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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
131 AM CDT Mon Sep 21 2026

NDZ015-220900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
131 AM CDT Mon Sep 21 2026

Date           09/20/26      Mon 09/21/26            Tue 09/22/26            Wed
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                      48          68          43          66          51
Temp                      53 50 55 62 66 64 54 50 48 47 53 60 64 63 58 57 56 55
Dewpt                     49 48 50 48 45 45 47 48 48 47 49 49 49 49 52 53 54 54
RH                        86 93 83 60 47 50 77 93100100 86 67 58 60 80 86 93 96
Wind dir                   E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   8  4  4  8  8  8  6  6  6  6 11 16 17 16 14 13 13 13
Wind gust                                                  26 27 26 25    24 25
Clouds                    B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S        C


Date           09/23  Thu 09/24/26  Fri 09/25/26  Sat 09/26/26  Sun 09/27/26
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          69      52    76      53    75      56    70      50    70
Temp          62 66   58 55 68 73   59 56 69 72   62 57 65 67   56 51 63 66
Dewpt         57 58   57 55 59 59   57 56 60 60   60 57 56 51   49 47 48 46
PWind dir        SE      SE     E      SE    SE      SE    SW       N     E
Wind char        BZ      GN    LT      LT    GN      BZ    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      60     0       5     5      20    20      20    30
Rain shwrs     C  D    L                           S        S       S  C  S
Tstms             S    S

$$
NDZ033-220900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1231 AM MDT Mon Sep 21 2026

Date           09/20/26      Mon 09/21/26            Tue 09/22/26            Wed
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                      44          66          43          66          49
Temp                      49 49 52 60 63 60 52 49 48 47 52 60 64 61 56 54 53 54
Dewpt                     46 49 51 50 49 48 50 49 48 47 50 51 52 51 53 53 53 54
RH                        89100 96 69 60 64 93100100100 93 72 65 70 90 96100100
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   5  5  6 10 11 10 11 11 12 13 17 20 20 18 17 14 13 13
Wind gust                                               28 32 32 29 27
Clouds                    B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    L
Sprinkles                  S


Date           09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26  Fri 09/25/26  Sat 09/26/26  Sun 09/27/26
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          74      49    80      51    78      53    72      46    69
Temp          66 68 56   53 73 74 58   54 72 73 60   54 68 67 52   47 63 64
Dewpt         59 58 56   53 56 53 55   54 58 57 57   52 50 44 44   44 43 42
PWind dir        SE       S     S      SE    SE       S    NW       N    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      30     0       0     5       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     L  L  C                                              S  S  S
Tstms             S  S

$$
NDZ044-220900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1231 AM MDT Mon Sep 21 2026

Date           09/20/26      Mon 09/21/26            Tue 09/22/26            Wed
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                      44          61          39          63          46
Temp                      50 49 53 56 60 56 51 49 48 47 52 57 61 58 54 54 53 53
Dewpt                     50 49 53 53 52 51 51 49 48 47 52 53 54 53 54 54 53 53
RH                       100100100 90 75 83100100100100100 86 78 83100100100100
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   8  6  8 10 11 11 10 10 12 14 18 21 23 20 20 18 17 16
Wind gust                                               29 33 34 33 32    27
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B1 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          10           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S                                      C  C  S  S  L
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26  Fri 09/25/26  Sat 09/26/26  Sun 09/27/26
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          73      46    77      48    76      50    71      44    68
Temp          65 67 56   52 70 71 56   53 70 71 58   53 67 67 52   46 62 63
Dewpt         60 59 56   52 57 55 56   53 60 58 58   52 52 47 46   44 46 47
PWind dir        SE       W     E      SE    SE      SE    NW       N     E
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    BZ      BZ    BZ      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      20     0       0     5       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     L  L  S                                              S  S  S
Tstms             S  S

$$
NDZ056-220900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
131 AM CDT Mon Sep 21 2026

Date           09/20/26      Mon 09/21/26            Tue 09/22/26            Wed
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          68          45          68          52
Temp                      50 47 55 64 68 63 53 50 47 45 54 64 67 63 56 55 54 54
Dewpt                     49 47 49 49 47 47 47 45 46 45 49 49 49 50 52 52 53 53
RH                        96100 80 58 47 56 80 83 96100 83 58 52 62 86 90 96 96
Wind dir                   E  N SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   4  0  3  6  9  9  9  9  9  9 13 17 18 16 14 12 12 12
Wind gust                                               24 28 28 27 25
Clouds                    B2 B1 SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW CL SC B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Sprinkles                  S
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           09/23  Thu 09/24/26  Fri 09/25/26  Sat 09/26/26  Sun 09/27/26
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          69      52    76      53    74      56    69      47    66
Temp          64 64   57 54 70 71   58 54 70 70   60 56 65 64   52 47 62 61
Dewpt         57 60   57 54 60 60   58 54 61 62   60 56 54 50   47 44 45 45
PWind dir        SE       S     S      SE    SE       S     W       W    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B1 SC FW   FW SC B1 B1   SC B1 B2 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      30     5       0     5      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs        L    C                              S     S    S  S     S
Tstms             S

$$
NDZ037-220900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
131 AM CDT Mon Sep 21 2026

