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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
949 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

NDZ015-310900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
949 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue
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                      57          79          57          81          57
Temp                65 61 59 58 65 75 78 75 67 63 61 59 66 76 78 77 68 62 60 58
Dewpt               63 61 59 58 61 60 58 58 60 59 59 58 60 59 58 59 60 59 58 56
RH                  93100100100 87 60 50 55 78 87 93 96 81 56 50 54 76 90 93 93
Wind dir             N  S NE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S SW  W NW
Wind spd             0  1  2  2  3  6  6  8  5  5  4  4  5  9  8  6  5  5  5  6
Clouds              B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20          10          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  C  C
Tstms                                                       S  C
Obvis                      F  F  F


Date           09/02  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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      45    63      40    69      44    74      45    77
Temp          74 68   54 48 58 59   46 42 63 66   50 46 69 70   53 47 71 73
Dewpt         57 53   50 45 39 36   37 37 38 39   41 39 43 43   44 43 45 47
PWind dir         N       N     N      NW    NW      NW    NW      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      20     5       5     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs        S    S  S
Tstms             S    S

$$
NDZ033-310900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
849 PM MDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue
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                      53          74          53          84          54
Temp                61 58 56 56 63 70 73 72 62 58 57 54 65 77 81 79 65 60 58 56
Dewpt               58 56 56 56 60 58 57 57 58 57 56 54 58 56 53 54 55 53 53 51
RH                  90 93100100 90 66 57 59 87 96 96100 78 48 38 42 70 78 83 83
Wind dir             S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW  N SW  W  W NW
Wind spd             3  4  5  4  6 10 10  9  9  9  8  6  6  6  8  9  6  5  6  8
Clouds              B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          20           5          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S              S  S
Tstms                               S  S
Obvis                     PF PF PF


Date           09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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      43    61      38    70      43    74      45    77
Temp          73 67 51   46 56 60 44   40 63 69 50   45 68 72 52   47 72 75
Dewpt         53 53 49   45 39 36 37   36 38 37 40   39 41 40 41   40 42 42
PWind dir         N       N     N      SE     W      NW    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2   B2 SC FW SC   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      30     5       5     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs        S  S    C
Tstms             S  S

$$
NDZ044-310900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
849 PM MDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue
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                      52          71          51          81          52
Temp                58 57 56 55 61 68 71 69 60 57 55 53 63 76 80 77 64 59 56 54
Dewpt               56 56 56 55 60 60 58 59 60 57 55 53 59 59 55 56 57 56 54 51
RH                  93 96100100 97 76 63 70100100100100 87 56 42 48 78 90 93 90
Wind dir             E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S NW  N SE SW  W NW
Wind spd             4  3  3  2  5 10  9  8  5  5  5  4  5  8  8  8  5  5  5  6
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC FW CL FW SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          40           5          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C  C  S  C  C
Tstms                S              S  S
Obvis                     PF PF PF
Heat index                                                    80
Max heat                                                         80


Date           09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          79      43    62      35    71      41    74      42    77
Temp          77 71 52   47 58 60 44   40 64 68 49   44 68 71 51   45 72 74
Dewpt         53 53 52   45 39 36 37   34 39 38 40   37 41 41 41   38 44 45
PWind dir         N       N     N       E    NW      NW    NW      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B2   B2 SC FW SC   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      30     5       5     0       0     0       0     5
Rain shwrs        S  S    C
Tstms             S  S

$$
NDZ011-310900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
949 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue
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          60          85          56
Temp                65 62 61 59 70 78 80 78 69 65 63 61 69 78 82 79 68 63 60 58
Dewpt               57 57 58 57 59 58 56 57 58 58 58 58 60 58 55 56 58 57 56 56
RH                  75 84 90 93 68 50 44 48 68 78 84 90 73 50 40 45 70 81 87 93
Wind dir             S SW SW  S SW  S SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW NW NW  N NW  N  N
Wind spd             4  4  5  5  5 10 10  9  8  8  8  8  8  8  8  8  8  8  9 10
Clouds              FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          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
Tstms                                                          S
Heat index                            80
Max heat                                 80                      81


Date           09/02  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          68      42    60      40    69      46    73      47    75
Temp          66 61   51 44 55 59   45 43 63 67   52 48 67 70   53 49 70 73
Dewpt         56 52   47 41 39 36   37 36 39 40   41 41 43 43   43 42 45 45
PWind dir         N       N     N       W    NW      NW    NW      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         30      20     5       5     0       5     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     S  C    S
Tstms             S

$$
NDZ037-310900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
949 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue
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                      56          77          56          78          57
Temp                62 59 58 57 66 74 77 74 64 61 59 58 67 74 75 72 64 62 60 58
Dewpt               62 59 58 57 62 61 58 58 59 59 58 58 61 61 60 60 60 60 58 57
RH                 100100100100 87 64 52 57 84 93 96100 81 64 60 66 87 93 93 96
Wind dir             N  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S SW  W NW
Wind spd             0  1  2  2  4  8  8  6  5  5  5  5  6  9  9  6  6  6  8  9
Clouds              SC FW FW B1 SC SC SC FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  C  C  S  S  C  C  S
Tstms                                                       C  C  S  S  S  S
Obvis                     PF PF PF


