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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1231 AM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

NDZ015-150900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
1231 AM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            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                      53          73          47          69          45
Temp                   55 59 56 58 64 71 70 61 55 52 49 55 62 67 66 54 50 49 49
Dewpt                  44 51 55 57 59 46 38 42 46 47 47 48 45 40 42 45 46 47 46
RH                     66 75 96 96 84 41 31 49 72 83 93 77 54 37 42 71 86 93 89
Wind dir               SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  E  E  E  E
Wind spd               12 16 17 17 17 25 21 24 21 16 11 13 11  8  1  4  6  8  9
Wind gust                 28 31 33 31 40 36 41 39 29 21 24
Clouds                 SC B2 OV B2 B2 FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                     60         100           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.27           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  D  D                                            C
Tstms                      S  C  S
Wind                                   Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           09/16  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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          71      45    74      52    76      51    72      49    75
Temp          64 69   53 48 66 71   59 55 69 72   58 52 65 69   56 51 68 72
Dewpt         50 52   52 48 52 55   56 55 58 57   55 52 52 51   52 51 52 51
PWind dir        SE       E    SE      SE     E      NE     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30       0    10      40    40      40    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  S                  S  C  C  C    C  C  C  S    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                   C  S

$$
NDZ033-150900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1131 PM MDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            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                      51          70          42          68          43
Temp                   61 54 56 61 63 66 64 53 49 46 45 52 61 65 64 52 48 47 47
Dewpt                  43 53 56 59 48 36 34 42 43 45 45 46 41 38 37 40 41 42 45
RH                     51 96100 93 58 33 32 66 80 96100 80 48 37 37 63 77 83 93
Wind dir               SE SE  S  W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W NW NW NW  E  E  E  E SE
Wind spd               19 18 19 20 31 32 33 29 20 14 12 13 10  4  4  9 11 12 14
Wind gust              31 28 29 32 46 49 51 44 32 25
Clouds                 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 FW FW SC FW CL B1 B1 FW FW FW SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                     80          90           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.15        0.04           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  D  S                                      S  S  S
Tstms                   S  C  S
Wind chill                                           39
Min chill                                            39    39
Wind                                Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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      41    75      50    76      48    72      46    75
Temp          67 68 49   46 67 70 56   54 70 69 55   51 65 65 52   49 68 68
Dewpt         50 49 48   46 51 52 54   54 58 55 54   51 52 49 49   49 50 47
PWind dir        SE      NE    SE      SE     E       E     E      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5    10      40    50      50    50      40    20
Rain shwrs     S                   C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S
Tstms                              C    S                      S

$$
NDZ044-150900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1131 PM MDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            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                      52          70          40          68          43
Temp                   60 54 56 61 64 69 64 54 49 46 44 52 62 67 64 52 50 48 48
Dewpt                  47 54 56 61 49 38 36 43 45 45 44 48 44 42 41 44 44 45 46
RH                     62100100100 58 32 35 66 86 96100 86 52 40 43 74 80 89 93
Wind dir               SE SE SE  W  W  W  W  W NW  W NW NW NW NW  E  E  E SE SE
Wind spd               17 27 25 20 32 33 32 34 25 17 11 12  9  2  6 10 12 16 19
Wind gust              33       33 47 49 51 48 35    21                   27 29
Clouds                 OV OV OV B2 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     60          60           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 L  C                                         S  S  S
Tstms                      C  S
Wind chill                                        39 38
Min chill                                            38    39
Wind                                Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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          75      41    72      48    74      46    69      43    73
Temp          67 69 50   47 65 67 56   55 68 67 55   51 63 63 51   48 66 67
Dewpt         52 52 50   47 55 56 56   55 61 57 55   51 55 52 51   48 52 50
PWind dir        SE      NE    SE      SE     E       E     E      SE    SW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       0    20      40    40      60    40      40    20
Rain shwrs     S                S  C    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  C    C  S
Tstms                           S  C    S                      S

$$
NDZ056-150900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
1231 AM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            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                      49          68          47          63          41
Temp                   50 52 52 56 62 64 61 51 50 49 47 53 58 62 59 47 44 43 43
Dewpt                  43 45 50 55 58 50 44 48 47 48 47 47 45 42 43 45 44 43 43
RH                     77 77 93 96 87 60 53 89 89 96100 80 62 48 55 93100100100
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N NE SE  E  E
Wind spd                9 13 16 17 19 31 27 29 25 17 16 18 14 11  4  3  4  5  8
Wind gust                 25 29 33 33 49 49 49 43 32 28 31 25
Clouds                 SC B2 OV B2 B2 SC FW B2 B1 SC B2 SC SC CL FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     50         100           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.49           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  D  D                                            C
Tstms                         C  S
Wind                                Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           09/16  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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          64      41    70      50    72      49    70      49    72
Temp          58 59   47 44 63 67   54 51 66 68   54 50 64 66   54 50 65 68
Dewpt         50 52   47 44 50 55   54 51 56 57   54 50 52 54   52 50 53 55
PWind dir         E       N     S      SE    NE      NE     E      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      10     5      20    30      30    20      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  C                     S  C  C    C  S     S    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                   S

