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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
611 PM CST Wed Dec 3 2025

NDZ015-041000-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
611 PM CST Wed Dec 3 2025

Date           12/03/25      Thu 12/04/25            Fri 12/05/25            Sat
CST 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                      -5          33          21          31           4
Temp                -1 -2  3 10 15 26 32 29 27 27 25 26 25 29 30 25 20 16 14 11
Dewpt               -4 -5  0  7 12 21 25 25 25 26 25 25 24 26 25 21 19 15 12  8
RH                  87 87 87 87 88 81 75 85 92 96100 96 96 88 81 84 96 96 92 87
Wind dir             S  S  S  S  S  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N NE
Wind spd             4  5  9 11 10 11 12 10  6  5  5  5  6 10 11  9  6  5  6  8
Clouds              B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Snow                                      S  C  C  C  S  S              C  C  C
Obvis                  PF
Wind chill         -11-14-12 -5  2 15 23 20 20 20 18 19 17 20 20 16 11  7  4 -1
Min chill        -5   -14   -14    -3    19    18    18    17    16     7    -1


Date           12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25  Tue 12/09/25  Wed 12/10/25
CST 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          13      -6    13       5    33      20    36      16    26
Temp           8  4  0   -1  7 10 13   15 29 29 26   25 31 33 29   22 22 20
Dewpt          3 -1 -3   -4  3  7 11   14 24 25 24   24 27 29 27   20 17 15
PWind dir        NE       E     S       S     W       W    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B1 SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         50      20    30      30    20      20    50      50    30
Rain                                                        C  C
Snow           C  C  S    S  C  S  S    C  S     S    S  C  C  C    C  C  S

$$
NDZ033-041000-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
511 PM MST Wed Dec 3 2025

Date          Wed 12/03/25      Thu 12/04/25            Fri 12/05/25         Sat
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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                      -3          32          20          30           2
Temp                -1  6 11 18 22 28 31 27 26 26 26 26 25 29 28 22 18 15 12  8
Dewpt               -3  3  9 15 19 25 26 25 26 26 26 26 25 27 25 21 18 14 11  8
RH                  91 87 91 88 88 88 81 92100100100100100 92 88 96100 96 96100
Wind dir             S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N NE NE
Wind spd             8 11 13 14 16 19 17 13 11 10 10 12 13 16 13  9  8  6  9 10
Clouds              SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Snow                                      S  C  C  C                    C  C  C
Obvis                              BS BS
Wind chill         -15-10 -5  4  8 15 20 16 15 16 16 15 13 17 17 12  8  5  0 -6
Min chill       -13   -17    -8     5    16    14    15    13    12     5    -6


Date           12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25  Tue 12/09/25  Wed 12/10/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          12      -3    21      12    36      22    38      17    28
Temp           8  5  2    5 14 18 20   25 34 31 27   28 36 35 28   22 25 22
Dewpt          5  3  2    4 13 16 19   24 29 27 27   27 31 31 27   21 21 18
PWind dir        NE      SE     S      SW     W       W     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B2   B2 SC SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         40      20    10      10    10      10    30      30    20
Rain                                                     S  C  C
Snow           C          S                                    C    C  S  S

$$
NDZ044-041000-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
511 PM MST Wed Dec 3 2025

Date          Wed 12/03/25      Thu 12/04/25            Fri 12/05/25         Sat
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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                       0          33          21          32           4
Temp                 1  6 10 13 20 30 33 27 25 26 26 24 27 31 31 23 19 16 14 10
Dewpt               -1  6  8 10 18 25 28 25 25 26 26 24 26 29 27 23 19 16 14 10
RH                  91100 91 87 92 81 82 92100100100100 96 92 85100100100100100
Wind dir             S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N NE NE
Wind spd             5  9 10 10 13 17 17 12 11 11 11 12 13 17 13  9  5  5  6  9
Wind gust                                               25 27 24
Clouds              SC B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC B1 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                      S  C  S  S                    C  C  C
Wind chill         -10 -8 -4  0  7 18 22 16 14 15 15 12 16 20 21 13 11  7  4 -3
Min chill        -5   -10    -7     0    16    14    12    14    13     7    -3


Date           12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25  Tue 12/09/25  Wed 12/10/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          18      -1    23      11    38      22    41      17    32
Temp          12  8  4    5 16 18 20   24 35 31 26   26 37 36 31   23 29 25
Dewpt         10  6  3    4 15 18 19   23 33 29 26   25 32 31 30   21 25 22
PWind dir        NE      SE     S      SW     W       W     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 SC SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         50      20    10      10     5      10    30      30    20
Rain                                                     S  C  C
Snow           C  S       S                                         C  S  S

$$
NDZ011-041000-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
611 PM CST Wed Dec 3 2025

