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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
449 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025

NDZ015-160900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
449 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            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                      52          67          45          75          57
Temp             65 60 57 55 54 54 61 65 67 59 52 48 46 60 69 73 72 66 62 59 59
Dewpt            53 52 51 48 46 47 46 44 44 45 45 45 44 47 46 46 48 50 52 54 56
RH               65 75 80 77 74 77 58 46 43 60 77 89 93 62 44 38 42 56 70 83 90
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N NE  S NW SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE
Wind spd         12 13 11 11 10 11 10 10 10  5  2  2  2  5 10 11 11 10 10  9  8
Clouds           B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          50           5           0          50
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.02           0           0        0.20
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S        S  C  C  S                             S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                                                                   S  C  S


Date           07/18  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          79      56    81      60    84      62    86      61    84
Temp          73 77   62 58 74 77   64 61 77 80   67 64 80 81   67 62 78 79
Dewpt         59 58   58 56 57 56   58 58 61 60   61 61 63 60   59 59 60 59
PWind dir        SE      NE     E      SE    SE      SE     S       N     N
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      10     5      30    40      40    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     C                     S  C  C  C    C  S     C    C  S  S  S
Tstms          S                     S  C  C  C    C  S     C    C        S

$$
NDZ033-160900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
349 PM MDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            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          62          44          68          52
Temp             57 55 53 51 48 51 54 60 62 53 48 45 45 58 64 67 68 60 56 55 54
Dewpt            56 54 52 51 48 47 46 45 45 46 44 44 44 47 48 49 52 52 52 52 53
RH               96 96 96100100 86 74 58 54 77 86 96 96 67 56 52 57 75 86 90 96
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE  E SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd         16 13 12 11 10 10 11 10  8  5  5  5  8 13 17 17 14 12 11  9  8
Wind gust                                                     27
Clouds           B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     70          50           5           0          50
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.12           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  L  C  C  S                             C  C  C  C
Tstms             S  S                                               S  C  S


Date           07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          77      55    80      57    83      59    82      58    81
Temp          71 76 59   56 72 75 61   59 76 78 63   60 76 79 62   59 73 76
Dewpt         57 56 56   56 57 58 58   58 61 61 60   59 59 57 57   57 59 58
PWind dir        NE       E    SE      SE    SE       S     W       E     N
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      10    10      40    30      30    20      30    20
Rain shwrs                         C    C  S  C  C    S     S  S    C  S  S
Tstms                              C    S  S  C  C    S     S  S    S     S

$$
NDZ044-160900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
349 PM MDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            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                      46          60          42          70          52
Temp             57 55 53 52 49 51 53 56 59 52 47 46 45 58 63 67 70 61 57 55 54
Dewpt            56 55 53 51 49 49 49 47 46 48 46 45 44 49 49 51 53 54 53 53 54
RH               96100100 96100 93 86 72 62 86 96 96 96 72 60 56 55 78 86 93100
Wind dir         NE NE  E NE NE NE NE NE  E SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd         16 18 14 14 13 13 13 11  9  5  4  4  6 13 18 19 17 13 12  9  5
Wind gust           28 25                                     29 27
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     80          70          10           5          50
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.20           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  L  L  L  S                             C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                             C  S  S  S
Obvis                            K


Date           07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          82      53    82      57    84      58    85      57    83
Temp          75 79 62   57 76 79 63   60 78 80 64   60 79 81 63   59 78 79
Dewpt         60 56 57   56 58 58 59   59 62 62 61   59 60 56 57   56 59 58
PWind dir        NE       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10      20    10      40    30      30    20      30    20
Rain shwrs                S        C    C     C  C    S     S  C    C  S  S
Tstms                     S        C    S     C  C          S  C    S     S

$$
NDZ011-160900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
449 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            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                      50          69          46          74          55
Temp             60 59 54 52 50 57 64 67 68 58 52 49 48 63 69 73 72 64 61 59 57
Dewpt            52 48 46 45 44 44 43 42 42 45 44 43 44 47 45 45 47 49 51 52 53
RH               75 67 74 77 80 62 46 40 39 62 74 80 86 56 42 37 41 58 70 78 86
Wind dir         NE NE NE  N  N NE NE NE NE NE  S SW  S  S SE  S  S SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          9 12  9  6  8  9 10  9  8  4  3  3  4  6 11 11 11 10 10  9  8
Clouds           B1 SC B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     10          10           5           0          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  L  L  C
Tstms                                                                   S


Date           07/18  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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      54    78      58    81      61    82      59    80
Temp          69 72   59 56 71 76   62 60 74 78   65 62 76 79   64 61 74 75
Dewpt         57 55   56 54 55 53   56 57 61 60   61 59 62 59   59 57 58 58
PWind dir         E      NE     E      SE    SE       S    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      10     5      40    40      50    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  C                     C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms             S                     C  S  C    C  S  S  C    C        S

$$
NDZ037-160900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
449 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            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          66          46          72          56
Temp             63 57 57 54 53 57 59 64 65 55 51 48 49 61 67 70 70 61 60 58 58
Dewpt            54 54 52 50 49 50 49 48 47 48 47 46 46 49 48 48 49 52 53 54 56
RH               72 90 83 86 86 77 69 56 52 77 86 93 89 65 50 45 47 72 78 86 93
Wind dir          N  N  N  N  N NE NE  N NE  N NW NW NW  E SE  S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd         13 16 13 13 13 14 16 14 11  6  4  4  3  5  9 10 10  9  9  9 10
Wind gust           27 24 24
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          40          10           0          40
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0        0.19
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S           S  C  C                                   C  C  L
Tstms                                                                   S  C  C
Obvis             K  K  K