Date           09/02  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          72      44    58      39    63      44    69      45    72
Temp          69 65   52 47 55 55   44 42 59 60   48 45 65 66   51 46 66 68
Dewpt         59 55   48 43 41 38   38 37 39 40   41 40 45 46   45 43 48 49
PWind dir         N       N     N      NW    NW      NW    NW       N    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30      10     0       0     5       5     5       0     0
Rain shwrs     S  C
Tstms             C

$$
NDZ001-310900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
949 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue
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                      57          79          57          85          55
Temp                64 61 61 58 65 75 79 78 69 63 61 58 68 80 84 83 71 65 61 57
Dewpt               55 56 57 56 60 60 58 58 59 58 57 56 59 58 54 54 54 54 54 54
RH                  73 84 87 93 84 60 49 50 70 84 87 93 73 47 36 37 55 68 78 90
Wind dir             S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             6  6  5  5  9 12 11  9  6  6  5  5  5  9 11 11  6  5  5  6
Clouds              B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          10          10           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    S
Heat index                                                 81
Max heat                                                   81    83    80


Date           09/02  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          72      45    64      40    73      45    75      47    77
Temp          69 66   53 46 58 63   49 43 66 72   53 47 69 73   55 49 72 76
Dewpt         57 54   49 42 41 38   39 37 41 41   42 41 45 44   43 42 46 46
PWind dir         N      NE     N      SE     W      NW    NW       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B1 B1 SC FW   SC B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      10     0       5     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     S  S
Tstms             S

$$
NDZ021-310900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
949 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue
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                      56          79          56          84          55
Temp                64 60 58 57 68 75 78 76 66 61 59 58 68 77 81 80 66 61 59 57
Dewpt               60 60 58 57 60 58 56 57 59 59 58 57 60 58 55 56 59 57 55 55
RH                  87100100100 76 55 47 52 78 93 96 96 76 52 41 44 78 87 87 93
Wind dir             S SW SW SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW  N  W  N  N
Wind spd             3  1  2  2  5  9  9  8  5  5  5  5  6  8  8  6  5  5  6  9
Clouds              B1 B1 B2 B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          10          10          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                          S
Obvis                     PF PF PF
Heat index                                                    81 80
Max heat                                                         81


Date           09/02  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          72      42    61      39    69      44    72      45    75
Temp          69 63   50 44 56 59   44 42 63 67   50 46 67 70   52 47 69 73
Dewpt         56 53   47 42 39 36   37 36 37 39   41 41 42 42   43 43 44 44
PWind dir         N       N     N      NE     W      NW    NW       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      20     5       5     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs        S    S
Tstms             S    S

$$
NDZ043-310900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
849 PM MDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue
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                      52          73          51          84          52
Temp                58 56 56 55 61 69 73 72 60 56 54 53 65 78 83 80 65 59 56 54
Dewpt               58 56 56 55 60 58 58 57 58 56 54 53 58 54 51 51 54 53 52 49
RH                 100100100100 97 68 59 59 93100100100 78 43 33 36 68 80 86 83
Wind dir            SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S SW  W  N  N NE SW  W NW
Wind spd             2  3  5  5  8 11 10 10  9  8  6  5  6  9 10 10  6  5  5  6
Clouds              B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW CL FW SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     30          30           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  S  S  C  S  S  S
Tstms                S  S           S  S
Obvis                     PF PF PF
Heat index                                                       80
Max heat                                                         82


Date           09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          80      44    63      37    72      42    75      45    79
Temp          77 71 52   47 59 61 44   40 65 70 50   44 70 73 52   46 73 76
Dewpt         51 52 51   46 39 36 37   36 36 37 39   37 40 39 41   38 42 43
PWind dir         N      NE     N      SE     W      NW    NW      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B2   B2 SC FW SC   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      30     5       5     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs           S    C
Tstms                S

$$
NDZ045-310900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
949 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue
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          73          57          77          57
Temp                64 61 59 58 64 70 73 70 63 61 59 58 65 73 76 73 65 62 59 58
Dewpt               62 60 59 58 62 61 60 61 61 60 59 58 61 60 60 60 61 59 58 56
RH                  93 97100100 93 73 64 73 93 97100100 87 64 58 64 87 90 96 93
Wind dir            SW  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S SW  W NW
Wind spd             3  4  5  5  5  8  8  6  8  8  8  6  8 10  9  6  8  9 10 10
Clouds              OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          40          10          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
Tstms                                  S                       S
Obvis                  PF  F  F  F


Date           09/02  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          77      46    61      41    67      44    71      47    74
Temp          74 68   54 47 56 57   45 41 61 65   51 45 67 68   53 47 69 71
Dewpt         57 55   51 46 39 37   37 35 38 40   40 39 43 44   43 42 45 48
PWind dir         N       N     N      NW    NW      NW    NW      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   B2 B1 SC SC   FW SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      20     5       5     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs        S       S
Tstms             S

$$