4  4  2  2  5 11 12 11 13 11 11  9  9 12 18 13
Wind gust                                               24 21 21       23 29 25
Clouds                    CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 SC SC B1 SC B1 SC FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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          40    62      38    66      49    74      48    69
Temp          49 42 58 57   44 40 62 63   55 51 70 67   56 50 66 63
Dewpt         41 38 38 38   36 36 44 48   50 50 55 51   46 43 45 44
PWind dir        NW    NW      SE    SE       S     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN    LT      LT    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC FW FW   CL FW FW FW   CL SC SC FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ001-012100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
131 PM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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                      62          40          69          47          64
Temp                      62 57 48 45 43 42 49 60 67 64 56 52 50 48 53 61 64 60
Dewpt                     32 33 33 34 31 31 35 39 43 46 46 45 44 42 44 44 43 40
RH                        32 40 56 65 62 65 58 46 42 52 69 77 80 80 71 53 46 47
Wind dir                  NW NW  E SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SW  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  10  4  2  3  4  6 12 19 16  9  6  4  5  9 14 19 20 12
Wind gust                                                                 31
Clouds                    CL FW B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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    64      45    76      51    74      48    70
Temp          45 39 60 61   50 46 69 72   58 52 71 68   54 48 67 66
Dewpt         37 35 40 40   39 40 51 52   47 43 48 46   43 41 44 42
PWind dir         N    SE      SE     S      SW     W      NW     W
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC FW CL   CL FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ021-012100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
131 PM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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                      62          38          63          43          66
Temp                      62 56 46 43 41 40 47 55 61 58 53 50 48 48 55 63 65 60
Dewpt                     31 31 33 33 32 33 35 37 38 37 39 40 43 43 44 42 40 36
RH                        31 38 60 67 70 76 63 51 42 45 59 68 83 83 66 46 40 41
Wind dir                  NW NW  N  E SE SE SE SE  S SE  S  S  S  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  12  6  2  1  2  4  9 17 18 13 13 10  6  6 12 18 19 12
Wind gust                                               26             28 29 23
Clouds                    FW CL SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 B2 SC FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   S


Date          Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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    63      40    72      50    75      48    70
Temp          46 41 58 59   47 43 65 68   57 51 71 69   54 49 66 65
Dewpt         37 35 36 34   37 38 47 50   50 47 48 44   43 41 43 39
PWind dir        NW     S      SE    SE       S     W      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC FW CL   CL FW FW FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ043-012100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1231 PM MDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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                      59          43          71          48          69
Temp                      58 55 49 48 47 45 51 62 69 65 56 53 51 51 58 66 68 61
Dewpt                     23 24 31 32 33 33 35 38 42 43 45 45 45 44 45 40 37 35
RH                        26 30 50 54 58 62 54 41 37 45 66 74 80 77 62 38 32 38
Wind dir                  NW SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   5  6  5  6 10 14 20 20 17 11 10  6  6 10 17 21 24 17
Wind gust                                      31                      32 35 27
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW B1 SC CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                               38
Min chill                                38    38


Date               Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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            40    68      45    81      53    80      49    75
Temp          47   40 64 64 52   45 74 75 58   53 77 72 55   50 72 69
Dewpt         37   35 37 38 40   42 48 45 45   40 39 37 41   39 37 35
PWind dir           W    SE      SE     S      SW    NW      NW     W
Wind char          LT    GN      BZ    GN      GN    BZ      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC FW CL CL   CL CL CL SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ045-012100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
131 PM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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                      62          42          63          48          67
Temp                      62 57 51 47 45 45 49 56 61 59 55 52 50 49 55 63 66 61
Dewpt                     29 31 32 32 33 35 37 36 37 39 41 43 45 45 48 46 42 39
RH                        28 37 48 56 62 68 63 47 41 47 59 71 83 86 77 54 42 44
Wind dir                   N  N  N SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE  S  S SW  W NW NW NW
Wind spd                  10  5  2  2  3  6 13 20 21 16 19 12  8  5  9 17 19 12
Wind gust                                      31                      27 32 24
Clouds                    SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S


Date          Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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          43    63      47    69      54    76      52    70
Temp          49 43 57 58   50 48 63 66   58 54 71 70   57 52 66 65
Dewpt         40 38 39 39   41 43 50 54   53 50 50 46   46 44 44 42
PWind dir        NW     E      SE    SE       S     W      NW     W
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$