Date           12/03/25      Thu 12/04/25            Fri 12/05/25            Sat
CST 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                      -6          32          18          27          -2
Temp                -4  0  6 13 19 27 31 29 26 24 22 21 22 26 24 18 13  8  5  2
Dewpt               -8 -4  2  9 16 23 26 26 25 23 21 20 21 23 20 14 10  5  1 -2
RH                  82 83 83 84 88 85 81 88 96 96 96 96 96 88 84 84 87 87 83 83
Wind dir             S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             6 10 12 13 14 17 16 12  9  6  5  6  9 12 12 10 10  8  9 10
Clouds              SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Snow                                      S  S  C  C  C  C              C  C  S
Wind chill         -18-16-10 -2  5 14 20 19 17 16 15 12 12 15 12  6  0 -4 -9-14
Min chill       -17   -19   -14    -1    17    16    12    11     6    -4   -14


Date           12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25  Tue 12/09/25  Wed 12/10/25
CST 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           5     -11    12       4    28      17    33      10    19
Temp           3 -3 -6   -5  7  8 10   14 24 24 22   24 29 29 24   17 17 12
Dewpt         -3 -8-10  -10  2  5  8   11 20 20 20   21 26 26 21   13 12  9
PWind dir         N      SW     S       S     W       W    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1   B1 B2 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      20    30      20    50      50    20
Rain                                                        C
Snow           S             S     S    S  C     S    S  C  C  C    C  S  S

$$
NDZ037-041000-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
611 PM CST Wed Dec 3 2025

Date           12/03/25      Thu 12/04/25            Fri 12/05/25            Sat
CST 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                     -12          29          17          28           2
Temp                -6 -9 -5  3  8 19 25 25 26 25 24 22 22 26 26 22 19 15 12  7
Dewpt              -10-12 -8 -1  6 15 21 24 25 24 23 21 21 24 23 20 16 13  9  4
RH                  82 86 86 83 91 84 84 96 96 96 96 96 96 92 88 92 88 92 87 87
Wind dir            SW  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N
Wind spd             5  5  9 13 16 17 16 11 10  8  6  5  6 10 11 10  9  6  8  8
Clouds              SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Snow                                         S        S  S                    C
Wind chill         -19-22-21-15-10  4 12 14 16 16 16 15 14 16 15 11  8  5  0 -6
Min chill       -17   -22   -23   -14     8    14    15    14    11     5    -6


Date           12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25  Tue 12/09/25  Wed 12/10/25
CST 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           9     -13     5      -3    26      14    31      12    20
Temp           7  0 -6   -7  2  3  5    8 19 21 20   19 27 28 25   20 18 13
Dewpt          3 -4 -9  -11 -3 -1  3    6 17 19 19   17 24 26 23   18 15 11
PWind dir         N      NW     S       S    SW       W    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         30      10    10      20    20      20    40      50    20
Snow           C  S                     S  S          S  C  C  C    C  S

$$
NDZ001-041000-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
611 PM CST Wed Dec 3 2025

Date           12/03/25      Thu 12/04/25            Fri 12/05/25            Sat
CST 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                      -4          32          21          28          -1
Temp                -2  4  9 14 19 27 30 28 26 26 25 25 25 26 23 17 13 10  7  3
Dewpt               -5  0  6 11 18 25 27 26 25 26 25 24 25 26 22 16 11  7  3  0
RH                  87 83 87 88 96 92 88 92 96100100 96100100 96 96 91 87 83 87
Wind dir             S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  N  N NE NE NE
Wind spd             6  8  8  9 12 16 16 11  8  6  6  9 11 14 13  9  8  8 10 10
Clouds              B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          30          40          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Snow                                      C  C  C  C  S  S              C  C  S
Wind chill         -15 -9 -3  2  6 15 19 18 18 18 17 16 14 14 11  6  2 -2 -8-12
Min chill       -15   -16    -7     2    17    17    16    14     6    -2   -12


Date           12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25  Tue 12/09/25  Wed 12/10/25
CST 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           7      -7    17       9    33      20    36      12    23
Temp           3  0 -2    1 11 14 14   18 29 29 25   25 32 32 23   17 19 16
Dewpt         -1 -4 -6   -2  8 11 13   17 26 25 24   24 29 28 21   16 16 13
PWind dir        NE       E     S       S     W       W     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B1 SC B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    10      20    10      10    40      30    20
Frzg rain                                                S
Rain                                                        C  C
Snow           S                        S                      C    S     S

$$
NDZ021-041000-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
611 PM CST Wed Dec 3 2025

