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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
609 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

NDZ015-012100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
609 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date             Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25
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                      82          57          79          49          64
Temp             55 64 75 79 79 68 63 60 59 67 76 76 72 63 58 55 50 53 59 60 60
Dewpt            54 60 61 60 60 61 60 58 57 59 58 55 56 57 56 52 48 46 41 39 38
RH               96 87 62 52 52 78 90 93 93 75 54 48 57 81 93 90 93 77 51 46 44
Wind dir          N SW SW SW SW  S SW SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          0  5 10  9  8  5  5  5  5  8 10 10 10  9  9 10 10 13 13 13 11
Clouds           B2 SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          10          40           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S                    C  C  C  C
Tstms                         S  S                    S  S  S  S
Obvis             F                          K  K  K  K


Date          Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25
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          41    72      45    65      40    70      44    76
Temp          46 42 67 66   53 46 60 62   46 41 64 66   50 46 70 72
Dewpt         40 38 41 42   43 41 40 38   40 38 40 40   42 41 47 49
PWind dir        NW     W      NW    NW      NW    NE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          0     5       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ033-012100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
509 AM MDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date             Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25
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                      83          54          78          46          63
Temp             60 62 76 82 80 65 60 58 55 66 74 75 71 60 55 52 48 52 58 62 60
Dewpt            59 58 56 54 54 55 54 52 51 55 55 52 54 55 54 51 47 46 39 35 34
RH               96 87 50 38 41 70 81 80 86 68 51 45 55 84 96 96 96 80 49 36 37
Wind dir          S SW SW SW  S  S SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         10  8  6  6  5  5  4  5  6  6  9 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 13 12 10
Clouds           B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          10          10          50           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S  S  S  S
Obvis            PF                       K  K  K  K  K
Heat index                   80
Max heat                     81


Date               Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25
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            42    73      41    64      39    69      44    75
Temp          44   44 68 68 51   45 59 61 44   40 63 66 49   46 69 72
Dewpt         35   35 42 39 40   39 39 35 37   36 39 38 39   39 44 46
PWind dir           S     W      NW     N      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char          LT    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     5

$$
NDZ044-012100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
509 AM MDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date             Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25
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                      81          52          80          48          64
Temp             60 61 71 78 77 64 59 57 55 67 77 77 72 62 57 53 50 54 60 63 61
Dewpt            58 59 60 59 59 59 57 54 51 56 55 54 55 55 56 53 48 48 43 39 37
RH               93 93 68 52 54 84 93 90 86 68 47 45 55 78 96100 93 80 53 41 41
Wind dir         SW SW  S  S  S  S SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          4  5  8  6  5  4  4  4  5  6 10 10 10  9 10 11 13 13 14 13 10
Clouds           B2 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          10          10          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S  S  S  S
Obvis             F                          K  K  K  K


Date               Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25
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            39    74      42    65      39    69      43    75
Temp          44   41 70 68 51   44 58 62 45   41 63 66 49   44 69 72
Dewpt         37   35 42 40 39   37 40 38 38   35 41 42 42   39 48 51
PWind dir          SE     W      NW     N       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     5

$$
NDZ011-012100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
609 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date             Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25
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          73          45          61
Temp             57 67 78 83 82 70 64 61 57 62 68 69 65 58 54 50 45 49 55 59 58
Dewpt            56 59 58 56 56 58 57 56 57 58 57 55 55 55 51 48 43 42 39 38 38
RH               96 75 50 40 41 66 78 84100 87 68 61 70 90 90 93 93 77 55 45 47
Wind dir          S SW SW SW  W SW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          4 10  9  8  6  5  6  9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 13 13 13 10
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          20          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S        S  S              S  S  C  C  S  S
Tstms                         S  S              S  S  S  S  S  S
Obvis                                  K  K  K  K  K  K
Wind chill                                                       39
Min chill                                                        39
Heat index                   82
Max heat                     83


Date          Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25
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          42    69      43    63      41    69      45    76
Temp          45 43 62 63   51 43 57 60   46 41 62 65   50 45 70 72
Dewpt         38 36 42 43   43 41 41 39   40 39 40 39   40 40 44 47
PWind dir         W     W      NW    NW      NW    NE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          0    10       5     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ037-012100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
609 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date             Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25
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          58          75          48          59
Temp             56 65 73 76 73 64 62 60 59 67 72 72 68 60 55 52 49 52 56 57 55
Dewpt            55 61 63 62 62 62 61 59 58 62 61 59 58 55 53 50 47 47 44 42 41
RH               96 87 71 62 68 93 97 96 96 84 68 64 70 84 93 93 93 83 64 57 59
Wind dir          N SW SW SW  S  S  S  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          0  5  8  9  8  8  8  8  6 10 10 12 10  9  8 10 12 16 18 18 13
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          20          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C
Tstms                   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Obvis            PF                                K  K