Date           09/20/26      Mon 09/21/26            Tue 09/22/26            Wed
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                      44          66          38          66          46
Temp                      49 47 53 61 62 60 49 45 43 42 51 60 62 61 54 52 50 50
Dewpt                     47 45 46 43 42 44 45 44 43 42 48 49 50 49 49 48 48 50
RH                        93 93 77 51 48 55 86 96100100 89 67 65 65 83 86 93100
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   5  4  5  8  9  5  5  5  5  5 10 14 16 12 12 12 13 14
Wind gust                                                  25       23       26
Clouds                    B2 B2 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/23  Thu 09/24/26  Fri 09/25/26  Sat 09/26/26  Sun 09/27/26
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          68      49    71      50    71      54    66      49    68
Temp          61 62   55 54 65 68   57 54 67 68   59 57 63 63   54 50 62 64
Dewpt         54 56   55 54 60 60   56 54 61 61   59 57 60 57   52 49 51 51
PWind dir        SE       S    SE      SE    SE      SE     S       W     E
Wind char        BZ      GN    LT      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   OV OV B2 B1   SC B2 OV B2   B1 OV OV B2   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60      80     5       5    10      30    20      20    30
Rain shwrs        L    D  C                        C  C     S    S     S  C
Tstms             S    S

$$
NDZ001-220900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
131 AM CDT Mon Sep 21 2026

Date           09/20/26      Mon 09/21/26            Tue 09/22/26            Wed
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                      47          67          46          70          50
Temp                      51 49 54 64 67 64 57 53 51 49 55 65 69 66 60 56 55 54
Dewpt                     50 48 52 54 54 53 51 50 49 48 52 55 56 55 54 54 53 54
RH                        96 96 93 70 63 67 80 89 93 96 90 70 63 68 81 93 93100
Wind dir                   E  E SE  S  S SE SE  S SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   4  5  8 12 14 12 12 12 11 13 18 21 21 20 19 14 11 11
Wind gust                                               28 32 32 31
Clouds                    B1 B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW SC B2 B1 FW FW SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs


Date           09/23  Thu 09/24/26  Fri 09/25/26  Sat 09/26/26  Sun 09/27/26
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          72      50    80      54    78      53    70      45    65
Temp          68 69   57 54 73 76   61 56 74 74   62 56 67 65   53 46 62 62
Dewpt         61 60   57 54 60 57   56 55 62 60   57 52 51 48   45 42 45 45
PWind dir        SE       S     S      SE    SE       S     W      NW    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   FW SC SC FW   CL FW SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     0       0     5      10    10      10    10
Rain shwrs        S

$$
NDZ021-220900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
131 AM CDT Mon Sep 21 2026

Date           09/20/26      Mon 09/21/26            Tue 09/22/26            Wed
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          68          43          67          49
Temp                      50 49 56 63 67 64 53 49 47 46 54 62 66 63 55 54 54 53
Dewpt                     48 46 50 48 44 43 46 46 47 46 49 48 48 48 51 51 52 52
RH                        93 89 80 58 43 46 77 89100100 83 60 52 58 86 90 93 96
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   4  3  4  8  9  8  8  8  8  9 14 18 19 16 16 13 13 13
Wind gust                                               25 28 29 27 26 24 25 25
Clouds                    OV B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C
Sprinkles                  S


Date           09/23  Thu 09/24/26  Fri 09/25/26  Sat 09/26/26  Sun 09/27/26
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          69      50    77      52    75      54    70      46    68
Temp          64 65   56 54 70 73   57 54 70 71   59 56 66 66   52 47 64 64
Dewpt         56 58   56 54 58 57   56 54 60 60   58 55 52 47   46 44 43 42
PWind dir        SE       S    SE      SE    SE       S     W      NW     E
Wind char        BZ      LT    LT      LT    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B1 SC FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      40     0       0     5      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  L    C                                               S  S
Tstms             S

$$
NDZ043-220900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1231 AM MDT Mon Sep 21 2026

Date           09/20/26      Mon 09/21/26            Tue 09/22/26            Wed
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                      46          63          41          65          47
Temp                      50 49 52 58 62 57 50 49 48 48 52 60 64 60 54 54 53 53
Dewpt                     50 49 52 52 51 49 50 49 48 48 52 53 54 53 54 54 53 53
RH                       100100100 80 67 75100100100100100 78 70 78100100100100
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                  10  9 11 14 16 17 16 16 17 18 21 25 26 25 23 19 17 14
Wind gust                                               32 37 40 36 34
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S                                            C  C  L
Tstms                                                                         S
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26  Fri 09/25/26  Sat 09/26/26  Sun 09/27/26
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          76      47    80      50    79      51    74      44    69
Temp          68 69 55   51 74 74 56   53 73 73 59   53 69 68 52   45 64 64
Dewpt         59 56 55   51 53 50 55   53 58 54 56   50 48 42 44   42 43 42
PWind dir         S       W    SE      SE    SE       S    NW      NE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         60      20     0       0     5       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     L  L  S                                              S  S  S
Tstms          S  S

$$
NDZ045-220900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
131 AM CDT Mon Sep 21 2026

Date           09/20/26      Mon 09/21/26            Tue 09/22/26            Wed
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                      50          62          44          61          51
Temp                      52 51 53 56 59 58 52 49 48 47 50 55 59 58 56 55 54 54
Dewpt                     52 51 53 50 49 49 49 49 48 47 50 51 52 52 53 54 54 54
RH                       100100100 80 69 72 89100100100100 86 78 80 90 96100100
Wind dir                   E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   6  5  6  9  8  8 10 10 10 11 14 18 19 19 20 20 23 24
Wind gust                                                  28 31 29
Clouds                    OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     30           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S        C
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           09/23  Thu 09/24/26  Fri 09/25/26  Sat 09/26/26  Sun 09/27/26
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          66      52    72      54    72      56    67      51    67
Temp          60 63   57 55 65 68   58 56 66 68   60 56 63 64   54 51 60 63
Dewpt         59 60   57 55 61 60   58 56 61 61   59 56 57 53   49 47 50 49
PWind dir        SE       S    NE      SE    SE      SE     W      NE     E
Wind char        BZ      GN    LT      LT    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      40     5       5     5      20    10      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  L    C                           S                   S  S
Tstms             S    C

$$