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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
149 AM CDT Thu Jul 17 2025

NDZ015-180900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
149 AM CDT Thu Jul 17 2025

Date           07/16/25      Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25            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                      43          70          55          80          55
Temp                      45 44 56 66 67 67 63 60 58 57 64 72 77 76 67 61 58 57
Dewpt                     45 44 47 45 46 48 50 52 55 56 58 59 58 58 59 58 57 56
RH                       100100 72 47 47 50 62 75 90 96 81 64 52 54 75 90 96 96
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE  S SE SE SE  E  E  E NE  N NE NE NE  E  E
Wind spd                   2  2  6 10 11 11 10  9  8  6  6  8  9 10  6  4  3  3
Clouds                    FW FW SC SC B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC B2
PoP 12hr                      0          20          70          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.35        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  L  L
Tstms                                     S  C  C  C
Obvis                      K  K  K


Date           07/19  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25  Wed 07/23/25
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          80      60    84      63    89      61    85      60    82
Temp          73 79   65 62 76 80   68 64 81 84   67 63 80 81   66 62 76 79
Dewpt         55 55   57 58 62 63   64 63 64 63   62 60 61 60   60 59 59 57
PWind dir         E      SE    SE      SE     S       N    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5      40    50      50    20      30    20      40    30
Rain shwrs             C  C  C  C    C  S     S    C  S  S  S    C  C  C  S
Tstms                     S  S  C    C  S     S    C     S  S    C  S     S

$$
NDZ033-180900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1249 AM MDT Thu Jul 17 2025

Date           07/16/25      Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25            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                      42          65          50          77          54
Temp                      44 44 52 59 63 64 59 54 52 52 62 69 75 75 65 59 56 56
Dewpt                     42 44 47 49 49 53 53 52 52 52 56 56 55 57 58 57 56 56
RH                        93100 83 69 60 67 80 93100100 81 63 50 54 78 93100100
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E NE NE  N  N  N NE  E  E  E
Wind spd                   8  8 13 18 18 14 12 10  8  5  6  9 10 10  8  6  6  6
Clouds                    FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0          20          50           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.21           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S  S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  C  C
Obvis                      K  K  K


Date           07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25  Wed 07/23/25
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          78      59    84      59    86      58    82      57    77
Temp          71 76 63   61 74 79 64   61 79 81 63   59 75 78 62   58 71 74
Dewpt         58 59 58   59 63 63 61   60 60 59 59   58 59 59 59   57 57 57
PWind dir        SE      SE     S      SE     E       N    NE      NE     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      40    40      30    20      20    20      40    20
Rain shwrs           C    C  S  C  C          S  S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S
Tstms                S    C  S  C  C          S  S       S  S  S          S

$$
NDZ044-180900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1249 AM MDT Thu Jul 17 2025

Date           07/16/25      Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25            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                      41          69          49          80          54
Temp                      44 44 52 58 65 68 60 54 53 53 64 73 78 79 67 60 57 57
Dewpt                     43 44 49 50 52 54 55 54 53 53 58 59 58 57 59 58 57 57
RH                        96100 89 75 63 61 84100100100 81 62 50 47 75 93100100
Wind dir                   N SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E NE NE NE  N NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd                   0  6 16 19 19 17 13 10  5  5  6 11 11 10  6  5  5  6
Wind gust                          29 31 27
Clouds                    B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                      0          10          40           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  S  S                    S  S  S
Tstms                                     C  S  S
Obvis                      K  K


Date           07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25  Wed 07/23/25
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      59    87      59    89      57    84      56    79
Temp          72 78 65   61 79 84 66   61 82 84 64   60 78 81 64   59 74 77
Dewpt         60 60 59   60 64 62 62   60 61 57 57   57 59 61 60   58 59 57
PWind dir        SE      SE     S      SE     N       N    NE      NE     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      40    30      30    20      30    20      40    20
Rain shwrs     S  S  C    C  S  C  C          S  S    C  S  S  C    C  S
Tstms             S  C    C  S  C  C          S  S       S  S  C    S

$$
NDZ011-180900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
149 AM CDT Thu Jul 17 2025

