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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1036 AM CDT Sat Sep 12 2026

NDZ015-122100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
1036 AM CDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date             Sat 09/12/26            Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26
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                      66          45          68          51          74
Temp                   63 64 63 57 53 50 46 53 61 66 65 58 57 56 53 56 63 71 69
Dewpt                  41 37 38 42 43 44 43 42 40 39 42 45 46 49 53 55 54 47 43
RH                     44 37 39 57 69 80 89 66 46 37 43 62 67 77100 96 72 42 39
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW  N NE  N  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W
Wind spd                8 11  8  2  2  3  0  3  4  8 11 12 13 16 16 16 17 19 20
Wind gust              20                               23 24 28 31 29 28 33 35
Clouds                 SC B2 OV OV OV B2 SC FW CL CL CL B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          20           0          90          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.30        0.24
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S                          D  D  D  D
Tstms                                                          S  S


Date          Tue 09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26
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          45    69      45    70      45    75      49    77
Temp          53 46 61 66   51 48 64 67   52 46 68 72   57 51 72 74
Dewpt         45 44 44 44   45 46 48 49   48 46 48 50   50 48 49 50
PWind dir         W    NW      SE     E       E     S       S     E
Wind char        BZ    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   CL FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      10    30       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs                         C  S

$$
NDZ033-122100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
936 AM MDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date             Sat 09/12/26            Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26
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                      64          40          68          48          72
Temp                   59 61 59 53 49 44 41 50 60 65 63 56 54 51 52 57 66 69 62
Dewpt                  38 37 38 42 42 42 41 42 41 42 43 47 48 50 52 53 46 40 40
RH                     45 41 45 66 77 93100 74 49 43 48 72 80 96100 86 48 35 44
Wind dir               NW NW NW  N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W
Wind spd                5  9  8  4  4  4  5 10 14 18 20 19 19 18 19 20 25 31 29
Wind gust                                            31 31 31 29 29 32 39 47 46
Clouds                 B1 OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          10           0          80          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.23        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  D  D  C  C
Tstms                                                          S


Date               Tue 09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26
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    69      41    72      41    77      45    78
Temp          48   41 61 65 49   44 65 65 49   44 70 72 54   47 72 72
Dewpt         43   41 42 40 43   43 47 46 46   43 47 46 47   44 46 44
PWind dir          NW     W      SE    NE      SE     S       S    NE
Wind char          BZ    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW   FW CL FW FW   SC B1 SC SC   FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr            0     0      10    30       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs                           C  S

$$
NDZ044-122100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
936 AM MDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date             Sat 09/12/26            Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26
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          66          48          71
Temp                   56 60 59 50 48 45 42 51 59 64 61 54 53 52 52 57 65 69 63
Dewpt                  39 42 42 45 44 43 42 45 44 46 47 49 50 52 52 55 46 41 40
RH                     53 51 53 83 86 93100 80 57 52 60 83 89100100 93 50 36 43
Wind dir                W  W  N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  W  W  W  W
Wind spd                8  5  4  2  3  5  6 12 19 23 24 25 26 27 21 19 26 31 28
Wind gust                                      29 34 37 36       32 31 39 47 46
Clouds                 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV SC SC FW SC FW B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          10           5          80          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.23        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  D  D  C  C
Tstms                                                       S  S


Date               Tue 09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26
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    67      43    70      41    74      45    77
Temp          48   41 61 64 49   45 65 64 48   43 67 70 53   46 72 71
Dewpt         44   41 43 43 45   44 50 49 48   43 49 49 49   45 48 46
PWind dir          NW     E      SE     E       E     S      SE    NE
Wind char          BZ    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW   FW CL FW SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr            0     0      30    30      10     5      10    10
Rain shwrs                        C  C

$$
NDZ056-122100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
1036 AM CDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date             Sat 09/12/26            Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26
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          39          63          48          69
Temp                   58 59 57 49 46 43 39 48 57 61 60 50 50 50 49 54 61 66 62
Dewpt                  41 38 39 40 40 39 38 39 38 37 39 39 41 44 49 54 54 49 47
RH                     53 45 51 71 79 86 96 71 49 41 46 66 71 80100100 78 54 58
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N SE SE  E SE SE SE  S SW  W  W
Wind spd               17 13 10  5  5  5  3  0  0  5  9 11 12 13 16 17 20 24 24
Wind gust                 24                                  25 29 32 33 40 40
Clouds                 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW CL CL CL FW SC B1 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          70         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.15        0.24
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  L  L  D  D
Tstms                                                             S


Date          Tue 09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26
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          44    63      43    66      44    72      49    73
Temp          48 44 58 62   47 45 60 62   48 45 66 69   54 49 68 69
Dewpt         46 44 45 45   46 44 48 50   48 45 49 52   50 47 50 51
PWind dir         W    NW      SE    NW      SW     S      SW     N
Wind char        BZ    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC SC B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0     0       5    30      10     0       5     5
Rain shwrs                         C  C

$$
NDZ037-122100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
1036 AM CDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date             Sat 09/12/26            Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26
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                      63          44          64          46          68
Temp                   62 61 60 53 49 48 45 53 59 62 61 51 49 51 51 54 56 61 65
Dewpt                  41 40 40 42 42 42 42 42 39 39 40 41 40 43 48 54 56 58 54
RH                     46 46 47 66 77 80 89 66 47 43 46 68 71 74 89100100 90 68
Wind dir               NW NW NW  N NW NW NW NW  N  N SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  W
Wind spd               14 14 10  4  3  4  4  4  0  0  5  9 11 14 19 20 19 16 13
Wind gust              26                                     27 34 37 32 27 25
Clouds                 SC B1 B1 OV OV OV B1 CL CL CL CL SC SC B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0          50         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03        0.41
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  D  D  C  C
Tstms                                                             S  S