Date           07/18  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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      55    75      57    79      61    81      61    82
Temp          65 70   60 58 69 73   61 59 73 75   65 62 75 78   66 63 76 78
Dewpt         61 63   59 57 59 58   58 57 61 62   61 61 65 65   63 62 64 63
PWind dir        SE      NE    NE       E    SE      SE     S      SW     N
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         60      10     5      10    30      40    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     L  C                        S  C    C  C  S  C    C        S
Tstms          C  C                        S  S    C  S     S    C        S

$$
NDZ001-160900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
449 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            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                      52          68          47          73          55
Temp             60 59 56 54 52 59 63 66 68 59 54 50 49 62 69 72 72 66 61 58 56
Dewpt            52 53 51 50 49 50 47 47 46 47 46 45 45 49 48 49 51 53 53 54 53
RH               75 80 83 86 89 72 56 50 45 64 74 83 86 62 47 44 48 63 75 86 90
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd          9 12  9  8  6  8  9  8  6  5  5  5  6 13 18 18 16 12 10  8  6
Clouds           B2 OV OV OV OV B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     50          20           5           5          70
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  C  S                                   C  C  L  L
Tstms                                                                S  S


Date           07/18  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          77      54    81      60    83      60    83      58    78
Temp          72 75   60 56 74 80   66 61 77 80   67 62 77 80   65 60 73 74
Dewpt         57 55   56 55 57 57   58 58 62 61   61 59 60 57   58 56 59 57
PWind dir        NE      NE     E      SE    SE      SE     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      10     5      40    30      40    20      20    30
Rain shwrs                           C  C  S  C    C  S  S  S    S  S  S  C
Tstms                                C  C  S  C    C  S  S  S    S        S

$$
NDZ021-160900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
449 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            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          67          44          73          54
Temp             62 57 54 51 51 55 61 65 66 55 51 47 46 60 67 71 70 61 59 58 56
Dewpt            53 52 48 45 45 45 44 42 43 45 44 43 44 47 46 46 48 52 51 51 53
RH               72 83 80 80 80 69 53 43 43 69 77 86 93 62 47 41 45 72 75 77 90
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  E SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          8 13 10 10 10 10 10  9  8  4  2  2  2  8 11 12 11  9  9  8  8
Clouds           B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          20           5           0          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  S                                   S  S  L  L  S
Tstms                                                             S  S  S


Date           07/18  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          77      53    78      57    81      59    82      57    81
Temp          70 73   58 55 71 75   61 58 74 77   63 61 75 78   62 59 74 75
Dewpt         58 57   57 55 57 56   56 57 61 61   60 60 63 59   59 57 59 58
PWind dir         E      NE     E      SE    SE       S    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      10     5      40    40      50    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     S                     S  C  C  C    C  S  S  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                                S  C  S  C    C  S  S  C    C        S

$$
NDZ043-160900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
349 PM MDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            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                      46          60          43          71          52
Temp             56 55 53 52 49 50 52 58 60 52 47 46 45 56 63 69 70 61 56 54 54
Dewpt            55 55 53 52 49 50 49 47 47 48 47 45 45 49 50 53 55 55 54 54 54
RH               96100100100100100 89 67 62 86100 96100 77 62 57 59 81 93100100
Wind dir         NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd         13 18 16 14 14 13 13 12 10  8  6  8 10 18 21 21 19 14 13 10  6
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     80          70          10           5          40
QPF 12hr                   0.19        0.25           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  L  D  L  C  S                             C  C  C  C
Tstms                S                                            C  S  C  C


Date           07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          82      54    82      58    85      58    85      57    82
Temp          74 79 61   57 76 79 64   60 78 80 64   59 79 81 63   59 76 77
Dewpt         58 55 57   56 58 58 60   60 61 61 60   59 58 56 56   57 59 57
PWind dir        NE       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    NW      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      20    10      30    20      30    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                S        C    C     S  C    S     S  S    S  S  S
Tstms                     S        C    S     S  C    S     S  S    S     S

$$
NDZ045-160900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
449 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            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          62          47          70          59
Temp             58 58 57 55 52 53 55 60 61 56 51 49 48 59 65 69 69 64 62 60 59
Dewpt            54 54 53 50 47 49 50 49 46 46 46 45 45 48 48 49 49 51 53 54 56
RH               86 86 86 83 83 86 83 67 58 69 83 86 89 67 54 49 49 63 72 81 90
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE  N NE  N NE  N NE SW  W SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd         16 19 17 18 17 16 14 13 11  8  5  5  5 10 12 14 13 13 14 13 13
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     50          60           5           0          50
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.12           0           0        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S     S  C  C  C                                   C  C  S
Tstms                                                                   S  C  S


Date           07/18  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          77      58    79      61    81      63    83      62    82
Temp          70 76   63 60 72 77   65 61 73 77   68 64 78 79   67 63 76 78
Dewpt         63 60   60 58 60 58   59 59 64 62   62 61 65 60   59 59 63 60
PWind dir        SE      NE     E      SE    SE      SE     S      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW SC B1 FW   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10     5      40    30      40    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     S                     S  C  C  C    C  S     C    C  S  S  S
Tstms          S                     S  C  C  C    C  S     C    C  S  S  S

$$