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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
131 PM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026

NDZ015-112100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
131 PM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026

Date             Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu 08/13/26
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                      86          58          82          56          77
Temp                      86 82 73 66 63 60 69 77 78 74 68 63 60 58 64 72 75 74
Dewpt                     61 62 64 63 62 60 63 64 62 64 64 62 60 58 59 58 56 57
RH                        43 51 73 90 97100 81 64 58 71 87 97100100 84 61 52 55
Wind dir                   E NE  E  E NE  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   3  4  5  4  3  2  3  5  8  8  6  6  8  8 10 12 13 13
Clouds                    FW SC FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          60          60          60          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.16        0.27        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  C  L  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                         C     S  S        S  C  C  S  S
Heat index                86 83
Max heat               82    86    82


Date          Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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          56    74      55    77      51    80      54    85
Temp          64 59 67 68   63 57 71 74   59 54 74 77   62 57 79 81
Dewpt         55 55 60 64   63 57 61 60   59 54 58 57   59 57 63 63
PWind dir         E    SE      SW    NW       N    SW      SE     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV OV OV   B2 B2 OV B1   SC SC B1 FW   FW FW B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50    80      60    10       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs        C  D  D    L  S                           S  S
Tstms                S  C    S                              S

$$
NDZ033-112100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1231 PM MDT Tue Aug 11 2026

Date             Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu 08/13/26
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                      87          55          79          52          73
Temp                      81 79 68 63 60 58 67 74 72 68 63 59 58 56 61 67 68 66
Dewpt                     59 60 62 61 59 58 61 61 61 61 61 59 58 56 58 58 58 57
RH                        47 52 81 93 96100 81 64 68 78 93100100100 90 73 70 73
Wind dir                  SE  E  E SE SE  E NE  E NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   1  6  6  5  5  5  8  9 10 10  9  8  9 10 12 16 16 17
Wind gust                                                                 27
Clouds                    FW SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     30          50          50          60          40
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.04        0.09        0.04        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  C  C           C  C  L        L  C  C  C  C  L
Tstms                      C  C  S  S           C  C  S        S           S  S
Heat index                81
Max heat                     82


Date               Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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    72      49    75      47    79      52    84
Temp          59   55 64 64 56   52 69 70 55   50 73 74 59   55 78 78
Dewpt         57   55 59 61 56   52 56 55 55   50 56 57 57   55 60 59
PWind dir           E    SE      NW    NW      NE    SE       S    SW
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV OV B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr           90    90      30     5      10    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     L    D  D  L  C                           S    S
Tstms          S    S  C  C  S                           S    S

$$
NDZ044-112100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1231 PM MDT Tue Aug 11 2026

Date             Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu 08/13/26
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                      88          55          80          51          73
Temp                      82 79 67 62 60 58 69 76 75 68 61 59 58 57 62 67 70 66
Dewpt                     63 62 62 62 60 58 63 63 60 63 61 59 58 57 60 59 57 59
RH                        53 56 84100100100 81 64 60 84100100100100 93 75 63 78
Wind dir                  SE  E  E  E SE  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   3  8  6  4  4  3  6  9 10 12  9  6  6  9 12 17 18 18
Wind gust                                                              27 28 29
Clouds                    FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     30          70          50          60          50
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.18        0.09        0.13        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  S           S  C  C  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L
Tstms                         C  C              S  C  C  S  S  S        S  S  C
Heat index                83
Max heat                     83


Date               Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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    75      49    76      47    78      51    85
Temp          58   56 66 67 56   52 69 71 56   51 73 73 58   55 78 79
Dewpt         58   56 61 63 56   51 57 56 56   51 57 58 58   54 61 60
PWind dir           E     S      NW    NW      NE    SE      SE     S
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr           90    90      40     5      10    20      30    10
Rain shwrs     L    D  D  L  C    S                   S  C    S
Tstms          C    S  C  C  S                        S  S

$$
NDZ056-112100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
131 PM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026

Date             Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu 08/13/26
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                      83          55          79          53          76
Temp                      79 79 67 60 56 55 66 74 76 72 63 57 55 53 63 71 73 71
Dewpt                     56 56 58 57 56 55 58 60 59 60 60 57 55 53 56 55 54 55
RH                        45 45 73 90100100 75 62 56 66 90100100100 78 57 51 57
Wind dir                  NE  N NE NE  N  N NE  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   5  5  5  4  4  4  6  9  9 10  9  5  4  5  8 11 11 13
Clouds                    FW FW SC FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC FW B1 B2 SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          40          40          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.21           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  S  C  C  C
Tstms                                           S  S  S


Date          Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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    69      54    72      51    76      54    82
Temp          58 55 63 62   57 55 69 69   55 52 72 74   56 55 78 77
Dewpt         54 53 59 62   57 55 61 61   55 52 58 59   56 55 62 63
PWind dir         E     E       W    NW      NW     W       S    SW
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV OV OV   OV B2 OV B2   B1 SC SC SC   FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50    90      70    10       5     5      30    20
Rain shwrs        C  D  D    L  S                        S  C  S  S
Tstms                S  S                                   S     S

$$
NDZ037-112100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
131 PM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026

Date             Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu 08/13/26
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                      81          58          80          56          76
Temp                      80 79 69 64 61 60 68 76 77 74 65 62 60 58 65 72 74 73
Dewpt                     66 62 63 61 60 60 63 63 63 63 64 62 60 58 59 58 57 56
RH                        62 56 81 90 97100 84 64 62 69 97100100100 81 61 55 55
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E NE  E SE  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   3  4  5  5  4  3  4  5  6  8  8  8  8  9 11 12 12 12
Clouds                    CL SC SC SC SC OV SC FW B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          30          50          50           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.04        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  S  C  C     S  S
Tstms                                  S        S  S  C
Heat index                82
Max heat                     82


