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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1035 AM CDT Fri Aug 14 2026

NDZ015-142100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
1035 AM CDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      76          60          77          53          79
Temp                   69 72 73 68 66 64 61 65 72 77 75 66 60 57 54 65 74 78 76
Dewpt                  66 64 65 65 65 64 61 61 61 59 58 58 57 56 54 56 55 53 54
RH                     90 76 76 90 97100100 87 68 54 55 75 90 96100 73 51 42 46
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SW  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NW  W  W  W NW
Wind spd               14 14 12  8  6  8 10 12 14 16 13  6  5  4  3  2  5  5  4
Wind gust              25 25                23 25 26
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 SC SC FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          70           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.12        0.10           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  L  C  S
Tstms                   S  C  C  S


Date          Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          54    86      56    77      52    75      52    80
Temp          61 57 80 82   63 58 74 72   59 53 71 73   59 54 75 77
Dewpt         56 56 61 60   60 57 61 60   58 53 55 55   55 53 58 57
PWind dir         S    SW       N    NE      NE    SW      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1   B2 B1 B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20    10      40    60      50    20      20    20
Rain shwrs        S          C  C  C  L    C  C  S  S    S  S     S
Tstms             S          S        S    C        S    S        S

$$
NDZ033-142100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
935 AM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      71          54          74          48          79
Temp                   66 68 71 64 61 59 56 61 69 72 68 61 55 53 51 63 72 76 73
Dewpt                  66 64 65 62 61 59 56 58 57 57 54 55 54 53 51 55 54 54 53
RH                    100 87 81 93100100100 90 66 59 61 81 96100100 75 53 46 49
Wind dir               SE  S  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE SE  S  S  S SW SE
Wind spd               16 12 10  9  9 11 11 13 14 13 12  6  4  1  3  2  2  3  4
Wind gust              27 23                      24
Clouds                 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     90          60           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.30        0.07           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              D  D  L  S                                            C
Tstms                   C  C  C  S                                            S


Date               Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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            52    85      53    76      49    75      49    79
Temp          59   56 80 79 60   55 72 69 56   51 69 69 56   51 74 73
Dewpt         55   55 56 55 57   55 58 57 56   51 56 53 54   51 54 53
PWind dir           S     W      NE    NE       E     W      SE    SW
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC SC SC   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr           30    10      30    60      40    30      20    20
Rain shwrs     C    C        C    C  C  L  C    C  C  C  S    S     S
Tstms          S    C        S    S  S  C  C    S     S  S    S     S

$$
NDZ044-142100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
935 AM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      73          55          75          47          79
Temp                   70 70 70 65 61 58 57 63 69 75 70 60 55 52 51 63 72 78 74
Dewpt                  66 66 65 62 61 58 57 60 59 57 55 56 55 52 51 57 57 55 54
RH                     87 87 84 90100100100 90 70 54 59 87100100100 81 59 45 50
Wind dir               SE  S  W NW  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE NE  N SE  S  S SE
Wind spd               17 13 11  8  6  9 11 14 14 14 12  5  3  2  0  2  4  4  6
Wind gust              28 24                   25
Clouds                 OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                     90          50           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.17        0.06           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              D  L  C                                               S
Tstms                   C  C  C                                               S


Date               Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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            51    86      53    77      48    76      48    80
Temp          58   55 79 79 60   55 73 71 57   50 70 71 55   51 74 74
Dewpt         56   55 59 56 58   55 61 58 57   50 57 54 55   51 56 54
PWind dir           S     W      NE    NE      NE     W      SE    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW SC SC SC   B1 B2 B1 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr           20     5      40    50      40    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     S             C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S    S  S  C
Tstms          S             C    S  C  C  C    S  S  S  S          S

$$
NDZ056-142100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
1035 AM CDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      70          57          73          50          77
Temp                   67 68 64 63 62 60 58 63 69 72 70 60 55 53 51 64 72 75 73
Dewpt                  61 63 63 62 62 60 58 60 61 60 59 58 55 53 51 56 54 53 55
RH                     81 84 97 97100100100 90 76 66 68 93100100100 75 53 46 53
Wind dir               SE  E  E SE  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd               12 13 12 11 10 10 12 14 16 14 13  8  6  5  5  4  6  6  5
Wind gust              24 26 24             26 26 26 24
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     90          90           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.30        0.22           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              L  D  D  C  C
Tstms                   S  C  C  S


Date          Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          54    82      53    72      49    73      51    78
Temp          57 55 78 77   58 54 69 68   54 50 69 70   54 52 73 74
Dewpt         54 54 60 59   58 54 58 58   54 50 54 55   54 52 56 57
PWind dir        SW     W      NW     N       E    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30    10      30    50      40    20      20    20
Rain shwrs        C          S  C  C  C    C  S  S  S    S  S  S
Tstms             S                        S        S

$$
NDZ037-142100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
1035 AM CDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      78          63          77          54          75
Temp                   71 75 76 70 66 66 65 68 73 75 72 64 60 58 56 65 72 74 72
Dewpt                  63 60 63 65 66 66 65 66 67 65 62 62 60 58 56 58 57 56 56
RH                     76 60 64 84100100100 93 81 71 71 93100100100 78 59 53 57
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE  S  S  W  W NW NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd               13 16 13 12  9  9  9 13 16 17 16 10  9  9  8  9 10 10  6
Wind gust              25 26                24 26 28
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          40          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  S
Tstms                      S  C  C  S


