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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
736 PM CDT Tue Sep 8 2026

NDZ015-090900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
736 PM CDT Tue Sep 8 2026

Date           09/08/26      Wed 09/09/26            Thu 09/10/26            Fri
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          76          49          88          54
Temp                69 61 59 55 61 68 73 74 63 57 54 51 64 79 86 82 70 63 58 54
Dewpt               53 52 52 51 53 49 46 48 50 49 47 45 48 46 40 45 45 45 46 47
RH                  57 72 78 86 75 51 38 40 62 75 77 80 56 31 20 27 41 52 64 77
Wind dir             W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S SW  N  N
Wind spd             6  9 11 12 13 14 12  5  0  3  4  4  4 11 13  8  8  2  0  0
Wind gust                       24
Clouds              FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/11  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26  Tue 09/15/26
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          82      47    67      42    64      45    65      42    71
Temp          76 72   54 48 63 64   50 44 59 61   52 48 61 62   49 44 65 69
Dewpt         51 47   46 46 42 40   42 43 43 43   46 47 47 44   45 43 45 46
PWind dir         N      NW    NW      NE     E       E     N      NW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC SC SC B1   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      10     5      20    30      70    40      10     0
Rain shwrs                              S  C  C    C  L  C  C
Tstms                                         S

$$
NDZ033-090900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
636 PM MDT Tue Sep 8 2026

Date           09/08/26      Wed 09/09/26            Thu 09/10/26            Fri
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                      49          77          47          88          52
Temp                65 57 52 50 59 70 75 71 60 55 51 50 66 82 86 83 66 60 55 52
Dewpt               52 49 48 48 49 45 43 41 44 42 40 38 40 36 33 33 36 36 38 40
RH                  63 75 86 93 69 41 32 34 55 61 66 63 38 19 15 16 33 41 53 63
Wind dir            NW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW SW  S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SE  N
Wind spd            10 12 14 14 16 17 14 10  3  6  8  9 11 16 17 11  5  3  4  6
Wind gust           23             27 25                   26 28
Clouds              FW B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S


Date           09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26  Tue 09/15/26
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    65      39    60      41    63      38    72
Temp          73 64 48   44 61 61 47   41 56 57 47   44 59 59 46   40 66 67
Dewpt         46 43 43   43 40 37 41   41 42 42 45   44 44 41 43   40 42 42
PWind dir         N      NW    NW      NE     E       E     W       W    SW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      LT    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0      20     5      30    50      70    40      10     0
Rain shwrs           S                  C  C  C  L    L  C  S
Tstms                                         S

$$
NDZ044-090900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
636 PM MDT Tue Sep 8 2026

Date           09/08/26      Wed 09/09/26            Thu 09/10/26            Fri
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                      48          75          46          87          51
Temp                63 55 52 49 58 68 74 70 58 52 50 48 64 81 86 82 64 58 55 52
Dewpt               48 50 48 47 50 47 44 42 45 43 40 39 44 40 36 39 39 38 37 39
RH                  58 83 86 93 75 47 34 36 62 71 68 71 48 23 17 22 40 47 51 61
Wind dir            NW  W  W  W  W NW  W NW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W SW  E  N
Wind spd            11 11 13 13 16 17 14 10  3  3  4  5  6 14 14  8  3  1  2  3
Wind gust                    24 26 27 25                      25
Clouds              SC B2 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S


Date           09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26  Tue 09/15/26
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          80      42    64      39    59      40    63      37    71
Temp          75 66 47   43 61 61 47   42 55 55 48   44 59 59 45   40 65 66
Dewpt         46 45 45   43 42 39 43   42 46 47 48   44 45 43 44   40 44 45
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NE     E       E    NW      NW     S
Wind char        BZ      BZ    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC   B1 SC SC B1   B2 B2 B1 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0      20     0      50    50      70    30      10     0
Rain shwrs           S             S    C  C  C  L    L  C  S
Tstms                                         S

$$
NDZ056-090900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
736 PM CDT Tue Sep 8 2026