Date          Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25
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          40    67      44    61      40    65      42    71
Temp          44 42 61 60   50 46 56 57   46 42 60 61   47 43 66 67
Dewpt         40 38 43 45   44 42 43 42   41 40 43 43   42 41 47 50
PWind dir        NW     W      NW    NW      NW    NW      SE     S
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    BZ      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0    10       5     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ001-012100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
609 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date             Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25
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          55          75          46          63
Temp             55 65 78 85 84 72 65 61 56 63 70 72 69 61 56 52 47 51 58 62 62
Dewpt            54 59 59 54 54 54 53 53 54 58 58 57 57 55 51 47 43 43 40 37 36
RH               96 81 52 35 36 53 65 75 93 84 66 59 66 81 83 83 86 74 51 39 38
Wind dir          S  S  W  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          9  5  5  8  8  4  5  5  5  5  9 11 13 11 10 10 10 11 11 10  9
Clouds           SC FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          10          20          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S                             S  S  S  S
Tstms                                           S  S  S  S
Obvis                            K  K  K  K  K  K  K  K


Date          Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25
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          43    72      45    66      42    70      47    78
Temp          49 45 67 67   54 46 60 64   48 42 64 69   54 48 71 76
Dewpt         38 36 44 42   42 40 40 37   38 37 40 40   41 41 46 47
PWind dir         S    NW       N     N       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ021-012100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
609 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date             Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25
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                      84          55          75          44          61
Temp             55 65 75 81 81 67 62 59 56 64 71 73 67 58 53 49 45 51 56 59 59
Dewpt            55 59 58 56 56 58 57 56 55 58 56 54 55 55 52 48 44 43 39 37 37
RH              100 81 55 42 42 73 84 90 96 81 59 51 65 90 96 96 96 74 53 44 44
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          4  8  9  8  5  3  3  5  8  9 10 10 10 10  9 10 12 13 13 12 10
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          20          20          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S        S  S              S  S  C  C  S  S
Tstms                         S  S              S  S  S  S  S  S
Obvis            PF                       K  K  K  K  K
Wind chill                                                       39
Min chill                                                        39
Heat index                81 81
Max heat                     81


Date          Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25
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          41    70      43    63      39    69      44    76
Temp          44 42 65 65   49 44 58 61   44 40 63 66   49 45 69 72
Dewpt         38 37 40 41   43 40 38 37   39 38 37 38   40 40 43 46
PWind dir         W     W      NW    NW       N     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5       5     0       0     0       0     0

$$
NDZ043-012100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
509 AM MDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date             Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25
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                      84          53          82          48          66
Temp             60 62 77 82 80 65 60 57 54 68 79 79 75 63 58 53 50 55 61 64 62
Dewpt            60 58 56 52 53 54 54 51 49 54 51 50 52 53 54 53 49 48 41 37 35
RH              100 87 48 35 39 68 81 80 83 61 38 36 45 70 86100 96 77 48 37 36
Wind dir          S SW SW  W  N NE NW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         11  6  8  8  9  5  4  5  5  6 10 11 12 10 10 11 12 13 14 13 11
Clouds           B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5          40           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S  S  S  S
Obvis             F                          K  K  K  K
Heat index                   80
Max heat                     81                      80


Date               Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25
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            41    76      42    67      39    72      44    78
Temp          44   42 72 72 51   44 61 65 46   41 65 68 50   45 70 74
Dewpt         35   35 42 37 38   37 38 35 37   36 38 39 42   40 46 48
PWind dir          SE     W      NW     N       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char          LT    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     5

$$
NDZ045-012100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
609 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date             Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25
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          58          79          51          61
Temp             59 63 71 76 74 66 62 60 59 68 75 77 72 63 59 55 51 54 58 59 57
Dewpt            59 61 61 61 62 62 60 59 57 59 59 57 57 58 57 55 51 49 42 39 39
RH              100 93 71 60 66 87 93 96 93 73 58 50 59 84 93100100 83 55 47 51
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          2  6 10 10  8  9 10 10  9 10 11 11 10 10 11 13 16 17 18 16 12
Clouds           B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          20           5          40           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S                    S  S  C  C
Tstms                         S  S                    S  S  S  S
Obvis             F                             K  K  K


Date          Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25
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          41    71      46    62      41    67      46    75
Temp          45 42 66 65   53 46 57 60   46 42 62 63   51 46 68 71
Dewpt         39 37 42 43   41 41 41 40   39 38 41 41   42 41 48 51
PWind dir         W     W      NW    NW      NW    NE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          0     5       0     0       0     0       0     5

$$