Date           07/16/25      Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25            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                      45          72          53          73          52
Temp                      49 45 59 68 70 67 59 58 56 55 62 68 71 72 63 57 55 54
Dewpt                     45 43 47 45 46 48 50 51 51 52 54 55 54 54 54 53 53 53
RH                        86 93 64 43 42 50 72 77 83 90 75 63 55 53 72 86 93 96
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  E  E NE NE NE NE  E SE SE
Wind spd                   5  5  9 11 11 10  9  8  6  6  8 10  9  9  5  3  2  3
Clouds                    SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0          20          60          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  L  L  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                     S                    S
Obvis                            K  K  K


Date           07/19  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25  Wed 07/23/25
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          79      59    80      60    81      59    80      57    76
Temp          73 77   63 61 74 77   65 63 76 78   64 60 75 76   62 58 70 74
Dewpt         53 54   55 57 61 63   62 61 62 61   59 57 59 59   57 56 56 55
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       S     S      NW    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          5      50    50      50    20      20    30      50    30
Rain shwrs             S  C  C  C    C  S     S    S  S     C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                  S  S  C  C    C  S     S    S        S    S        S

$$
NDZ037-180900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
149 AM CDT Thu Jul 17 2025

Date           07/16/25      Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25            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                      42          71          56          72          55
Temp                      43 44 57 66 69 68 62 59 58 58 62 65 68 69 62 59 57 57
Dewpt                     43 44 48 47 48 49 52 54 56 57 60 61 62 62 61 59 57 56
RH                       100100 72 50 47 51 70 83 93 96 93 87 81 78 97100100 96
Wind dir                  NW  N SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E NE NE NE  N  N
Wind spd                   3  2  4  9 10  9  8  9  9 10 10 10 10 10  6  5  4  5
Clouds                    FW FW FW FW FW B1 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          70          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.69        0.09           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                     S  S  C  C  C
Obvis                      K  K


Date           07/19  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25  Wed 07/23/25
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          76      56    80      62    84      62    81      59    79
Temp          70 73   60 58 73 77   66 65 75 79   66 63 76 77   64 61 72 76
Dewpt         58 58   57 57 62 64   64 64 67 67   64 63 64 64   62 61 62 62
PWind dir         E      SE    SE      SE     S      SW     N      NE     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0      20    40      60    30      30    20      30    30
Rain shwrs                S  C  C    L  C  C  C    C        S    C  C  C  S
Tstms                           S    C  S  C  C    C        S    C  S     S

$$
NDZ001-180900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
149 AM CDT Thu Jul 17 2025

Date           07/16/25      Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25            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                      46          69          53          76          54
Temp                      48 47 58 64 65 65 58 57 55 54 63 70 74 75 66 60 57 56
Dewpt                     45 45 49 49 51 52 52 52 52 52 55 56 55 55 56 55 54 54
RH                        89 93 72 58 60 63 80 83 90 93 75 61 51 50 70 84 90 93
Wind dir                  SE  E SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E NE NE  N NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   3  6 13 18 18 14 11  9  6  6  8  9 10 10  6  5  5  6
Clouds                    SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          20          50           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  S
Obvis                      K  K  K  K  K


Date           07/19  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25  Wed 07/23/25
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          80      61    84      60    83      59    79      57    76
Temp          76 79   67 63 78 82   66 61 77 81   65 60 74 77   64 59 71 75
Dewpt         58 59   59 59 64 61   60 59 61 58   59 57 58 58   57 56 56 55
PWind dir        SE      SE     S      SE    NW       N     N      NE     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      60    40      30    20      20    30      50    20
Rain shwrs             L  L  C  C    C  S     S       S  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms                  C  C  S  C    C  S     S          S  S    S        S

$$
NDZ021-180900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
149 AM CDT Thu Jul 17 2025