Date           09/08/26      Wed 09/09/26            Thu 09/10/26            Fri
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                      51          73          51          82          52
Temp                62 55 54 52 60 67 72 69 59 55 53 52 64 75 81 76 64 59 55 52
Dewpt               54 55 54 52 54 51 50 54 52 51 50 48 51 50 48 53 49 48 49 49
RH                  75100100100 81 56 46 59 78 86 89 86 63 41 32 45 58 67 80 89
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW
Wind spd             9 10 11 12 14 14 12  5  5  6  9 10 11 13 14  8  8  8  6  6
Wind gust           27          25 25 23                   24 25
Clouds              B1 B2 OV B1 FW FW SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     80           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              L  L
Tstms                   S


Date           09/11  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26  Tue 09/15/26
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      45    61      40    60      43    60      42    67
Temp          67 60   48 46 58 57   45 41 56 57   47 45 57 58   46 43 61 63
Dewpt         50 49   48 45 44 43   44 41 43 45   45 45 48 48   46 43 47 49
PWind dir         N      NW    NW      NW    NE       E     S       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 SC SC B1   B1 B1 B2 SC   SC B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20     5       5    20      60    50      20     5
Rain shwrs             S                      S    C  L  C  C    S

$$
NDZ037-090900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
736 PM CDT Tue Sep 8 2026

Date           09/08/26      Wed 09/09/26            Thu 09/10/26            Fri
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          82          57
Temp                66 58 57 55 62 69 70 70 59 54 52 51 66 78 81 77 68 65 61 57
Dewpt               53 54 54 53 55 52 50 51 52 51 49 47 52 49 47 51 52 52 52 52
RH                  63 86 90 93 78 55 49 51 78 90 89 86 61 36 30 40 57 63 72 83
Wind dir             W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  W SW SW  S  S SW SW  S  S  S SW  S
Wind spd             9  8 10 13 18 17 16  9  3  4  5  6  9 13 14 10 12 12  8  4
Wind gust                    24 31 28 26                      25    23
Clouds              FW SC B2 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S


Date           09/11  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26  Tue 09/15/26
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          82      47    64      42    61      43    62      42    67
Temp          77 72   54 49 63 61   48 44 58 58   50 47 59 59   49 44 64 64
Dewpt         56 54   49 46 45 44   44 43 44 45   45 46 50 50   47 44 48 50
PWind dir         E      NW    NW       N    NE       E     E      NW     W
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1   SC B2 B2 B1   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20     5      10    20      70    60      20     5
Rain shwrs             S                   S  S    C  L  L  C    S
Tstms                  S                      S

$$
NDZ001-090900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
736 PM CDT Tue Sep 8 2026

Date           09/08/26      Wed 09/09/26            Thu 09/10/26            Fri
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                      51          74          50          83          52
Temp                60 57 55 52 58 69 74 72 62 57 54 52 62 77 83 79 66 61 57 54
Dewpt               55 54 53 52 55 54 51 51 50 49 47 44 46 47 44 49 48 48 48 48
RH                  84 90 93100 90 59 44 48 65 75 77 74 56 35 25 35 52 62 72 80
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W NW  N  N
Wind spd            12 14 13 11 12 14 17 11  4  5  6  8 11 16 19 11  5  5  6 11
Wind gust           26                27                   26 31
Clouds              B1 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     80           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  L                                                     S
Tstms                C


Date           09/11  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26  Tue 09/15/26
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      44    62      40    61      43    62      41    68
Temp          65 62   52 45 59 60   48 42 59 59   51 46 59 61   49 43 64 66
Dewpt         49 47   46 44 44 41   42 41 44 44   46 45 48 46   45 43 47 46
PWind dir         N      NW    NW      NE     E       E     N       W    SW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      20     0      10    30      70    50      10     5
Rain shwrs     S  C       S                   C    L  L  C  S
Tstms             S

$$
NDZ021-090900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
736 PM CDT Tue Sep 8 2026