Date          Tue 09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26
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          46    65      43    66      44    71      49    74
Temp          52 46 60 62   47 45 63 63   49 46 67 69   54 50 71 70
Dewpt         47 45 46 48   47 45 48 52   49 46 49 52   51 49 51 53
PWind dir         W    NW       E     S      NW     S       S    SW
Wind char        BZ    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   CL FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     0       5    20      10     5      10    10
Rain shwrs                         S  S

$$
NDZ001-122100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
1036 AM CDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date             Sat 09/12/26            Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26
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          39          66          52          66
Temp                   58 60 59 52 47 43 39 48 59 65 65 58 56 55 53 56 63 64 60
Dewpt                  42 40 39 41 41 39 37 40 41 41 43 45 47 50 52 55 50 46 46
RH                     55 47 47 66 79 86 92 74 51 41 45 62 72 83 96 96 62 52 60
Wind dir               NW NW NW  N  N  N NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W
Wind spd               12 13 11  4  4  3  3  5 11 16 19 20 20 19 16 21 29 35 32
Wind gust                                               31 31       32 43 49 47
Clouds                 B2 OV B2 B2 FW FW FW CL FW CL CL SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0          80          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.19        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  D  D  L  L
Tstms                                                          S


Date          Tue 09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26
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    66      45    67      44    74      48    74
Temp          49 43 60 64   51 46 62 65   50 45 69 72   55 49 70 72
Dewpt         46 43 46 44   45 43 50 48   47 44 50 50   48 45 50 49
PWind dir         W     W      NE     N      SE     S      NE    NE
Wind char        BZ    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW FW FW CL   CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      10    20       5     0       5     5
Rain shwrs                         S

$$
NDZ021-122100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
1036 AM CDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date             Sat 09/12/26            Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26
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          41          66          47          71
Temp                   60 62 60 52 47 44 41 51 59 64 64 55 52 51 50 57 64 69 64
Dewpt                  39 36 36 39 40 40 38 39 37 35 38 43 45 47 50 55 52 43 42
RH                     46 38 41 61 76 86 89 63 44 34 38 64 77 86100 93 65 39 45
Wind dir               NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  W  W  W
Wind spd               17 12 10  4  3  3  0  3  4  6 11 12 14 17 17 18 21 26 24
Wind gust                 23                            23 26 31 33 33 34 41 41
Clouds                 SC B2 OV OV B2 SC FW FW CL CL CL SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0          80          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.21        0.19
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  D  D  D  D
Tstms                                                             S


Date          Tue 09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26
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          42    67      43    68      43    74      47    76
Temp          48 44 61 65   48 45 63 64   49 45 68 71   54 48 70 71
Dewpt         44 43 42 40   45 43 46 46   47 44 47 47   49 46 48 46
PWind dir        NW    NW       E    NE       S     S       S    NE
Wind char        BZ    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   SC FW FW CL   CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0     0       5    30       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                         C  S

$$
NDZ043-122100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
936 AM MDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date             Sat 09/12/26            Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26
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                      63          42          67          49          71
Temp                   55 60 59 50 47 44 42 52 61 66 63 55 53 52 52 57 66 69 63
Dewpt                  38 39 39 43 42 41 40 42 42 44 44 48 50 52 52 50 42 37 36
RH                     53 46 47 77 83 89 93 69 49 45 50 77 89100100 77 42 31 36
Wind dir                W  W  N NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  W  W  W  W
Wind spd                6  6  6  5  6  8  9 16 24 28 29 29 27 24 19 25 29 36 34
Wind gust                                      35 41 43 42 37 35    36 46 55 51
Clouds                 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV SC SC SC FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30           5           0          70          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.11        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                                          S
Wind chill                               36
Min chill                                36    36


Date               Tue 09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26
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    69      43    72      42    77      45    79
Temp          46   40 62 65 49   44 67 66 47   43 70 72 52   46 74 73
Dewpt         43   40 41 39 43   43 47 44 47   43 46 45 47   44 44 41
PWind dir          NW    SW      SE    NE      SE     S      SE    NE
Wind char          BZ    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   CL CL FW SC   SC B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     0      30    20      10     5       5    20
Rain shwrs                        C  S                              S
Tstms                             S

$$
NDZ045-122100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
1036 AM CDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date             Sat 09/12/26            Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26
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                      63          47          65          53          72
Temp                   59 62 61 55 52 50 47 53 59 64 62 57 57 55 53 56 63 70 67
Dewpt                  38 40 40 43 44 45 45 44 43 44 45 48 49 52 53 56 55 47 43
RH                     45 44 46 64 74 83 93 71 55 48 54 72 75 90100100 75 44 42
Wind dir               NW NW NW  N NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W
Wind spd               10 10  5  4  4  5  6  9 10 12 16 19 23 26 29 25 19 21 23
Wind gust                                                        40 39 31 34 35
Clouds                 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 OV B2 SC FW CL
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5          90          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.29        0.22
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  D  D  D  D
Tstms                                                          S  S


Date          Tue 09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26
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          45    66      48    68      46    72      50    75
Temp          53 45 60 64   52 48 63 65   52 47 66 69   57 51 70 72
Dewpt         43 43 44 45   47 46 50 51   49 46 50 51   51 49 50 51
PWind dir         W     N      SE     E       E     S      SE     E
Wind char        BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      20    40      10     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                      S  C  S                           S

$$