Date           07/16/25      Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25            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                      43          69          52          75          51
Temp                      48 45 56 64 66 64 57 56 55 54 61 68 72 72 62 56 54 54
Dewpt                     45 44 47 46 46 48 52 52 51 53 56 56 55 56 57 55 53 53
RH                        89 96 72 52 48 56 83 86 86 96 84 65 55 57 84 96 96 96
Wind dir                  SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE  E  E  E NE  N NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd                   1  3  9 12 12 11  9  8  6  6  8  9  9  9  5  3  2  3
Wind gust                             23
Clouds                    FW FW SC SC B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0          20          60          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.08           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  L  L
Tstms                                     S  S  S
Obvis                      K  K  K  K  K


Date           07/19  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25  Wed 07/23/25
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      56    80      59    83      57    80      56    77
Temp          71 75   62 58 72 77   64 61 77 79   63 59 75 76   62 57 71 74
Dewpt         55 55   56 58 63 63   61 61 64 62   60 58 59 59   58 56 57 56
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       S    SE       N     N      NE     N
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC B2 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B2 B2 SC
PoP 12hr          5      50    50      40    20      20    30      40    30
Rain shwrs             C  C  C  C    C  S     S    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms                  S  S  C  C    C  S     S    S     S  S    S        S

$$
NDZ043-180900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1249 AM MDT Thu Jul 17 2025

Date           07/16/25      Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25            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                      42          70          49          80          55
Temp                      46 45 52 60 67 69 60 55 52 52 63 73 78 78 67 61 57 57
Dewpt                     44 45 50 52 54 57 57 54 52 52 57 58 56 56 59 58 57 57
RH                        93100 93 75 63 66 90 96100100 81 59 47 47 75 90100100
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E NE NE NE  N NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd                   6 12 19 21 21 18 13 11  8  5  9 11 11 10  9  9  9 10
Wind gust                          32
Clouds                    SC B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          20          30           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S        C  C                          S  S  S
Tstms                                     C  S                             S
Obvis                      K  K
Wind chill                   39
Min chill                    38


Date           07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25  Wed 07/23/25
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      59    89      59    88      57    83      56    79
Temp          73 79 65   61 79 85 66   60 82 84 64   59 77 81 62   58 72 76
Dewpt         61 60 60   61 63 58 60   59 57 55 56   57 59 60 60   58 57 57
PWind dir        SE      SE     S      SE     N      NE     E      NE     N
Wind char        BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   SC B1 FW SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B2 B1 FW
PoP 12hr         20      40    30      20    10      20    20      40    20
Rain shwrs     S  S  C    C     C  S    S        S    S  S  S  C    C  S
Tstms             S  C    C     C  S    S        S    S  S  S  C

$$
NDZ045-180900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
149 AM CDT Thu Jul 17 2025

Date           07/16/25      Thu 07/17/25            Fri 07/18/25            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                      45          65          56          77          58
Temp                      47 46 55 61 64 65 61 61 57 57 64 71 75 76 67 63 60 60
Dewpt                     46 45 48 48 49 50 52 54 55 56 61 63 62 60 59 59 58 58
RH                        96 96 77 62 58 58 72 78 93 96 90 76 64 58 75 87 93 93
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E NE  N  N NE NE NE  E
Wind spd                   2  6 10 13 13 13 13 13 12 10 10 10 11 10 10  9  8  8
Wind gust                             24
Clouds                    FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B2
PoP 12hr                      0          10          60          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.07        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  L  L
Tstms                                     S  C  C  C
Obvis                      K  K


Date           07/19  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25  Wed 07/23/25
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          78      61    83      64    87      63    83      62    78
Temp          71 77   66 62 74 80   69 65 79 84   68 63 77 80   67 63 71 76
Dewpt         60 58   58 60 66 65   64 63 66 60   61 60 64 62   61 61 62 59
PWind dir         E      SE    SE      SE    SE      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5      40    40      50    20      30    20      40    30
Rain shwrs             C  C  C  C    C  S     S    C  S  S  S    C  C  C  S
Tstms                     S  S  C    C  S     S    C  S  S  S    C  C

$$