Date          Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          53    82      57    74      52    72      51    76
Temp          59 56 77 76   63 58 71 69   57 52 69 69   57 53 73 73
Dewpt         56 55 63 63   62 58 63 60   57 52 55 55   55 53 59 59
PWind dir         S    SW      NW    NE      NE    SE       S    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC B2 OV B1   B1 B1 B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10    30      30    50      40    10      20    20
Rain shwrs           C  S    C  C  C  C    C  C             S     S
Tstms                S  S                  S                      S

$$
NDZ001-142100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
1035 AM CDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      70          56          73          50          78
Temp                   65 66 63 62 60 58 57 61 69 72 71 62 57 54 52 61 73 77 77
Dewpt                  63 64 61 59 60 58 57 59 57 56 56 56 54 52 51 56 56 55 56
RH                     93 93 93 90100100100 93 66 57 59 81 90 93 96 84 55 47 48
Wind dir               SE SE  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd               13 13 12 10  9 10 11 14 14 16 13  4  3  2  2  3  5  6  6
Wind gust              24
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                    100          40           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.37        0.05           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              D  L  C  S                                            C
Tstms                   C  S                                                  C


Date          Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          55    82      55    73      51    74      51    79
Temp          62 56 79 79   62 56 70 70   57 52 70 72   58 53 75 77
Dewpt         56 54 58 57   57 55 57 57   55 52 55 56   54 52 56 56
PWind dir         S     W      NE    NE       E    SW      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 FW
PoP 12hr         40    10      30    60      40    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     C  C          S  C  C  L    C  C  S  C    S  C  S  S
Tstms          C                      S    S        S    S

$$
NDZ021-142100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
1035 AM CDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      71          56          73          47          75
Temp                   68 68 66 64 61 59 57 63 70 73 69 60 55 52 50 64 72 75 72
Dewpt                  65 62 65 64 61 59 57 60 59 58 57 57 55 52 50 56 54 52 53
RH                     90 81 97100100100100 90 68 59 66 90100100100 75 53 45 51
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE  W  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NW SW SW  W  W
Wind spd               16 14 12  9  8 10 12 13 14 14 12  6  4  3  2  3  5  6  4
Wind gust              27 27             23 25 26 26
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 SC FW SC SC FW FW B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     90          90           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.31        0.23           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              D  L  D  L  S
Tstms                   C  C  C  S


Date          Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          51    82      52    72      47    71      48    76
Temp          57 54 78 77   59 54 70 67   54 49 69 69   55 50 73 73
Dewpt         55 54 59 57   58 54 58 57   54 49 54 54   54 50 56 55
PWind dir         S     W       N    NE      NE     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40    10      30    50      50    20      20    20
Rain shwrs        C          C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms             S                   S    C        S

$$
NDZ043-142100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
935 AM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      72          54          75          49          80
Temp                   71 69 71 64 59 57 56 61 68 73 69 60 55 52 51 63 72 77 75
Dewpt                  67 63 62 60 59 57 56 59 57 56 54 54 54 52 51 55 56 55 54
RH                     87 81 73 87100100100 93 68 55 59 81 96100100 75 57 47 48
Wind dir                S SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE NE  E SE SE  S  S SE
Wind spd               17 13 13 11 10 11 11 14 16 16 14  8  4  3  2  5  6  6 10
Clouds                 OV OV OV B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                     90          40           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.22        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              D  L  C                                               S
Tstms                   C  C  S                                               S


Date               Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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            53    86      54    77      50    77      50    81
Temp          59   55 81 81 61   56 72 71 56   51 70 71 56   52 75 75
Dewpt         56   55 55 53 56   55 59 57 56   51 56 53 54   52 54 52
PWind dir           S     W      NE    NE       E     W      SE    SW
Wind char          GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW SC SC B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr           20    10      40    50      40    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     S             C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S    S     C
Tstms          S             S    S  S  C  C    S  S  S  S          S

$$
NDZ045-142100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
1035 AM CDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      77          61          77          54          77
Temp                   68 74 75 69 66 64 61 65 72 76 73 65 60 56 54 65 72 77 75
Dewpt                  65 65 65 64 66 64 61 62 61 59 57 58 57 56 54 57 56 54 54
RH                     90 74 71 84100100100 90 68 56 57 78 90100100 75 57 45 48
Wind dir               SE SE  S  S  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NW SE SW SW  S
Wind spd               18 17 13 10 10 11 14 17 17 16 14  9  8  6  6  5  5  5  4
Wind gust              28 27                   27 27
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          50           5           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.06           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  C  C  S


Date          Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          57    84      59    76      55    74      54    78
Temp          61 58 80 81   64 60 73 71   59 55 70 72   59 55 74 76
Dewpt         57 56 62 59   61 58 62 60   59 55 56 55   57 53 58 56
PWind dir         S     W      NE    NE      NE    SW       S     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC B1 OV B1   B1 B1 B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20    10      40    60      40    20      20    20
Rain shwrs        S          C  C  L  L    C  C  S  S    S  S     S
Tstms             S          S     S  C    C  S  S  S    S        S

$$