$$
NDZ037-150900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
1231 AM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            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          69          46          65          41
Temp                   48 52 53 55 58 65 65 57 53 51 48 55 62 65 61 49 46 45 45
Dewpt                  38 45 50 55 58 63 50 44 47 47 47 51 48 47 46 48 46 45 45
RH                     68 77 89100100 93 58 62 80 86 96 86 60 52 58 96100100100
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE  S SW  W SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NE  E  E  E
Wind spd                6 13 19 21 20 17 17 17 25 23 17 16 14 12  4  4  3  5  8
Wind gust              17 26 34 40 34 29 32 33 44 43 31 28 25
Clouds                 SC B1 OV OV OV B1 CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC CL SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     50         100           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.46           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    D  L  L
Tstms                            S
Wind                                   Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           09/16  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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      43    70      49    72      48    69      47    71
Temp          62 61   52 48 65 66   55 54 68 68   55 52 66 66   53 51 67 68
Dewpt         52 53   52 48 54 55   55 54 60 58   55 52 54 52   53 51 55 54
PWind dir        SE       S    SE      SE    SE      NE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B1 SC SC SC   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5    10      30    30      30    20      20    30
Rain shwrs        S                  S  C  C  C    C  C  S          S  S  C
Tstms                                   S  S  S

$$
NDZ001-150900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
1231 AM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            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                      54          64          46          64          45
Temp                   59 57 55 58 59 59 58 52 51 50 47 51 59 60 63 53 50 49 49
Dewpt                  45 48 53 58 54 48 46 48 49 48 45 47 45 45 42 44 45 44 44
RH                     60 72 93100 83 67 64 86 93 93 93 86 60 58 46 71 83 83 83
Wind dir               SE SE SE  S  W  W  W NW  W  W NW NW NW NW NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd               10 20 17 13 35 36 36 31 21 17 13 13 10  6  5  8 10 12 13
Wind gust                          49 51 54 46 32
Clouds                 SC B2 OV OV B2 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     70         100          30           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.26        0.38           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  D  D  S  S  C                                   S
Tstms                      S  C
Wind                                Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           09/16  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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      42    73      50    74      50    71      50    73
Temp          62 65   49 44 66 72   57 52 69 70   57 52 65 68   56 52 67 71
Dewpt         51 50   48 44 51 54   54 51 57 56   54 51 55 54   53 49 54 53
PWind dir         E       E    SE       E    NE      NE     E      SE    NE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     5      30    30      40    40      40    20
Rain shwrs     S                        C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S
Tstms                                              S             S

$$
NDZ021-150900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
1231 AM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            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                      49          70          44          66          42
Temp                   53 54 53 59 65 67 64 53 49 48 47 54 61 65 63 50 46 46 46
Dewpt                  46 47 52 56 57 44 37 44 46 46 45 45 41 38 36 42 45 44 43
RH                     77 77 96 90 75 43 37 71 89 93 93 71 48 37 36 74 96 93 89
Wind dir               SE SE SE  S  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  E  E  E  E
Wind spd               10 17 18 19 20 31 26 31 24 17 14 16 13 10  3  4  6  9 10
Wind gust                 31 32 35 35 48 46 49 42 31 26 28                   20
Clouds                 B1 B2 OV OV B2 FW FW SC B1 SC B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     60         100           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.14        0.46           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  L  D                                            C
Tstms                         C  S
Wind                                Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           09/16  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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      41    73      49    75      48    72      46    74
Temp          62 65   48 45 65 70   55 52 69 70   54 50 66 68   53 50 67 70
Dewpt         48 48   48 45 48 51   54 52 55 54   53 50 50 48   51 49 50 49
PWind dir        SE      NE    SE      SE     E      NE     E      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30       5    10      40    40      40    30      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  S                     C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                   C  S

$$
NDZ043-150900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1131 PM MDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            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                      52          70          41          69          45
Temp                   59 54 56 60 64 68 64 53 48 45 44 53 63 67 65 54 51 49 49
Dewpt                  49 54 56 55 43 34 32 40 43 43 44 46 42 38 36 40 41 41 45
RH                     69100100 84 46 28 30 61 83 93100 77 46 34 34 59 68 74 86
Wind dir               SE SE  S  W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W NW NW  N  E  E  E SE SE
Wind spd               23 25 21 28 34 37 39 35 25 17 12 12 10  4 11 14 17 19 20
Wind gust                       41 51 57 57 50 35
Clouds                 B2 B2 OV B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     70          50           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  L  C                                         C  C
Tstms                   C  C
Wind chill                                        38 38
Min chill                                            37    39
Wind                                Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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          78      42    75      50    77      47    71      44    75
Temp          71 70 50   46 68 70 56   54 71 68 54   51 66 65 51   48 69 68
Dewpt         50 47 48   46 52 53 56   54 58 54 54   51 52 49 50   48 49 46
PWind dir         E      NE    SE      SE     E       E    SE      SE     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0    20      40    50      60    50      40    20
Rain shwrs                   S  S  C    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  C    S  S  S
Tstms                              C    S     S  S             S

$$
NDZ045-150900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
1231 AM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            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                      56          71          49          67          49
Temp                   63 57 56 59 65 69 67 60 55 52 49 54 62 66 64 54 52 51 51
Dewpt                  49 54 56 59 61 46 38 40 46 45 46 48 46 43 43 45 47 47 48
RH                     60 90100100 87 44 34 47 72 77 89 80 56 43 46 71 83 86 89
Wind dir               SE SE SE  S  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NE  E  E SE SE
Wind spd               14 27 31 25 20 27 24 28 29 24 17 16 11  5  3  8 10 13 18
Wind gust                       40 34 42 39 40
Clouds                 B1 OV OV B2 B2 FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                     90          90           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.12           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 L  D  L                                            S
Tstms                      S  S  S
Wind                                Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           09/16  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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      49    70      56    73      53    68      51    73
Temp          63 67   54 49 65 68   60 57 68 68   59 53 64 65   56 51 66 68
Dewpt         52 54   53 49 55 57   57 57 61 60   57 53 54 53   53 51 53 52
PWind dir        SE       E    SE      SE     E      NE     E      SE     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       0    20      40    40      40    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     S                S    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms                                   S  S

$$