Date           09/08/26      Wed 09/09/26            Thu 09/10/26            Fri
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          74          47          84          52
Temp                63 56 53 51 61 68 73 71 59 54 51 49 64 77 83 79 65 59 55 52
Dewpt               53 53 52 51 53 50 46 48 50 50 48 45 49 47 43 47 46 46 46 47
RH                  70 90 96100 75 52 38 44 72 86 89 86 58 35 24 32 50 62 72 83
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  N  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W NW  N  N
Wind spd            13  9 12 12 14 14 13  8  0  4  5  5  8 12 14  6  4  1  1  5
Wind gust           25    24 25 25 25 24
Clouds              SC B2 B2 SC SC FW SC FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.16           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  L
Tstms                   S


Date           09/11  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26  Tue 09/15/26
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          75      43    64      40    62      42    64      40    69
Temp          72 64   48 45 62 60   46 42 58 59   48 45 60 60   47 43 64 66
Dewpt         49 43   46 43 41 37   42 41 41 39   44 44 46 42   45 42 45 42
PWind dir         N      NW    NW       N     E       E    SW      NW    SW
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   B1 SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      10     5      10    30      70    60      20     5
Rain shwrs                                 S  C    C  L  L  C    S

$$
NDZ043-090900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
636 PM MDT Tue Sep 8 2026

Date           09/08/26      Wed 09/09/26            Thu 09/10/26            Fri
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                      48          77          46          88          51
Temp                64 55 50 48 58 71 76 71 58 53 49 49 66 83 88 84 64 58 54 52
Dewpt               45 48 46 46 47 44 40 37 42 39 37 36 38 34 30 30 34 34 34 37
RH                  50 77 86 93 67 38 27 29 55 59 63 61 36 17 12 14 32 40 46 56
Wind dir            NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  S SW SW SW  W  W NW  S  E NW
Wind spd            13 13 16 14 18 19 18 13  5  6  8  8 11 19 18 13  5  3  4  5
Wind gust                          29 28                      29
Clouds              SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S


Date           09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26  Tue 09/15/26
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          80      41    65      39    62      40    64      37    73
Temp          75 64 46   42 61 62 46   41 58 58 47   43 60 60 44   39 68 67
Dewpt         43 42 43   42 39 36 41   41 43 44 47   43 42 39 43   39 41 40
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW       E     E      SE     W       W     S
Wind char        BZ      BZ    GN      GN    WY      BZ    WY      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0      30     5      50    50      70    30      10     5
Rain shwrs           C             S    C  C  C  L    C  C  S
Tstms                                         S

$$
NDZ045-090900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
736 PM CDT Tue Sep 8 2026

Date           09/08/26      Wed 09/09/26            Thu 09/10/26            Fri
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          75          52          86          55
Temp                69 61 58 54 60 68 74 71 62 58 55 52 65 79 85 80 69 64 60 55
Dewpt               47 50 51 49 52 49 45 45 47 46 44 42 46 44 40 44 45 46 46 47
RH                  45 67 77 83 75 51 35 39 58 64 66 69 50 29 20 28 42 52 60 74
Wind dir             W NW  W  W NW NW NW NW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  E
Wind spd             8 11 14 18 19 16 13  8  3  6  9  9 10 13 13  8 11  8  4  4
Wind gust                          26                      24 24
Clouds              FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S


Date           09/11  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26  Tue 09/15/26
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          82      48    65      45    59      47    63      44    69
Temp          76 69   53 49 61 62   49 46 55 56   51 49 60 59   48 45 64 66
Dewpt         52 48   45 44 43 40   42 43 45 45   47 47 48 45   45 43 46 46
PWind dir         N      NW    NW      NE     E       E     N      NW    SW
Wind char        GN      BZ    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      10     0      40    50      70    40      10     0
Rain shwrs                              C  C  C    L  L  C  S
Tstms                                         S

$$