Date           12/03/25      Thu 12/04/25            Fri 12/05/25            Sat
CST 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                      -5          31          18          29           0
Temp                -3  0  6 12 18 27 30 28 26 25 23 23 25 28 25 19 14 10  8  5
Dewpt               -6 -2  3 10 16 23 25 26 25 24 23 23 23 24 22 18 14  9  5  2
RH                  86 91 87 91 92 85 81 92 96 96100100 92 85 88 96100 96 87 87
Wind dir             S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N NE
Wind spd             5  9 11 12 12 17 17 12  9  8  6  8 10 13 12 10  9  6  9 10
Clouds              SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Flurries
Snow                                      S  C  C  C  C  C  S  S        C  C  C
Wind chill         -15-15-10 -3  5 14 18 17 17 16 15 14 15 17 14  7  2 -1 -5-10
Min chill       -14   -16   -14     0    17    16    14    13     7    -1   -10


Date           12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25  Tue 12/09/25  Wed 12/10/25
CST 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           8      -9    14       5    31      18    34      12    23
Temp           4  0 -3   -3  8 10 13   15 27 26 24   24 30 30 24   18 19 14
Dewpt          0 -4 -6   -6  4  8 12   14 24 24 23   23 27 28 23   16 14 12
PWind dir        NE       E     S       S     W       W    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   OV B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         40      10    20      20    30      20    50      50    20
Rain                                                        C
Snow           C  S          S  S  S    S  C  S       S  C  C  C    C  S  S

$$
NDZ043-041000-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
511 PM MST Wed Dec 3 2025

Date          Wed 12/03/25      Thu 12/04/25            Fri 12/05/25         Sat
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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                       2          32          21          31           7
Temp                 4  9 12 18 23 30 32 27 26 27 27 26 27 30 30 23 18 17 14 11
Dewpt                1  8 11 15 20 25 28 25 26 27 27 26 26 29 27 23 18 17 14 11
RH                  87 96 96 88 88 81 85 92100100100100 96 96 88100100100100100
Wind dir             S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  E  E  E
Wind spd             6 10 11 12 16 19 19 14 14 13 14 14 17 18 16 10  6  6  9 10
Clouds              SC B1 B1 B2 B1 FW SC B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                      S  C  S  S                    C  C  C
Wind chill          -8 -5 -2  5 10 17 20 15 14 16 15 14 14 18 19 12  9  8  2 -3
Min chill        -6    -9    -4     6    15    14    14    13    12     8    -3


Date           12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25  Tue 12/09/25  Wed 12/10/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          17       1    28      14    38      23    40      19    33
Temp          12 10  6    7 20 21 23   27 35 31 27   27 37 36 30   23 29 26
Dewpt         10  9  6    7 18 20 23   26 33 29 27   26 32 32 30   23 25 23
PWind dir         E      SE     S      SW     W       W     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         30      20     5      10     5      10    20      40    20
Rain                                                     S  S  C
Snow           C          S                                         C  S  S

$$
NDZ045-041000-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
611 PM CST Wed Dec 3 2025

Date           12/03/25      Thu 12/04/25            Fri 12/05/25            Sat
CST 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                      -1          30          23          30           8
Temp                 0  3  7 11 15 26 30 27 26 27 26 26 26 29 29 25 21 18 15 12
Dewpt               -3  0  4  9 13 23 27 25 25 26 26 26 26 29 27 24 20 17 15 11
RH                  87 87 87 91 92 88 88 92 96 96100100100100 92 96 96 96100 96
Wind dir             S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N NE NE
Wind spd             6 10 13 16 14 14 14 12 11 10 10 11 11 13 13 11 10 10 10 12
Clouds              B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Snow                                      S  S  C  C                    S  S  C
Obvis               PF
Wind chill         -13-12-10 -6  0 14 19 16 15 17 16 15 15 18 18 14 10  6  2 -3
Min chill        -8   -13   -12    -4    16    15    15    15    14     6    -3


Date           12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25  Tue 12/09/25  Wed 12/10/25
CST 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          15      -3    15       6    34      23    36      19    26
Temp           9  4  1    0  8 11 15   20 30 29 27   26 31 33 30   22 24 20
Dewpt          7  1 -2   -2  7 10 13   19 29 27 26   25 31 31 28   20 22 18
PWind dir        NE       E     S       S     W       W    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B1 SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         50      20    20      20    10      10    30      40    20
Rain                                                        C  C
Snow           C  C       S  S          S                C     C    C  S  S

$$