Date          Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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    73      58    73      53    75      54    80
Temp          63 59 68 67   64 60 70 70   60 56 72 73   59 56 76 77
Dewpt         54 54 60 64   64 60 66 64   60 56 59 59   59 56 63 65
PWind dir         E    SE       S    NW       N    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 OV OV B1   B1 B1 B1 FW   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5    50      60    20      10     5      10    30
Rain shwrs           C  C    L  C  S                           S  C
Tstms                   S    S                                    S

$$
NDZ001-112100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
131 PM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026

Date             Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu 08/13/26
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                      85          57          78          55          73
Temp                      80 83 72 65 61 57 65 75 76 74 66 61 59 56 63 70 71 69
Dewpt                     53 55 56 56 55 55 59 58 58 58 57 56 55 54 57 56 57 58
RH                        39 38 57 73 81 93 81 55 54 57 73 84 87 93 81 61 61 68
Wind dir                  NE  N NE NE  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   5  6  8  8  6  8 10 13 13 14 12 10  9 10 14 18 19 20
Wind gust                                                                 31 31
Clouds                    FW FW FW FW FW B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr                      5          40          40          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.10        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  S  S  S                 C  C  C  C  L
Tstms                                           S                             S
Heat index                80
Max heat                     83    80


Date          Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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    69      51    73      50    78      55    83
Temp          63 58 63 65   57 53 69 71   57 52 74 76   62 57 78 80
Dewpt         57 55 60 62   57 53 58 58   56 52 59 59   59 57 63 62
PWind dir         E     E       N    NW      NE    SE      SE     E
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV OV OV   B2 B2 OV B1   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         90    90      40    10       5    10      30    20
Rain shwrs     L  D  D  L    C                           C  C     S
Tstms          S     C                                   S  S     S

$$
NDZ021-112100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
131 PM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026

Date             Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu 08/13/26
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                      83          55          79          51          75
Temp                      82 80 68 61 58 57 67 75 76 72 63 58 56 54 64 70 73 70
Dewpt                     55 56 59 59 58 57 61 60 60 61 61 58 56 54 57 56 55 55
RH                        40 44 73 93100100 81 60 58 68 93100100100 78 61 53 59
Wind dir                   E  E  E NE NE  E NE  E  N NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   4  4  5  4  3  4  5  9  8  9  9  8  8  9 11 13 13 14
Clouds                    FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 OV B2
PoP 12hr                      5          40          50          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.11        0.29        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  C  C  S  C  C  C     C                 S
Tstms                               S  S        C  S  C
Heat index                   80
Max heat                     82


Date          Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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    69      50    73      47    77      51    82
Temp          58 55 63 62   58 52 70 70   56 50 73 74   58 54 77 78
Dewpt         54 52 59 61   58 52 60 59   55 50 57 57   58 54 63 63
PWind dir         E     E      SW    NW       N    SW      SE    SW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV OV OV   B2 B2 OV B1   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60    90      60    10       5     5      30    20
Rain shwrs     S  L  D  D    L  S                           C  S  S
Tstms                S  S                                   S     S

$$
NDZ043-112100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1231 PM MDT Tue Aug 11 2026

Date             Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu 08/13/26
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                      88          56          80          53          72
Temp                      78 79 67 62 60 59 70 75 74 68 62 59 58 57 62 66 68 65
Dewpt                     62 61 61 61 60 59 63 61 60 62 61 59 58 57 60 59 58 59
RH                        58 54 81 97100100 78 62 62 81 97100100100 93 78 70 81
Wind dir                  SE  E SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   5 10  9  6  6  5  8 12 13 14 12  9  9 11 14 20 23 23
Wind gust                                                              31 34 33
Clouds                    FW SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                     40          60          50          60          60
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.24        0.10        0.04        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  L              C  C  C  C  L  C  C  C  L  L  D
Tstms                         C  C              C  C  C  C  C  S     S  S  C  C


Date               Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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    75      50    75      49    79      52    85
Temp          59   57 66 67 56   52 69 70 56   51 73 73 59   55 79 79
Dewpt         59   57 61 61 56   52 55 55 56   51 57 58 59   55 59 58
PWind dir          SE     S      NW     N       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW B1 SC
PoP 12hr           90    80      30     5      10    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     D    D  D  C  C    S                   S  C    S     S
Tstms          C    S  C  C  S                        S  S          S

$$
NDZ045-112100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
131 PM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026

Date             Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu 08/13/26
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                      85          62          81          59          75
Temp                      85 81 72 66 63 62 70 77 77 72 66 63 61 59 64 70 73 71
Dewpt                     64 62 65 64 63 61 64 65 63 64 64 63 61 59 60 60 58 58
RH                        50 53 79 93100 97 81 67 62 76 93100100100 87 71 59 63
Wind dir                   E NW  E  E SE  E SE  E NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   2  6  6  6  6  5  6  8  8  9 10  9 10 11 12 13 14 14
Clouds                    FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          60          60          60          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.26        0.08        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  C  C     S  C  C  C        S  C  C  S  S
Tstms                         C  S  S           S  C  C        S           S
Heat index                86 82
Max heat               83    87


Date          Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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          60    73      59    75      54    78      57    83
Temp          64 60 66 68   62 59 71 73   59 55 73 76   62 58 78 80
Dewpt         58 56 62 64   62 59 61 58   58 54 58 57   59 58 63 61
PWind dir         E    SE      SW    NW       N    SE      SE     S
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 OV B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC FW B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50    80      40    10      10     5      30    20
Rain shwrs        C  D  L    C  S                        S  C  S
Tstms             S  C  C    S                           S  S

$$